Kingston News

KINGSTON - More than 30 folk singers will jam at a hootenanny scheduled from 3 to 6 p.m. Nov.

A 27-year-old Kingston man has been charged with stealing women's underwear to satisfy his obsession with them, state police said.

KINGSTON - Two exhibits of works in textiles will be on display at the Arts Society of Kingston in November.

The Kingston Barnes & Noble is jumping into the holiday spirit and helping the local arts.

KINGSTON - Kingston Library will present the Clearwater's 'Rolling On a River: from Paddles to Paddlewheels, from Sails to Rails, the Hudson River in Songs and Tales,' with musician, composer and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater environmental educator Dan Einbender at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

The Bardavon and UPAC are partnering with Cee Cee's Free Food Pantry and the First Congregational Church in Poughkeepsie and Queens Galley in Kingston to help feed local families for the holidays.

City police have charged two Kingston teens with burglarizing a Broadway liquor store three times since Oct.

It's an off-year election, which means voters from the Hudson to the Delaware will be confronted by some unfamiliar, out-of-county names in two races for state Supreme Court.

The 15th annual Ulster County Networking Fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Holiday Inn, 503 Washington Ave.

An Ulster County correction officer suffered injuries to her head, neck and scalp when she was assaulted by a prisoner at the county jail early Tuesday, the sheriff's office said.

A Poughkeepsie woman is charged with assaulting a female corrections officer at the Ulster County Jail Tuesday.

The Ulster County Industrial Development Agency today announced a $10,000 grant for the Kingston/Ulster Empire Zone.

Hunt Slonem, a painter known for repeating animal patterns like cockatoos and rabbits, decorated his Victorian country house in Kingston, N.Y., based partly on guidance he says he sensed from long-dead inhabitants.

Many, if not most, health-care providers are urging people to get the seasonal flu shot and/or H1N1 vaccination.

NEW PALTZ - A man and his girlfriend were allegedly robbed by knife point while walking in the village Friday, leading to the arrest of four Ulster County teens.

PORT EWEN: A Washington, D.C., man was sent to Benedictine Hospital in Kingston for a psychiatric evaluation Thursday after he was involved in a three-hour police standoff in the Town of Esopus.

Kevin Brady of PrecisionFlow Technologies will be hiring about 25 employees at a job fair Saturday.

Nicole Quinn, director of "Racing Daylight," has teamed up with SUNY Ulster for a three-part series called "The Screening Room With Nicole Quinn." And this week, Quinn will delve into the works of local star Melissa Leo.

The Ulster County gang and narcotics team arrested a 24-year-old Kingston man Thursday who was wanted on felony parole violations and misdemeanor warrants.

The re-enactment of the 1777 Burning of Kingston will take place this weekend throughout the city.