Kingston News

Ulster County and its municipalities lost $5.36 million in sales tax revenue in December 2013 and January 2014 as compared with the same period a year earlier, says Ulster County Executive Mike Hein.

Ulster County could be in for the worst of it. The National Weather Service put the county under a winter weather advisory that, as of Wednesday, was due to expire at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Drivers in Kingston may be seeing new traffic flow in the near future. City officials are considering a temporary direction switch on two one-way streets in Uptown.

If you follow this column with regularity, you know I get kinda anxious when stories like this one crop up.

Kingston police responded at about 3:45 p.m. to the area of 25 Henry St., where they found the victim with a stab wound to the arm.

If you're very squeamish, or if you believe that Jews should eat only kosher food, then the film "Meat Hooked!" is not for you.

Deputies stopped Williams just after noon Monday after observing the dark tinted front windows on the vehicle he was driving.

Hamish Linklater, author of the new play set in Kingston titled The Vandal, was born to the theatrical life, and his star is definitely on the rise.

I commissioned Michael to make the house because I wanted to get Ransom something special for his birthday.

Police were investigating a two-car accident Sunday morning on Route 28 in the Town of Ulster that left three people injured.

Brian J. Turner of Phillipsport, NY, a 27 year pressman for The Middletown Times Herald-Record, a night crew pack out clerk for Shoprite of Ellenville and a longtime resident of the area, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at home.

Friday, the Old Dutch Church in Kingston hosted the premiere public screening of "Shelter: A Concert Film to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence."

A second person has been arrested in connection with a burglary in the Town of Olive in January, said Ulster County sheriff's deputies.

The owner told police he started the sport utility vehicle to warm it up and when he returned it had been stolen.

The actor Hamish Linklater set his dark comedy "The Vandal" in Kingston, at a bus stop during a cold night.

An edited wishlist from our visit to the charming store in Nolita, Love Adorned: a bundle of Palo Santo wood incense; a Hasami Porcelain mug; a bottle of In the Library, a book-scented essential oil from New York perfume makers CB I Hate Perfume; a book on tree houses; a hand-woven wool blanket by Brooklyn artist Wes Lang and Indigofera; ... (more)

The One Billion Rising Ulster County 2014 event with singer Natalie Merchant has been rescheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday at Bethany Hall of Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston.

A freight train hauling empty oil tank cars derailed in the Town of Ulster Tuesday morning, causing no injuries or spills but highlighting safety concerns.

'Tis the season. The season for filing 2013 tax returns, that is. And in that spirit, the state's commissioner of Taxation and Finance visited Kingston with some warnings and possible sources of comfort for state taxpayers.

The driver of a car that collided with a school bus Monday in Kingston was the only one hurt, according to city police.