Kingston News

Morgan Taylor and his children's creation, Gustafer Yellowgold, will have free July 13 shows at the Boulder Public Library.

A four-month Kingston police investigation into heroin sales in the Franklin Street section of the city led to the arrest of a 33-year-old homeless man.

The head of an affordable housing complex is launching a neighborhood watch program at a barbecue Saturday in the wake of a shooting in June that left two men arrested and a home riddled with buckshot.

A Kingston teenager was charged with two felony sex crimes following an investigation by Ulster County child protection officials.

The monthly Movies With Spirit community film series will show the irreverent British comedy "The Infidel" - about a successful Muslim business owner who discovers he's adopted, and was born Jewish - at 7 p.m. July 19 at Temple Emanuel, 243 Albany Ave. in Kingston.

Howard R. Johnson, 77, of Bethany Beach, formerly of Kingston, N.Y., passed away peacefully while surrounded by his loving family Friday, July 4, 2014.

Ulster County's Democratic and Republican committees will be choosing this week, behind closed doors, who they'll endorse to become the county's third family court judge.

The 2013-14 class of the Ulster Leadership Development Institute held its graduation ceremony June 16 at the Hillside Manor in Kingston.

More than 140 individuals, groups and organizations lent their efforts to help open a home in Kingston for veterans transitioning from homelessness to independent living.

Daniel Flores, 39, was wanted for skipping out from parole supervision, Kingston police say.

Veterans joined Ulster County Executive Michael Hein and a bevy of other local politicians Wednesday at the formal opening of a new home for veterans transitioning from homelessness to independent living.

The governor has made it a priority. Many a taxpayer has made it a crusade. So when two governments show that they are ready to get started, that they have considered all of the details and need only final approval from Albany before they start moving the boxes, you would think that nothing could stand in the way.

Kingston, New York isn't known for much--most New Yorkers probably couldn't pinpoint the small town some 90 miles away if you asked--but French Montana wants to put it on the hip-hop map.

Police are warning people to lock their vehicles after a rash of break-ins occurring between Sunday and Monday night.

After visiting Newburgh to call for an increased city police presence, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer will visit Kingston to tackle the Hudson Valley's heroin epidemic.

Jason J. Kovacs, a member of the Kingston and Marlboro-based law firm Rusk, Wadlin, Heppner & Martuscello, LLP, was elected president of the Ulster County Bar Association.

With a new state law signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday adding a third Family Court judge to Ulster County by next year, county officials are now asking: Where do you put them? Deputy Ulster County Executive Bob Sudlow said they're trying to figure that out.

The battle for independence marched straight through this area more than once; a pivotal site the British kept their eye on was the Senate House in Kingston.

Making a long awaited return to recording and touring, Ulster County resident Natalie Merchant will kick off her new tour in Kingston at UPAC on Thursday night.

A Kingston man who slashed a woman with a knife was then chased into Rondout Creek by her family members and captured on a boat, Kingston police said.