Ulster Park News

A Hip-hop DJ concert at a restaurant and banquet hall at 423 Route 9W in Ulster Park Saturday morning turned ugly as a gang member tried to stab another man, the URGENT task force reported.

The Klyne Esopus Museum will honor the Rev. David Brechter, Mary Brechter, Joan Every and Andrew Aurigemma at its fifth annual recognition dinner. via RecordOnline.com

A fast-moving forest fire that twice jumped trenches dug to hold it back has scorched 3,000 acres of the Minnewaska State Park Preserve near New Paltz, N.Y., an official said on Sunday. via New York Times

“Some call Cupid.com 'Stupid.com”

Editor's note: Love Stories is a new monthly feature you can find in the Life section of the Poughkeepsie Journal. via Poughkeepsie Journal

“Service...Excellent! Astosphere...Excellent...Food....Excellent. We love Nina, we have always had a fantastic meal every time we ate there. Franz...”

An investigation into the theft of a laptop from an Ulster Park home led to the arrest of a Poughkeepsie woman accused of engaging in sexual activity with a girl under 17, police said Tuesday. via RecordOnline.com

Three people have been arrested by the Ulster County Sheriff's Department in connection with alleged sexual activities between an adult woman and a female under the age of 17. via Mid-Hudson News

“That immediate connection is half the work.”

Bill Quinn has a mobility impairment. What he doesn't have is a workplace disability. via Poughkeepsie Journal

The areas in the mid-Hudson Valley receiving rain should dry up by the early afternoon. via Poughkeepsie Journal

A major change has come to the world of holiday lights. Efficiency! The dirty little non-secret about the holiday lights tradition is that burning such lights bleeds lots of energy into the stratosphere, never ... via Daily Freeman

“This was supposed to be separate”

City planners Monday night postponed a decision whether to allow the construction of a clinic where abortions, among other services, would be performed, but agreed the project would have not harm the ... via Midhudsoncentral.com

“This was a little tough this year because I was real busy at work the week or so before and didn't get into my regular training cycle”

It was a Rocky Mountain High for five area powerlifters, four that won national titles, at the recently completed USA Powerlifting Masters Benchpress Nationals in Denver. via Daily Freeman

VETERANS Day, which commemorates the signing of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918, is on Sunday. via Daily Freeman

“I think people want to be part of what they see in movies but instead of watching it unfold on screen, here they get the reality of their own screams and other people screaming adding to the confusion, attraction and the evening”

The room was so dark I could barely see the outline of the doorway leading to the only exit a few feet away. via Poughkeepsie Journal

“It was a hard thing to decide, a lot of back and forth, bittersweet”

Harry VanVliet IV, a captain with the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, retired from the department on Saturday after more than 26 years of service. via Midhudsoncentral.com