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Kingston Veterans Association parade

May 28, 2012 - 2:00pm

This Memorial Day, bike the Catskills

By Andrea Girolamo
5/18/12 - 6:26 pm

Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page.

Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day weekend, when two of our local cycling clubs are offering planned rides for cycling enthusiasts?

'Tour de Pepacton'

Billy Allison, of the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club, is the organizing brains behind this year’s Tour de Pepacton, a ride to benefit Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, on Sunday, May 27. Read more

School elections today

By Lissa Harris
5/15/12 - 9:57 am

A reminder: New Yorkers go to the polls today to vote for school budgets and board members. To find your local polling place, check your school district's website.

Problems at the polls? Let us know at editor@watershedpost.com.

Kingston's thorny crime problem

By Lissa Harris
5/14/12 - 12:33 pm

A 21-year-old Kingston man has been arrested on charges that he tried to burgle a dozen roses from a Hannaford grocery store on Mother's Day by stuffing them into his pants.

Kingston police posted news of the arrest on their Facebook page:

Arrest: Sunday 5/13/12 at 3:20 PM – Herbert D Hill Jr, 21 yrs old (12/21/1990) of 68 Glenn St Kingston was arrested at Hannaford’s for the misdemeanor of Petit Larceny. Hill had been observed by Hannaford’s security taking a dozen roses, concealing them down his pants and then attempting to leave the store without paying for the roses. The roses were valued at $24.99. Hill was processed and released on an appearance ticket to reappear at a later date.

Crime doesn't pay, of course, but we have to salute Hill and his allegedly rose-concealing pants. Getting a single rose into one's pants is no mean feat. Getting a full dozen in there, thorns and all, should be a qualifying event in the Burglary Olympics.

Also, we've been having a very sober and professional exchange on Twitter with the Daily Freeman's Ivan Lajara on this important story: Read more

Kingston's million-dollar sinkhole

By Lissa Harris
5/11/12 - 5:15 pm

In the Daily Freeman today: A sinkhole on Washington Avenue in the city of Kingston is threatening gas, water, and sewer pipes underground, and a city engineer says it could take $1 million to fix it.

Ralph Swenson told members of the Common Council’s Finance/Economic Development Committee on Wednesday that the sinkhole on Washington Avenue at Linderman Avenue, which opened in April, could wind up causing significant damage to the pipes.

Already, Swenson said, a water pipe in the area has sustained some damage and needs repair.

The city has already spent $250,000 on temporary fixes for the sinkhole only to have it reopen, Freeman reporter Paul Kirby writes.

Washington Avenue is currently closed from Linderman Avenue to Route 32 with no end in sight -- a situation that's aggravating at least one SeeClickFix user. The online service allows people to map and report problem spots in their communities.

Thousands of rural post offices to reduce hours under new USPS plan

By Lissa Harris
5/10/12 - 11:33 am

Above: A Google map of New York State post offices that will have reduced hours under the new plan. Click on a red dot to get information about a post office's current hours and their planned reduced daily hours. Use the controls on the left to zoom in or out, or click and drag the map with your mouse. For a larger view, click here. Data from the United States Postal Service. Read more

Ulster County seeks to buy state-owned property for veteran housing

By Lissa Harris
5/9/12 - 12:56 pm

A state-owned property at 67 Wurts Street in Kingston that Ulster County executive Mike Hein wants to convert to county-owned veterans' housing. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Ulster County Executive.

At a lofty price of $1, it won't be the biggest item in Ulster County's budget. But the purchase of a state-owned property at 67 Wurts Street in Kingston to provide veterans' housing is a big priority for Ulster County executive Mike Hein.

Hein announced today that state Senator Bill Larkin will be sponsoring a bill at the county's request. The bill will authorize the state Commissioner of the Office of General Services to transfer the ownership of the property, which was previously used as an Ulster-Greene ARC group home for people with developmental disabilities, to the county for $1. Read more

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