Kingston
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 18, 2010 - 9:59 am
Lately, upstate New York has been buzzing with film crews, as the industry searches for alternatives to shooting in expensive L.A. and New York City. Jane Fonda on location in Woodstock! Sundance bait in Sullivan County!
All this action is undoubtedly... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 11, 2010 - 10:17 am
Police found about 75 huge pot plants in Kingston yesterday. From a press release by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT):
The plants were located near a quarry pond on 1st Avenue near Kingston Street. Most of the plants were over... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010 - 11:45 am
The Times Herald-Record reports that those tentative plans to shutter the Daily Freeman's local printing press and mailroom are looking a lot less tentative:
The Daily Freeman newspaper has filed the required state and federal notices that the paper... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010 - 12:12 pm
Did anyone else witness anything strange in the skies over Kingston on Sunday night? The Vike Factor, a blog that tracks reports of paranomal activity, received one intriguing report:
...at 9:02 PM EST myself and my girlfriend witnessed five bright orange... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010 - 2:28 pm
Guess who painted this? Hint: She's not human.
The excrutiatingly fabulous among us already know what they're doing this weekend: they're attending All Tomorrow's Parties, the hipsterrific music festival at Kutsher's in Monticello this weekend. We've sent... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 - 3:19 pm
A few weeks ago, Daily Freeman publisher Ira Fusfeld announced on WGHQ radio that his Kingston-based newspaper is considering closing its local printing press and mailroom to save money. In a post on his Publisher's blog a week later, Fusfeld tried to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 - 1:17 pm
Apparently the spirit of industry is alive and well in Kingston, where a few old-school businesses from the days when steamships ruled the Hudson are still kicking it. Kingston Happenings has a great post today on two of Kingston's historic purveyors of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 1:30 pm
Kingston Citizens reports that there is a new foreclosure hotline in Kingston:
If you are having a problem with a neighboring foreclosed property, there is a new hotline number for property complaints that citizens should feel free to use. That number is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 26, 2010 - 1:04 pm
A genealogy junkie named Alanna just made a shocking discovery in her family tree:
Joseph Wood in a suspected fit of suspected rum induced jealousy killed his wife with a hatchet ... My GrGrGr Grandfather murdered his wife….my GrGrGr Grandmother. I... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 26, 2010 - 12:27 pm
Clark Richters of the Kingston News Blog reports that Kingston Area Public Access is facing a shutdown over three months' unpaid rent at their studio, in the Seven21 Media Center.
Just a few months ago, Roll Magazine wrote of a glowing future for the up-... Read more
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