New Paltz
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2010 - 9:34 pm
Maria at the New Paltz Gadfly takes aim at a proposed noise ordinance in her fair city:
The new proposal requires a permit from the Village Board to attract public attention using any noise (2-5 F, 2-9 A, B). This one is pretty convenient at keeping... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 - 9:15 pm
SUNY New Paltz students rallied last week against $152 million worth of proposed state cuts to higher education, a bill with the unfortunate acronym of PHEEIA.
The crowd of students and SUNY professors chanted slogans like “One, two, three, four, we can’... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 25, 2010 - 5:01 pm
Maria at New Paltz Gadfly would rather not see the New Paltz P.D. packing Tasers.
In order for Taser use to be warranted and effective, a target ideally would be middle aged, of normal build, good health, and sitting down. You would point the taser at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 19, 2010 - 11:07 am
Something strange haunts a certain house on North Manheim Boulevard in New Paltz. You may have noticed it. One recent commentor on the Ulster Publishing forum did:
If you are driving on Henry Dubois Road in New Paltz where it intersects with North... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 12, 2010 - 8:49 am
Times Herald-Record reporter Adam Bosch shot video of former governor Eliot Spitzer talking about Wall Street regulation at SUNY New Paltz yesterday.
Former Spitzer aide Lloyd Constantine has a new book out about Spitzer's brief and rocky tenure as... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 - 10:44 am
A panel discussion of natural-gas drilling at SUNY New Paltz last night drew several hundred people, the Times Herald-Record reports.
Those against it — including New York City and most of the crowd of some 200 Monday night — again said drilling, or... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 - 12:53 pm
Traditionally, No. 6 is the Iron Anniversary. Last weekend marked the sixth anniversary of the gay weddings in New Paltz, and the mood was appropriately grim for the couples joining former mayor Jason West to mark the occasion.
As a member of one of the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 - 10:35 pm
DEC biologist Carl Herzog is speaking at SUNY New Paltz on Thursday about the great American bat die-off. From the Hudson Valley Geologist:
If you don't know, bats have been dying off in record numbers locally (and throughout the northeast) from a fungal... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 - 9:48 am
The former governor will be speaking at SUNY New Paltz on March 11. Jeremy Blaber's excited about it.
Who likes Gov. Eliot Spitzer more then me?!?!
Definitely not "Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis, who announced recently that she's running for governor.
"I... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 - 11:39 am
When he isn't running for public office, Justin Holmes, who became locally famous (or notorious) for battling his alma mater SUNY New Paltz a couple of years ago, is saving the world from behind the counter of a new New Paltz coffeeshop. Called /root (... Read more
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