'A moral disaster': AP reveals scope of migrant kids program

... in April 2017. Most of the children are in facilities in New York City, but The Children's Home of Kingston, Ulster County, currently has 24 children, according to the AP. Until now, public information has been limited about the number of youths ...
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/AP-Investigation-Migrant-kids-held-in-mass-13478797.php

Ulster Park man gets 25-to-life in murder of Kingston man

An Ulster Park man was sentenced Monday in Ulster County Court to 25 years to life in prison for beating a Kingston man to death, the Ulster County District Attorney's Office said.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181217/ulster-park-man-gets-25-to-life-in-murder-of-kingston-man

Albany Watch: Will lawmakers vote to limit outside income?

... City's aging subways. Several freshmen lawmakers elected last month will helm committees: Sen Jen Metzger of Ulster County will lead the Agriculture Committee, while Sen. Anna Kaplan of Long Island will chair the Commerce Committee and Sen. ...
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181217/albany-watch-will-lawmakers-vote-to-limit-outside-income

Homeowners can get help with weatherization, upgrades

TUSTEN – There was only one place for Brian Mendoza and his wife, Susan, to move from Park Slope, Brooklyn, and Sullivan County was the charm.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181214/homeowners-can-get-help-with-weatherization-upgrades

Video: Scenes from Maisie Williams film set at Albany airport

... upstate counties, Ulster included. One of the production companies involved in the film, BCDF, is based in the Ulster County hamlet of Kerhonkson.
https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Video-Scenes-from-Maisie-Williams-film-set-at-13466695.php

Wanted: Man Accused Of Giving Fake Name During DWI Arrest

... address he provided, and on Oct. 18, an arrest warrant was issued by Orange County Court. He is also wanted by Ulster County Probation as a parole probation absconder. Arrieta was described as a 5-foot-11 Hispanic man weighing approximately 185 ...
https://yonkers.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/wanted-man-accused-of-giving-fake-name-during-dwi-arrest/745656/

Forget the Suburbs, It's Country or Bust

... who want to leave the city figure out where to go. She and her husband considered moving their family to Ulster County seven years ago - and while that is not entirely off the table, they are staying in Brooklyn for now. "We know so many people who ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/realestate/forget-the-suburbs-its-country-or-bust.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Man pleads guilty to sexually abusing child

A former New Paltz man pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Ulster County Court to sexually abusing a child, prosecutors said.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181213/man-pleads-guilty-to-sexually-abusing-child

Ulster County man pleads guilty to gun and drug charges

Anthony Dancy, 36, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree criminal sale fo a controlled substance, felonies, according to the Ulster County District Attorney's Office.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181213/ulster-county-man-pleads-guilty-to-gun-and-drug-charges

Rosendale man faces drunk-driving charge

... A Rosendale man was charged with felony drunk driving after his car drove off Route 32 on Monday morning. The Ulster County Sheriff's office said deputies responded to a 911 call reporting a yellow Mazda Miata driving erratically on the highway ...
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181212/rosendale-man-faces-drunk-driving-charge

Dutchess joins handful of NY counties banning plastic bags

... by 2020. It must be signed by County Executive Marc Molinaro before it's official. He has said he supports it. Ulster County Executive Michael Hein signed his county's plastic bag ban in October. It takes effect in mid-2019. The Ulster County law ...
http://www.chroniclenewspaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20181210/NEWS02/181219996

$1B Hudson River Water Tunnel Reaches Halfway Mark

... leaking sections of the Delaware Aqueduct - one in the Orange County town of Newburgh, and the other in the Ulster County town of Wawarsing - since the 1990s. The leaks release an estimated 20 million gal. per day, about 95 percent of that escaping ...
https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/1b-hudson-river-water-tunnel-reaches-halfway-mark/43003?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ceg+%28Construction+Equipment+Guide.com%29

Ulster Community Action Committee awarded $3M in federal funding for Head Start programs

KINGSTON The Ulster County Community Action Committee has been awarded $3,026,912 in federal funding for early childhood development programs.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181210/ulster-community-action-committee-awarded-3m-in-federal-funding-for-head-start-programs

The Disasters of War

Holy Cross/Santa Cruz Episcopal Church is located in the city of Kingston. Kingston, one of the hubs of New York's Hudson Valley, has received a good deal of attention these last few years, as New York City continues-at an ever-growing rate-to function as a domain of the wealthy.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/12/10/the-disasters-of-war/

People for People: Fund's grant of a month's rent makes a difference

... hard times, but somehow, it's a little easier to get over the hurdles when friends or family lend a hand. This Ulster County man, despite facing medical problems, was doing his best to hold his own. Five years ago, a car accident had left him ...
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181208/people-for-people-funds-grant-of-months-rent-makes-difference

Goshen bends rules; weddings proceed at venue

... by the town that he was mistaken. Trojian and Clark also run Foxfire Mountain House in Mount Tremper, in Ulster County, and are seeking to establish a sister property in Goshen. The couple have purchased a 4,800-square-foot, Southwestern-style ...
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181207/goshen-bends-rules-weddings-proceed-at-venue

Police: 1 Man, 2 Teenagers Face Murder Charges In Slaying

... was also arrested and charged with second-degree murder Saturday. He's being held without bail in the Ulster County Jail. Stansberry is being defended by the county public defender's office. A message left at the office wasn't ...
http://wibx950.com/police-1-man-2-teenagers-face-murder-charges-in-slaying/

Police charge three with murder of Ulster County man

... of a weapon, the news release says. All three were arraigned in Town of Ulster Justice Court and sent to the Ulster County Jail without bail, according to state police. Troopers continue to investigate. The Ulster County District Attorney's Office, ...
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181203/police-charge-three-with-murder-of-ulster-county-man

Saugerties teen admits to making guns in basement

A Saugerties teenager has pleaded guilty to felony weapon possession in a case that started when police investigated social media comments that appeared to praise the Columbine school shooters, the Ulster County District Attorney's Office said Friday.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181130/saugerties-teen-admits-to-making-guns-in-basement

Delaware Aqueduct bypass halfway completed

The bypass is part of a $1 billion effort to fix two leaks in the aqueduct - the largest repair project in the New York City water-supply system's 176-year history.
https://www.recordonline.com/news/20181130/delaware-aqueduct-bypass-halfway-completed