Here's Which Streets Will Close for the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting

The annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting will lead to lots of street closures Dec. 2, according to the NYPD. This year's tree is a 78-foot tall Norway Spruce which was donated by a family in Ulster County.
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Old Catskills hotel could become a sports complex

An old Catskills hotel that was passed over for a state casino license could be developed into a sports complex. Owners of the former Nevele hotel in Ulster County tell the Daily Freeman of Kingston that they are working on a plan focusing on the growing destination sports tourism business, especially for youth traveling sports teams.
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Gifts For The Needy

... who started the program at the Sacandaga Bible Conference. Along with her husband, she traveled to Saugerties, Ulster County, just to drop off boxes for Operation Christmas Child. No nearby collection centers were available. "Someone asked me if we ...
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Kingston men arrested on drug charges Updated Nov 26, 2015 at

... possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a weapon. He was arraigned and sent to Ulster County Jail without bail. Mann was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. He was released on an ...
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Saugerties Transfer Station cuts back to two days a week

The Saugerties Town Board has decided to drastically cut back the town's transfer station hours in 2016 from five to two days a week and end its contract with the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency in a bid to save money.
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Sarah McLachlan takes the stage at UPAC Posted at

... plays piano and the older one is incredibly strong willed and sings nonstop,” McLachlan said. While in Ulster County, McLachlan may doorstep some old recording partners. “I have such fond memories of being in Woodstock a few years ago. ...
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Another Hudson Valley locality readies challenge to Thruway review of oil pipeline project

Kingston city lawmakers are poised to reject a bid by the state Thruway Authority to take control of the environmental review of a controversial crude oil pipeline that would use part of the state Thruway to transport oil from Albany to New Jersey. On Tuesday, the City Council's Public Safety Committee voted to recommend that measure, which will now go before the Common Council on Dec. 1. Mirroring an earlier vote by lawmakers in New Paltz, Ulster County, the Kingston committee voted that the environmental review for the Pilgrim pipeline should be controlled by the state Department of Environmental Conservation , rather than the Thruway Authority.
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