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/