In Brief – A Hudson Valley environmental group is seeking input to combat plans by Amtrak to cut off Hudson River access. Amtrak owns a corridor of land beneath its tracks abutting the east shore of the Hudson and is attempting to install fences and gates to stop “trespassers” from crossing the property to access…
Last week, The Other Hudson Valley was purchased by the newspaper conglomerate Digital First Media, which plans to convert it into a satellite site for its larger newspaper holdings. The Other Hudson Valley will now exclusively carry general-interest content from these other newspapers. Kidding! – just kidding. But everything is going to change, and here’s…
A Kingston businessman will be held personally responsible for giant piles of hazardous materials on his land after being cited last week under the federal Superfund Law. Formerly part of the city’s IBM campus, the land is owned by Alan L. Ginsberg and contains piles of asbestos-containing materials seemingly weighing multiple tons, as well as…
New Airbnbs will continue to open in Hudson after the Common Council failed to override the mayor’s veto of their nine-month moratorium on short-term rentals (STRs) in the city. Though the moratorium passed the Common Council unanimously last month before being vetoed by Mayor Rick Rector Friday, four council members changed their tune during Tuesday…
This story is co-published with The River, a regional newsroom from Chronogram magazine. It was 18 years after Tim Gallagher* first tried opioids that he overdosed. His first taste followed a medical procedure when he was 14. In his later teenage years, Gallagher’s mother would sometimes give him a five milligram Percocet—a mild opioid painkiller—from…
I had no idea what I’d come upon when I first saw Hudson’s Shantytown during an exploratory jaunt around the city some nine years ago. There they were, a few hundred feet from the bustle and boutiques of Warren Street: rows of dusty cabins cobbled together from found materials, some of them sitting over the…
In Brief – Thousands of votes cast for two Ulster County Democrats were mistakenly tallied on third-party lines instead of the Democratic line. The error did not cause the final count for the candidates to be changed — each vote went to the correct candidate, but on the wrong party line. The error, which affected…
Rosendale, a town of 6,000 just fifteen minutes south of Kingston, played an out-sized role in the Hudson Valley’s history and the development of New York City. Local resident and former Army historian Gilberto Villahermosa discussed his new book on the history of Rosendale at a Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society talk Monday, filling…
Sam Pratt, the storied Hudson Valley journalist and activist, writes about the exhaustive interviews he conducted with the two candidates for Columbia County District Attorney – both of whom have asked for his support. GOP incumbent Paul Czajka is looking to serve a fourth non-consecutive term as as the county’s lead criminal prosecutor, facing up…
Storied journalist and activist Sam Pratt has made an endorsement in the Columbia County District Attorney’s race. Early voting has already begun for the race, which pits incumbent Republican Paul Czajka against Democrat Eugene Keeler. Pratt, a journalist and activist, has written for the New York Post, New York Magazine, Spin, Esquire and two-dozen other…
Tenants at a Hudson apartment building were told late Friday they had 21 days to relocate after their landlord let the building fall into disrepair, then elected to close it down instead of paying to correct structural issues. Three reports – one in 2016 and two this year – pointed to a need for repairs…
Jack Hayes, the Republican nominee for Ulster County Executive, attacked Democratic nominee Pat Ryan for his stance on immigration during a debate hosted Tuesday by The Daily Freeman. Hayes, the chair of the county’s Conservative Party and a former county legislator, said he would rescind Pat Ryan’s executive order barring county employees from sharing information…
The City of Hudson, which has been out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act since it was signed into law almost 30 years ago, is being forced to make municipal buildings and the city’s sidewalks accessible to those with disabilities after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The Hudson Common…
