The Hudson Police Department will undergo limited reforms, including the restricting of “no-knock” police raids after Mayor Kamal Johnson signed an executive order Monday. The order, which Johnson called a “first step,” also creates a “Police Reconciliation & Advisory Commission” comprised of residents and police officers to advise the mayor on police actions. This first…
In Brief – A plan to turn Hudson’s commercial center into a pedestrian artery by barring most vehicle traffic over the weekends has been put on hold by the city to allow for more resident input and for details to be ironed out. The “shared streets” plan was developed by Hudson residents in concert with…
The City of Hudson is re-imagining its streets and sidewalks to allow businesses to operate and people to socially distance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ambitious plan calls for Warren Street – where the vast majority of the city’s businesses operate – to be shared by pedestrians and local vehicle traffic below Seventh Street on…
Every summer, hundreds of thousands of people flood the Catskill Mountains to attend summer camps. The camps differ so much from each other it’s hard to put them in the same category—there are Orthodox Jewish children’s camps, YMCA camps, family-oriented RV parks, glamping sites, municipal day camps, and even a camp for Latvian Evangelicals. The…
This is a roundup of coronavirus news and announcements from New York State and Hudson Valley and Catskills counties co-produced with The River Newsroom. The following is for Thursday, May 7. NEW YORK STATE 323,978 cases confirmed (2,786 new) 1,055,921 tests performed (27,022 new) 19,877 deaths (232 new) 9,179 hospitalizations (current) Confirmed cases per 10,000…
David Brenenstuhl, a chef, veteran, fisherman, newshound, sailor, traveler, and long-time proprietor of the Hillsdale House, died Sunday after testing positive for COVID-19. The 70-year-old longtime county resident went to Pine Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Philmont for physical rehabilitation about a month and a half ago. There, he fell ill, and was transported…
Columbia County released a breakdown of COVID-19 cases by municipality for the first time Friday and announced the virus had claimed three more victims in the county. The largest concentration of cases was in Claverack, where 24 people had been diagnosed with the virus. Twenty-two of those people were in a single place: Pine Haven…
A renowned art critic died Sunday at his home in Craryville from complications arising from a suspected case of COVID-19. The death of Maurice Berger, 62, was confirmed by an administrator at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he taught. Berger died in Craryville four days ago, UMBC Director of Arts and Culture…
Updated 12:49 p.m. with information from Hudson’s mayor. In Brief- Columbia County announced its first case of COV-19 Friday morning. The person is under mandatory quarantine at home being monitored by DOH, according to county officials. The case was announced by County Board of Supervisors Matt Murell and Department of Health Director (DOH) Jack Mabb.…
UPDATE: Shortly after this article was posted, Columbia County Public Health Educator Victoria McGahan informed TOHV the county also began receiving results from private labs starting Monday. As 179 new infections were reported in the Hudson Valley over the last 24 hours and test kits remained limited, The Other Hudson Valley spoke to a Columbia…
The Other Hudson Valley 