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Zena parents mobilize to save their local school
(Photo by Dion Ogust) Though the school was initially spared last year when the Kingston City School District’s Board of Education chose Frank L. Meagher for closure to address dwindling enrollment,...
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Superintendent’s plan would close Zena Elementary
The closure of three more elementary schools, including Zena Elementary, and a reconfiguration of grade levels have been hypothetical elements of the Kingston City School redistricting discussion for...
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Zena parents wonder why a high functioning school should close
(Photo by Dion Ogust) To a certain extent, every elementary school in the Kingston City School District is a vibrant, unique community all its own. Zena Elementary, depending upon who you ask, is...
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Bid on Zena school tops $900K
Kingston City School District Superintendent Paul Padalino is recommending to the Board of Education that bids on two of its vacant elementary schools be accepted, while a third should not. “My...
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Paul Green, new owners talk about plans for former Zena Elementary
Paul Green directs at his Rock Academy. (photo by Dion Ogust) Speculation about the plans for the former Zena Elementary School has run rampant ever since the Kingston City School District’s Board of...
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No status for Woodstock
(Photo by Dion Ogust) Following a lengthy public session where the Ulster Town Board heard from members of the public concerned about oversight on the proposed Niagara Bottling plant, the town board...
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Zena Elementary becomes Woodstock Music Lab
Michael Lang and Paul Green. (photo by Dion Ogust) After numerous delays and a final deadline, the sale of Zena Elementary School was completed Friday, July 31 with the Kingston City School District...
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Saugerties Grows program will serve a greater number of students
In keeping with the spirit of both the acronym and its inherent mission, Saugerties Grows keeps growing and growing. The acronym stands for Graduation Requirements through Occupational Work Study....
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Kingston High School gymnastics making a comeback
Jalynn Harrison on the high beam. (photo by Nicole Terpening) The Kingston High School gymnastics team went from winning a 13th straight Section IX title two years ago to almost not happing at all this...
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Ed Short to be inducted into Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame
Ed and Nancy Short Ed Short got the news of his pending induction into the Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame member of the Class of 2017 the way many learn about anything: He saw it on social media. “I...
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Jimmy Fallon donates $100,000 to Saugerties High School
The Tonight Show host and Saugerties High School Class of 1992 alum Jimmy Fallon has donated $100,000 to his alma mater, much of which has been earmarked for technology in the arts. In the late fall,...
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Ulster Hose members, and many others, to lop locks to help kids with cancer
(Elope Elope/Flickr) Members of Ulster Hose No. 5 are raising money and awareness for childhood cancer research as part of the second Ulster County St. Baldrick’s Day fundraising event. Local groups...
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Founder of Saints sports program will be inducted into Saugerties Sports Hall...
Rick Andreassen and Saints For Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame 2017 inductee Rick Andreassen, athletics have been a part of his life for all of his life. He grew up in a family with eleven kids, and he...
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Trump’s taking back trans kids’ protections won’t change local approach
(Photo by Dion Ogust) Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Education rescinded Title IX transgender student guidance enacted by the Obama administration last year. While...
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Stockade FC opens season at Dietz May 6
Stockade FC’s Michael Creswick in action at Dietz Stadium last year. (photo by Phyllis McCabe) Kingston Stockade FC announced their 2017 schedule this week, with the season set to begin with a home...
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Randy Dodig, Sr. joins his relatives in the Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame
Randy Dodig, Sr. now and then. You’ll see familiar surnames emerge when you scroll through a list of the members of the Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame. For the third straight year and the fourth year...
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Kingston’s Shamrock Run to be held Sunday
Expect admiring crowds and chilly weather for this Sunday’s annual Shamrock Run, a two-mile Kingston road race beginning on the Academy Green and ending at the Strand. Started in 1988, the annual fun...
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Kingston school district’s report card a mixed picture
Last month, Kingston school officials revealed the district was seeing gains in some key areas of student achievement but coming up short in others. The district as a whole and four of its schools...
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Town of Ulster debates feral cat problem
(Photo by Melissa Wiese) If 2016 was the Year of the Chicken in the Town of Ulster, 2017 is shaping up to be the Year of the Cat. An agenda item about an early draft of a proposed law designed to crack...
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Stephen Freer to be inducted into Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame
Steven Freer, wife Kelly, granddaughter Cecelia, and son Steven, Jr. Freer at St. John’s. Steven Freer has held a Saugerties High School varsity sports record for more than three decades. His 1435...
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