23+ hour, 41+ min ago   (361+ words) Jess Davis, vice president of the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce, graduated from the Institute for Organization Management program, an arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Davis earned an IOM Graduate Recognition, signifying the individual’s completion of 96 credit hours of…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (229+ words) Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) announced the appointment of Dr. Mill Etienne as vice president and chief medical officer of its Western Region, where he will help advance clinical quality, safety and patient experience across the Western Region of…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago   (290+ words) Memorial Health welcomed pediatrician Melissa Cregan, DO to its clinic in Hudson, N.Y. on Aug. 20. Dr. Cregan, a board-certified pediatrician, completed her pediatric residency at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, after graduating from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Low-income people who purchase affordable homes and the spouses of fallen police officers could get a break in their Ulster County property taxes under a pair of local laws adopted by the county Legislature on Tuesday. Both local laws…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (343+ words) The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office has announced the promotion of Emmett Vedder III to the rank of detective sergeant from sergeant. Vedder began his career with the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office in the Corrections Division in 2009, before transferring to the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (320+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — A bipartisan resolution imposing a six-month moratorium on all county hiring is headed to a key legislative committee for consideration this month. The ban, proposed by Minority Leader Kevin Roberts and Legislator TJ Briggs, D-Ellenville, would prohibit the hiring…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (274+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Kingston will begin its $2.1 million ADA curb ramp project this week, which will encompass 90 curb ramps and the installation of an additional 525 feet of new bluestone sidewalk along Albany Avenue in Academy Green Park, the city announced. Mayor Steve…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (348+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger nipped a proposed victory garden program in the bud on Friday, vetoing a resolution that would have taken $100,000 from the county’s contingency fund to kickstart the pilot program. It was only the second veto…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (644+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — It may only be July, but discussions that will shape Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger’s 2027 spending plan are already underway. And the potential financial fallout from the Trump administration’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is weighing heavily on those deliberations....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (347+ words) KINGSTON, N.Y. — Ulster County legislators have approved a $32.9 million budget for SUNY Ulster that increases the county’s contribution to the college’s 2026-27 budget but also gives county government greater oversight the institution’s finances. The county’s contribution to the college would increase by…...