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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 - 2:59 pm
Above: The Watershed Post's resident rooster, Wellington. He's good company out here in rural Delaware County, but we're guessing he wouldn't fit in too well in your average tiny Kingston backyard. Photo by Lissa Harris.
Looks like the urban-farming... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010 - 12:28 pm
Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen is steamed about the state legislature's proposed budget cuts to programs that counties and towns are mandated by law to run. Specifically, Safety Net:
Both the Assembly and Senate plan to cut $100 million in this area... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 7, 2010 - 3:43 pm
Vera Farmiga is in Kingston today, filming her directorial debut, "Higher Ground." (She's been scouting for talent for the movie a while now.) As the Times Herald-Record reports, the production crew is closing down a few streets entirely. That plan... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 - 9:03 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that Kingston mayor James Sottile and legislator David Donaldson are pushing for Ulster County to take over all Safety Net payments. (Ulster County is the only county in New York State that bills individual municipalities for the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 - 9:24 pm
Democratic Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen has some nice words for Republican state senator John Bonacic, for his efforts to get the DEP to do a better job of flood management around NYC's Ashokan reservoir upstate.
Our State Senator, John Bonacic... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 9:49 am
Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen reflects on county executive Mike Hein's recent State of the County address, and is a little frustrated about not hearing more about forward progress.
But I'm a realist. It's not so much who was giving the speech as... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 - 10:35 am
At the Kingston Progressive blog, Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen weighs in on Warren Redlich, a Tea Party/libertarian type who's looking to topple Rick Lazio in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
Question is, what are the chances of the New York... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 - 10:51 am
Over at the Kingston Progressive blog, Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen is full of ire about the Supreme Court's stunning 5-4 decision yesterday striking down limits on corporate political campaigning.
Do you realize what WalMart is about to do to any... Read more
