In the last year of his studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, Rabbi Jonathan Kligler of the Woodstock Jewish Congregation (WJC) noticed a posting that the fledgling local synagogue was seeking a student rabbi to lead services once a month. A year later, once a month had turned into twice a month and when Bard College advertised for a Jewish chaplain two years after that, Kligler figured out a way to cobble together the two part-time jobs so that he and his wife,...
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Last Tuesday, the Rev. Darlene Kelley, pastor at Clinton Avenue Methodist, was lauded by the Hudson Valley Regional Food Bank with its Award for Outstanding Achievement for her work to help feeding Kingston’s hungry.
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Great things to do with the kids this week
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After more than five hours of heated debate, village and town officials in New Paltz came to a conclusion on consolidation -- they will ask Albany for special legislation. New Paltz will seek a special home rule law from the State of New York, allowing them to let town voters and village voters to cast a ballot -- if and when a referendum calling for the merger of the two municipalities is held.
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As the HITS-on-the-Hudson show grounds were being made ready for the start of another season of hunter/jumper horse shows earlier this week, the first of the boots-and-britches clad equestrians who come to Saugerties every spring and summer have been spotted in the village.
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