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The interior of Sonder wine bar at 346 Broadway in Kingston, NY. Photo taken Friday, Oct, 20, 2023. (Tania Barricklo/Daily Freeman)

Midtown Kingston’s Sonder serves low-priced small plates and natural wine

October 23, 2023 at 2:41 p.m.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Within walking distance of City Hall sits Sonder, a wine bar that has objectively low-priced small plates and an eclectic range of food and natural wine that...

The Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing in Lake Katrine, N.Y., is shown on April 29, 2020. (Tania Barricklo/Daily Freeman file)

Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing named 2023 Ulster County Business of the Year

October 21, 2023 at 12:23 p.m.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Lake Katrine-based nursing home Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing was the winner of the 2023 Ulster County Business of the Year Award. Ten Broeck is...

Election 2023: 8 vying for 4 state Supreme Court justice positions in Ninth Judicial District

October 15, 2023 at 1:27 p.m.

Eight candidates are facing off in the upcoming general election to fill four state Supreme Court justice positions in New York’s Ninth Judicial District. The candidates are Francesca E. Connolly,...

Election 2023: Third Judicial District race has four candidates seeking to fill three seats

October 15, 2023 at 12:57 p.m.

Voters in the upcoming general election will choose from a pool of four candidates to fill three state Supreme Court justice positions in New York’s Third Judicial District. The candidates...

Election 2023: Third Ward Kingston alderman faces challenge; all others unopposed

October 9, 2023 at 6:03 p.m.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city’s current Third Ward alderman is facing the only challenge for the Common Council in the upcoming general election, ensuring almost complete Democratic control. Alderman Reynolds...

First Lady Jill Biden visits the Day One preschool in Poughkeepsie on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.
(Austin Jefferson/ Daily Freeman)

First lady Jill Biden visits affordable preschool organization to as its leaders announce eventual expansion to Kingston

October 6, 2023 at 7:32 p.m.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — During a visit to the Day One preschool on Friday by First Lady Jill Biden, leaders announced that a similar affordable early learning program may come to...

Ulster County Sheriff's Office personnel at the scene of a two-car crash on Broadway in Ulster Park, N.Y., on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 5, 2023. (John Bechtold photo)

Two-car crash in Ulster Park leaves teen seriously hurt

October 6, 2023 at 3:37 p.m.

ULSTER PARK, N.Y. — A two-car crash on Broadway on Thursday afternoon resulted in a 17-year-old driver being seriously injured, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. Ulster County Sherriff's...

An artist's rendering of the Kingstonian

Lawsuit challenging Kingstonian site plan, special use permit dismissed

October 16, 2023 at 9:31 a.m.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A lawsuit challenging the city's Planning Board's decision to grant site plan approval and a special use permit to the planned Kingstonian project was dismissed in Ulster...

Kingston Mayor Steve Noble speaks outside the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Center in Kingston, N.Y., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Austin Jefferson/Daily Freeman)

Low-income Kingston residents to receive discounted energy via solar power

October 4, 2023 at 4:18 p.m.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — City residents living in low-income census tracts will be eligible to receive rebates on 15% of the cost of their energy bill beginning next year, Mayor Steve...

Contractors and their apprentices from unions and organizations in Kingston and the greater Hudson Valley attend a Kingston Common Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2023, to demand the council table a bill that would repeal the apprenticeship program due to its graduation requirements. (Austin Jefferson/Daily Freeman)

Kingston lawmakers approve change to apprenticeship guidelines

October 4, 2023 at 2:39 p.m.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — In an attempt to end the "back and forth, back and forth" nature of apprenticeship guideline deliberations in the city, aldermen removed a requirement that contractors bidding...

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