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Adam Bosch
I've been a staff reporter for the Times Herald-Record since 2007. I currently cover Ulster County, the City of Kingston and the regionwide environmental beat. You can always find me at abosch@th-record.com or at our John Street office by calling ... Read FullCategories
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More on emerald ash borer infestation
On Saturday we published a Record exclusive about the spread of the emerald ash borer to 13 sites in Ulster County, which has stoked fears that the invasive beetle could kill all ash trees in the Hudson Valley and Catskills.
I wanted to expand on a few points in this story.
1) We mentioned a startling discovery in [...]
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Hurley man, missing for 10 days, found dead
On Sunday, I wrote a story about Evan Stauble, a 24-year-old with a history of mental illness who had disappeared July 1 from his family’s home in Hurley.
I’m now sorry to report that Stauble’s body was found Sunday by his father, Guy Stauble, who called early this week to let me know his son was [...]
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Appreciating July 4
On Saturday, I visited the New Windsor Cantonment on Route 300. There, in memory of our forefathers, historic interpreters were shooting muskets and cannons, lecturing on Revolutionary War history and showing some old-school medical equipment that looked like it jumped off the screen of a horror movie.
But the one demonstration that hit me was the [...]
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Kingston school policymakers to chat morning of budget vote
As you can see, Kingston school policymakers are planning to meet with district residents on May 18.
That’s important becuase May 18 is budget-vote day. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the budget, you can click here to read a little about it.
The meeting, to be held in a coffee house directly across Broadway [...]
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New union contract and the definition of “retro pay”
When Ulster County’s Budget & Finance Committee met Tuesday night, one of the items on its agenda was the new union agreement with the Ulster County Staff Association.
For those of you who haven’t been following the news, this is a group of about 40 mid-level managers who haven’t gotten a pay raise since 2005. You [...]
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KURA sponsoring forum on assessment challenges
Grievance day is still about six weeks away, but a residents’ association in Kingston is offering guidance for those who think their assessments are unfair.
The Kingston Uptown Residents’ Association will host a forum called “How to Appeal Your Property Assessment” on April 20 at 7 p.m. The group will gather at the Old Dutch Church [...]
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Help Kingston with some spring cleaning…
Friends of Historic Kingston is looking for some volunteers to help with a sweep of the city later this month.
After all, it’s spring. And when you think spring you think….baseball. Or cleaning.
Here’s the group’s appeal for help:
KINGSTON – A spring clean-up of litter lying along the newly instituted “Kingston Corridor” will take place on Saturday, [...]
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Google Fiber: Ulster County’s pitch for super-fast Internet
Ulster County has applied to a national competition to win Google Fiber, super-fast Web infrastructure that would boost connection speeds by 50-300 times. Below are the two videos Ulster County and the Kingston Digital Corridor are using to convince Google that we deserve to win.
Here are a few of the other applications from around the [...]
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Tree-killing beetle in the spotlight again