Kingston Library Vote
The Kingston Library’s 2022 budget (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022) passed by a vote of 169 yes to 27 no. Five candidates ran for three seats (each for a 3 three-year term) for the Kingston Library Board of … Continue reading →
Letter: Kingston Library needs your continued support
Daily Freeman – 9.17.21 – Tuesday, September 21, the Kingston Library tax levy vote and election of three library board members will be held at the library, 55 Franklin St., from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Continue reading →Stone Ridge Library budget goes to voters on Aug. 9
Daily Freeman – 8.2.21 – by Ivan Lajara – “Residents on Aug. 9 will vote on a proposed $337,800 budget carrying a 1.72% increase of $5,755.” “Also on the ballot will be two trustees seats carrying four-year terms sought by … Continue reading →
Ulster County Launches Multi-agency Unit ‘AVERT’
Hudson Valley Press – 7.28.21 – A joint press conference outside Kingston Library was held to announce the formation of the Anti-Violence Effort Response Team (AVERT) – a first-of-its-kind, multi-agency unit focused on preventing violent crime across the County.
Continue reading →Highland library closing its Clintondale branch
Daily Freeman – 6.15.21 – ” The Clintondale branch of the Highland Public Library is closing at the end of next month.” The church which owns the building is growing and needs the building for their own programs.
Continue reading →Bard College Awarded 2021–22 Big Read Grant from National Endowment for the Arts for Community-Wide Reading Program in Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Kingston
Bard News – 6.11.21 – Focused on the Big Read selection, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Big Read Hudson Valley, will take place next March-April, 2022. Kingston Library, Red Hook Library, Tivoli Library, and Starr Library are all … Continue reading →
Woodstock Library plans what to do next
hv1 – 5.7.21 – by Nick Henderson – “Woodstock Library officials are in the process of reviewing structural and environmental studies as they determine the next steps to address current and future building needs”
Continue reading →Olive Free Library exhibition “Between Wind & Water”
hv1 – 4.20.21 – “The Olive Free Library Association will present the exhibition ‘Between Wind and Water’ showcasing the works of 17 visual artists, writers and photographers who traveled together to Orkney, Scotland.”
Continue reading →Gillian Murphy takes the helm at New Paltz’s Elting Library
hv1 – 4.16.21 – by Frances Marion Platt – The article gives a brief biography of Gillian Murphy.
Continue reading →Esopus Library has mobile WiFi hotspots available for checkout
Daily Freeman – 2.4.21– by Patricia R. Doxsey – “The Esopus Library has mobile WiFi hotspots available for checkout to all cardholders who are in good standing, at least 18 and live in the town.”
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