Mount Tremper News

Another summer is under way at YMCA Camp Ockanickon off Stokes Road, and Keith VanDerzee looks as excited as a kid jumping into Lake Stockwell for the first time.

Woodstock residents and Town Board members clashed over the draft Comeau easement at the board's June 16 meeting, as councilman Chris Collins expressed fervent support for the proposed conservation deed and charged supervisor Jeff Moran with advancing "fictitious" arguments against it, although Collins later acknowledged that he had incorrectly ...

A Mount Tremper man has been charged with having sexual intercourse with an underage girl, state police said.

Woodstock has been the "Colony of the Arts" attracting artisans, writers, and nature lovers since 1902 - but we'll always remember it best for the summer of 1969.

On the Record features birth announcements on Page 2B on Mondays and announcements about local residents in college and the armed services on Page 3B throughout the week.

Shadowy types: Rindfleisch perform at last year's Mount Tremper Arts Festival. The studio where the Aynsley Vanden-broucke Movement Group was rehearsing the other day - a small room in a grimy industrial building out in Bushwick , rented for a few hours from another choreographer - is typical enough of the spaces where New York dance makers summon ...

AWARD Hospital names employee of the quarter - Clerk/Phlebotomist Lina Wang of Poughkeepsie is Saint Francis Hospital's 2009 Second Quarter Employee.

Twenty-six restaurants in Kingston, Saugerties, New Paltz, Woodstock and Mount Tremper, are offering a $16.09 meal special during Ulster County's Quadricentennial Celebration of Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage.

It's been 16 years since the B-52s released an album of new music, but the foursome known for its beehive wigs and campy party music is back with "Funplex." In 1989, Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland and Cindy Wilson had a hit called "Roam." They sang, "Roam if you want to, roam around the world," and they never stopped doing just ...

Hey Everyone May is nearly upon us, and in the optimistic belief that we will not all soon succumb to global warming and/or the dread swine flu, I wanted to tell you about some upcoming events for next month and June.

A local resident's response to a request from Woodstock officials has resulted in an intricate plan for more than a hundred volunteers to scour the town's roadways on June 6, removing as much unsightly litter - cans, bottles, cups, paper trash, cigarette butts, and illegal signage - as they can manage in an intensive, four-hour stint.

The Italian Center in Poughkeepsie is offering a feast of Italian recipes during 'Una Serata all Italia.' Homemade Italian favorites from $3.95 to $9.95 are available every Thursday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. A complimentary glass of wine is offered with each entree.

Twenty-six restaurants, located in Kingston, Saugerties, New Paltz, Woodstock and Mount Tremper, are offering a $16.09 meal special during Ulster County's Quadricentennial Celebration of Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage.

Thanks to Henry Hudson, dinners are a deal in Ulster County. Twenty-six restaurants in Ulster County are offering $16.09 meal specials during the county's quadricentennial celebration of Hudson's 1609 voyage.

PROMOTIONS Resort announces new chief operating officer and general manager - Emily Fisher and Dean Gitter, owners of Emerson Resort & Spa in Mount Tremper, announced the appointment of Naomi Umhey as chief operating officer and Tracy Lynch as general manager.

Kingston Daily Freeman: Former President Bill Clinton, right, poses with Minnie Kiruka, an employee of the Emerson Resort and Spa in Mount Tremper, during a visit to the inn in December.

Brooklyn : Re "Brown accused in attack on Rihanna " : There is one guaranteed fact in domestic violence cases: Both partners need help.

Citizens Bank names new president - Citizens Bank announced James Gaspo has been named president of Citizens Bank in New York.

The Spa at Emerson Resort & Spa in Mount Tremper, Ulster County, has been awarded a four-star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide for the fifth year in a row.

Hike name: The Inaugural Hike of the Week Year in Review. Locations: From our Stormville backyard to a 4,577-foot Nicaraguan volcano ... and many places in between.