News Updates
New Lebanon splash pad put on hold
By DOUG LAROCQUE NEW LEBANON – Earlier this year the New Lebanon Town Board voted to go ahead with an engineering study for the construction of a splash pad at […]
The state of rural life: two new studies
By DEBORAH E. LANS GHENT – As a local tourism website says: “Columbia County offers unsurpassed rural beauty, a rich cultural scene and active recreational opportunities.” Its residents would add […]
County hears from the public about Youth Clubhouse
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON – The fate of the Hudson Youth Clubhouse dominated the Columbia County Board of Supervisors meeting November 8, where the supervisors also authorized a winter night […]
The Third Act: Climate group finds supporters upstate
Part 2 By DEBORAH E. LANS CHATHAM – Three years ago, author-activist Bill McKibben established The Third Act as an organization to leverage the time, skills and financial wherewithal of […]
POLICE BLOTTER
One dead as two vehicles crash, erupt in flames
By DIANE VALDEN GREENPORT—State Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash which occurred on State Route 23 west of Ponderosa Drive, November 13 at 5:42 p.m. The two vehicles […]
Local agencies present case study at conference
SARATOGA SPRINGS—The Mental Health Association of Columbia Greene’s Child Advocacy Center presented a case study at the 2023 New York State Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference in Saratoga Springs, October 3. […]
Woman charged with making terror threat against school
By DIANE VALDEN KINDERHOOK—Officials at the Ichabod Crane High School alerted School Resource Deputy Brian McSween that a threat was made against the school October 26 at 9:39 a.m., according […]
Hudson man charged with weapons possession, menacing
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON–Hudson Police arrested Bernardo E. Centeno, 70, of Hudson on an active felony arrest warrant out of Hudson City Court, October 17. Mr. Centeno was arrested on […]
OPINION
INDIGENOUS VOICES: Academy talk reminds us who was here before we came
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY THE SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY of Arts sponsored the lecture “Still Here: A Survival Story of Indigenous People,” on Sunday, November 5. The speaker, Heather Bruegl, is an […]
OPINION: Dear readers
By WARREN DEWS, JR. I’ve been in the media business for three decades. I’ve worked in New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Vermont, to name a few. During my […]
OPINION: There is no replacement for quality journalism
By MARK VINCIGUERRA ACROSS THE COUNTRY, quality journalism is critical for sharing important news affecting our society. Through their timely reporting, journalists play a uniquely critical role in informing, engaging, […]
Arts & Entertainment
Art Omi: Sculptures, architecture, contemporary art and … t-shirts
By Z ASSI LOCATED IN GHENT, Art Omi is a local (and free) art experience. Indoor exhibits are held in the Newmark Gallery, located in the Benenson Center. The most […]
Community
THROUGH THE WOODS: A Thanksgiving for wildlife
By NANCY JANE KERN MAKING TRIPS AROUND THE COUNTY gives us a rough survey of food sources for birds and animals, and so far, things look pretty good this year. […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: A man looks out at his world
By NANCY JANE KERN SCANNING THE SHELVES for something to read produced the 1942 “The Lives Around Us” by naturalist Alan Devoe. In the prologue to the book, he finds […]
Roe Jan Alumi meet again
NORTH HILLSDALE—The annual meeting of the Roe Jan Alumni Association (the first in several years due to Covid-19) will be held Tuesday, November 14, 2 p.m. at the North Hillsdale […]
All Columbia Paper Articles
INDIGENOUS VOICES: Academy talk reminds us who was here before we came
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY THE SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY of Arts sponsored the lecture “Still Here: A Survival Story of Indigenous People,” […]
New Lebanon splash pad put on hold
By DOUG LAROCQUE NEW LEBANON – Earlier this year the New Lebanon Town Board voted to go ahead with an […]
The state of rural life: two new studies
By DEBORAH E. LANS GHENT – As a local tourism website says: “Columbia County offers unsurpassed rural beauty, a rich […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: A Thanksgiving for wildlife
By NANCY JANE KERN MAKING TRIPS AROUND THE COUNTY gives us a rough survey of food sources for birds and […]
Art Omi: Sculptures, architecture, contemporary art and … t-shirts
By Z ASSI LOCATED IN GHENT, Art Omi is a local (and free) art experience. Indoor exhibits are held in […]
One dead as two vehicles crash, erupt in flames
By DIANE VALDEN GREENPORT—State Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash which occurred on State Route 23 west of […]