By KEITH J. FERRANTE The Hunger Action Network of New York State has named New Paltz Town Supervisor Susan Zimet as their new executive director. She is replacing Mark Dunlea, who has worked for the organization since 1985. Zimet served in the Ulster County Legislature from 2004-2011. She is […]
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On March 2, 2015 primatologist and Stony Brook University professor Dr. Patricia Wright spoke at the SUNY New Paltz Lecture Center regarding her experiences in the study of lemur evolution in Madagascar. Dr. Wright has been studying primates since the 1960s, when she was inspired to pursue a PhD at […]
On Thursday, Jan. 29 a sprinkler line burst in Coykendall Science Building, causing water to rush down from the ceiling in the foyer at the west entrance of the building and out the doors. There was “minimal damage that was done to the sheetrock in the foyer space. Also, no […]
By Ella Graffin As snow dusted the town of New Paltz on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 2, determined activists lined the intersection of Main Street and South Putt Corners while chanting together: “No oil spills, not one drop, Pilgrim Pipeline’s got to stop!” The activists were protesting against the construction […]
By Gianna Canevari The Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz is now undergoing a major renovation period. For 10 to 12 months starting esktonec. 4, the main floor will be closed as contractors begin construction on the $14 million project. Library employees are now completing phase one and two […]
“It’s all about making money, but you have to love what you do,” said Mickey Jamal as 300 eager business students listened intently while many frantically jotted down notes. Oct. 27 marked the first ever “Business Leaders of the 21st Century” lecture and Q&A held on campus. Students flocked to […]
Author and multimedia journalist Alissa Quart will join the SUNY New Paltz faculty in spring 2015 as this year’s James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism. She will teach an upper-level journalism seminar, “Narrative Nonfiction in the Digital Age.” Quart is currently the co-editor of Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a non-profit […]
Michelle Walsh, owner of the Mudd Puddle Cafe, got into her car in a panic and headed over to the Rite Aid on Main Street one Friday morning to purchase a pay-back money card for the coffee shop’s electric bill. Little did she know, she was about to fall […]
Kevin Halcott was hired as a dishwasher and busboy at the Main St. Bistro in New Paltz, N.Y. after dealing with a struggle many Americans know all too well: unemployment. The 26 year-old of Ulster County resident was unemployed from August of 2013 to February of 2014. “I did a […]
