🌱 Why New York keeps rejecting Hurley’s plea to slow Route 209
Morning Hurley! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why New York keeps rejecting Hurley’s plea to slow Route 209
- How Hurley firefighters are helping a Phoenicia colleague after a brutal crash
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 42 and low of 25 degrees.
- Thursday: Becoming cloudy, temps: high: 39, low: 37.
- Friday: Breezy; rain in the morning, with a high of 52 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
📰 News we're reading
• Local Officials Struggle to Slow Down Route 209 (shawangunkjournal.com) — Hurley residents are at the center of a growing push to make notoriously dangerous Route 209 safer, especially where it passes local homes, schools, and the rail trail. After multiple fatal crashes, Hurley’s town supervisor has pressed the state to lower speed limits, but transportation officials have repeatedly refused, citing traffic-speed studies that frustrate local leaders and leave drivers, pedestrians, and grieving families worried about what happens next. 
• Phoenicia firefighter seriously hurt in New Paltz crash (dailyfreeman.com) — Hurley and West Hurley firefighters are rallying behind Phoenicia firefighter Kristopher Craig after a Route 32 crash left him in a coma and needing multiple emergency flights for care. Local departments have shared updates and encouraged donations, including through a GoFundMe and mailed checks, as the wider Ulster County community comes together to support Craig’s long recovery.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Postponed to December 17th Star Wreath Workshop
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County , 232 Plaza Road , Kingston
1:00 pm -
Story Time with Natalie
Woodstock Library , 5 Library Lane , Woodstock
10:30 am -
County Hell - The Pogues Tribute
Colony , 22 Rock City Rd , Woodstock
7:00 pm -
Blank Canvas NY: Blank Canvas at RMV Cellars
RMV Cellars , 112 Burroughs Dr , West Park
5:00 pm -
Wolfman Jack - Primal Grateful Dead
Colony , 22 Rock City Rd , Woodstock
7:00 pm -
The Cornell: Annual Holiday Cocktail Party
The Cornell Restaurant + Bar
7:00 pm -
Rhett Miller
Bearsville Theater , 291 Tinker St , Woodstock
7:00 pm -
Sew Much Fun for Tweens and Teens with Angela Fleming
Woodstock Library , 5 Library Lane , Woodstock
1:00 pm -
Winter Solstice: BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH: A NEW MOON CRYSTAL SOUND-HEALING ELEVATION with Lea Garnier and Sage Sangha
Sage Academy of Sound & Center for the Healing Arts
7:00 pm -
A Band of Brothers: An Allman Brothers Tribute
Colony , 22 Rock City Rd , Woodstock
7:00 pm -
Shining Solstice Celebration: Kundalini Yoga, Gong Bath, Nature
Mountain View Studio , 20 Mountainview Ave , Woodstock
11:00 am -
WINTER SOLSTICE SUNDAY SOUND JOURNEY with Lea Garnier — Sage Academy Of Sound
Sage Academy of Sound , 6 Deming St 2nd floor , Woodstock
12:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I'm looking for an affordable plumber and someone who knows about heating systems, who can unclog the shower and the bathroom, which have been without heating.
I also need someone to check the heating system because it's not working in two rooms. I live in Saugerties by 212. (Nextdoor JeffreyLn)
- Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Merchandise and Stocking Associate in Kingston. Apply here.
- Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Kingston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hurley here.
🗞 Nearby News
Kingston
- Kingston Waterfront Advisory Committee members named (midhudsonnews.com)
- High school girls wrestling: Kingston High has good showing at Iron Maiden tourney (dailyfreeman.com)
- In reversal, Kingston panel blocks window project at historic Uptown stone house (dailyfreeman.com)
Woodstock
- HV1's DIY Holiday Gift Guide (hudsonvalleyone.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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