Editor's Note
Chronogram's editorial director Brian K Mahoney calls for more physical interaction in a post-coronavirus world.
By Brian K. Mahoney
Apr 1, 2020
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Community Notebook
In times of crisis like this COVID-19 outbreak, animal shelters are put under extra pressure and donations decrease and animal surrenders in crease. We spoke with the executive director of the Ulster County SPCA to find out some of the ways we can help both sheltered animals and our own pets during this pandemic.
By Ashleigh Lovelace
Mar 21, 2020
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Environment
While not as bad as other rural water districts across America, some of the region’s local water systems are degrading.
A multimillion-dollar repair project in the Ulster County hamlet of Kerhonkson, NY spotlights the quiet water infrastructure crisis that upstate New York, and much of the country, is headed toward.
By Chronogram Staff
Mar 11, 2020
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General News & Politics
Farmers in New York were better positioned than many farmers elsewhere in the country after President Trump’s tariffs on China.
We take a look at how the months-long trade standoff between the US and China has affected and will continue to affect small farms in upstate New York.
By Chronogram Staff
Mar 11, 2020
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Editor's Note
Chronogram's editorial director Brian K Mahoney introduces us to his new neighbor, Johnny.
By Brian K. Mahoney
Mar 1, 2020
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Community Notebook
Radio Kingston and Community Tech NY Team Up to Bring Low-Cost Internet to the City
In 2014, the Detroit Community Technology Project (DCTP) pioneered a new telecom-independent internet model, running its own infrastructure to provide low-cost internet in urban Detroit neighborhoods. The movement that grew out of this, the Equitable Internet Initiative, now comes to Kingston, where local philanthropic station Radio Kingston and Community Tech NY team up to provide an affordable alternative to Spectrum broadband.
By Tiana Headley
Mar 1, 2020
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Environment
A Sullivan County Town Leads the Way Toward Greener Farming
The tiny town in Sullivan County will be the first municipality in the United States with a solar-powered process to convert plant and animal waste into energy.
By Chronogram Staff
Feb 4, 2020
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Editor's Note
Chronogram's editorial director Brian K Mahoney tries to avoid the impeachment trials only to find himself obsessing about them.
By Brian K. Mahoney
Feb 1, 2020
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General News & Politics
Arts Editor Peter Aaron Recalls His Band The Chrome Cranks's Trip to Post-Soviet Ukraine
Arts editor Peter Aaron reminisces about the time his punk-blues band, the Chrome Cranks, traveled east to perform in a freshly post-Soviet Ukraine.
By Peter Aaron
Feb 1, 2020
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Editor's Note
Chronogram's editorial director Brian K Mahoney revisits his favorite articles published in 2019.
By Brian K. Mahoney
Jan 1, 2020
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National
As planned cuts to the national social safety net threaten the USDA’s universal free cafeteria meal program, we look at how this might affect Hudson Valley school districts.
By Lissa Harris
Jan 1, 2020
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Editor's Note
Our editor Brian Mahoney shares several stories of Thanksgivings and Christmases celebrated with family and strangers.
By Brian K. Mahoney
Dec 1, 2019
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Environment
Clarkson Teams Up with SUNY ESF for Healthier NYS Waterways
Clarkson University, in partnership with SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), is raising funds to expand the research and education facilities at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries on Denning’s Point as part of their work as a New York State Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions.
By Clarkson University
Nov 16, 2019
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Editor's Note
Our editor Brian Mahoney discusses his experiences with deer, their culling, their death and seeing deceased animals on the side of roads.
By Brian K. Mahoney
Nov 1, 2019
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