Getting Into The Swing Of Things

December 1, 2011 Maria Jayne 0

With a local big band and eager swing dancers, the second annual Swing Invasion took place Nov. 18 in the Student Union Multipurpose Room. “[The event] brings an experience from the past of classic American history to life right on the New Paltz campus,” Alvin Arnold, co-founder of the Swing Dance Club said. Arnold, a fourth-year education major, and Jill Exman, a fourth-year environmental and organizational biology major, started the New Paltz […]

New Paltz Issues Boil Water Alert

September 22, 2011 Maria Jayne 0

New Paltz became one of more than 100 other areas in Ulster County where residents could not consume water for five days, due to “increased turbidity” near local reservoirs caused by the high winds and heavy rain during Hurricane Irene, officials said. The storm made its way up the coast to New Paltz on Aug. 28, leaving flooding and other damage in its wake. According to Director of Environmental […]