NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Space Institute (OSI) and Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) have extended the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail by a full 11.5 miles, nearly doubling its current length.

By Hawkins, Michael The origins of the mines in the Ellenville area, like so many of the mines of early America, have been lost in the fog of time.

By Paul Brooks, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Dec. 7--KINGSTON -- The Ulster County Industrial Development Agency board cancelled its prevailing wage requirement to keep a $12 million deal in Kingston, but even those concessions might not be enough.

By The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Nov. 1--The state has earmarked a loan of $2.8 million for a proposed low-income senior citizens housing complex in Esopus. Developers want to construct 81 units in three buildings behind the Ulster County BOCES center on Route 9W.

By Paul Brooks, The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. Dec. 20--ELLENVILLE -- This little village that can has landed a $1 million grant to build a transportation center downtown.