Saugerties, N.Y.: A Congenial Place With a Colorful History
The Ulster County town with its quaint village has attracted creative urban transplants for decades with the promise of new beginnings.
By Julie Lasky
May 19, 2021Updated 2:46 p.m. ET
For 51 years, Johanna Hall has been living in Saugerties, a Hudson River town 100 miles north of New York City brushed with forests, dotted with hamlets and cradling a quaint village with shoulder-to-shoulder Victorians. She calls her home on four acres in West Saugerties “the house that Janis built,” because she and her then-partner, John Hall, bought it with money earned from writing a song for Janis Joplin (“Half Moon,” the B-side of 1971’s “Me and Bobby McGee”). It was one of those watershed moments. Ms. Hall, now 75, went from being an urban rock critic for
School district investigating high school assignment questioning if Derek Chauvin deserves a new trial
kaok.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kaok.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
School district investigating divisive high school assignment questioning if Derek Chauvin deserves a new trial
989thevibe.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 989thevibe.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A high school teacher based in Saugerties, New York, gave students a writing assignment that said that
George Floyd died from an overdose and heart attack rather than neck compressions and oxygen shortages.
As a result, some parents in the school district have demanded accountability from the teacher and school leadership to implement an accurate, equitable, and racially conscious curriculum.
The teacher gave the students two examples of a “thematic” statement to prepare for the standardized Regents Examination. One of the examples said that George Floyd died as a result of an overdose. The other said there was new evidence that trial juror
Last week, Antonelli asked students to respond to a prompt in a Regents exam format, using phrases like it is evident, it is clear, and it is obvious. Students needed to justify their claim with a bold topic and thematic sentence to the following prompt: George Floyd did not die because Chauvin s knee was on his neck. He died from a heart attack and drug overdose. However, because Chauvin used excessive force and failed to render aid, he was convicted on all three counts by a jury of his peers. (Arrest was over a counterfeit $20 bill.)
Antonelli went on to discuss a specific juror, Brandon Mitchell, and the validity of his assertions that he had not participated in Black rights protests and could be an unbiased juror.