HUNKERING DOWN... What with the temperarures dropping and the snows starting to fall, there's nothing like the inside glow from a woodstove to remind us all what's so special about this time of year...

By Brian Powers
            The final town board meeting of the year and the last under the administration of Supervisor Pete Di Modica turned out to be a surprisingly restrained one. Di Modica began the meeting by giving notice at he wouldn't be permitting the kind of open-ended questioning and back-and-forth between audience members that most have come to expect of his meetings. Instead he insisted that all comments be kept brief, on-point, and directed to the board. They were, and on the few occasions audience members lapsed, they were quickly redirected by Di Modica.
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By Paul Smart
            The 500 families that picked up Thanksgiving provisions from People's Place in Kingston started lining up at 8:30. By 11, most of the turkeys, bags of fixings, and added food to cover the long, final week of November were all dispersed. People awaited the county or city buses out on Broadway, or walked the long blocks back home in heavy-loaded but contented spurts.
            "I got $150 a month left over after rent and utilities, car payments and all the rest to pay for food for my grandson and me," said a middle-aged woman in a worn fake-down windbreaker. "I'm on SSI but it runs out by the end of the month. And rents - everything - just keeps going up in this county."

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