Allison (Alli) Dempsey (she/her) is a fourth-year journalism major and communications minor from Staten Island, NY. This is her fourth semester on the Oracle, and third as Arts Editor. She is also a ...

Photo Courtesy of Brendan McDormid After an 11-month long investigation, New York State Attorney General Letitia James convicted 12 defendants in a recently-busted Hudson Valley drug trafficking ring.

Julie Safran, owner of Cocoon located at 67 Main St. and Verde on 3 N. Front St., explained how essential it is to support small businesses. Without shops like her’s, employees and artists would be ...

“Except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.” This is the exception in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which has permitted the continuation of forced ...

New information comes to light on New Paltz Accountability club On Dec. 16, one of the founding members of New Paltz Accountability (NPA) shared an infographic on her Instagram story highlighting her ...

Photo Courtesy of Pixabay. In times of upheaval and uncertainty, I turn to poetry to keep me anchored in reality. While most novels I’ve picked up recently have felt largely oblivious to the pain the ...

Feeling frustrated with the lack of social progress in our volatile society, beloved local actor Penn Badgley has teamed up with Dr. Nura Mowzoon for a collegiate lecture series called “Can We Talk?” ...

Photo courtesy of Zoe Woolrich. This past weekend, I attended the “All Things Go” music festival in Maryland. I laughed, I cried and I don’t think my legs or back will ever feel the same again, but ...

Needham (left) and Molesso (right) pose in front of their newly opened shop. Photo courtesy of Sara Vala. Nestled between a barber shop and an Italian restaurant, 44 North Front Street in Kingston is ...

This weekend, the town of Beacon, NY celebrated the apex of their self-made renaissance with two town-wide festivals coined as “Beacon Bonfire” and “Back to School” that could both rival the execution ...

On April 4, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced New York’s inaugural mental health needs assessment for first responders, a collaboration between the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services ...

The Seattle Mariners dark blue and green uniforms (another one of my personal favorites) were adopted in 1993 and remain the Northwest's most recognizable baseball jersey to date. (Photo courtesy of ...