KINGSTON, N.Y. – After this past weekend’s search of a property of an AKC registered dog breeder in Gardiner by the Ulster County SPCA and New York State Police revealed five dogs being kept in absolutely horrific conditions, Ulster County Executive Mike Hein has called upon the Ulster County Legislature to once again take up the matter of passing a responsible breeders law.  Such a law was proposed by the County Executive last July but blocked by a small faction of Legislators in committee and prevented from reaching the floor of the Legislature for a vote.

Ellenville/Saugerties, N.Y.– County Executive Mike Hein recognized and congratulated the winners of Ulster County’s 2^nd Annual Teen Dating Violence Video Contest at Ellenville High School and Saugerties High School.  The Teen Dating Violence Video Contest Committee was formed as a subcommittee of the Ulster County Inter-Agency Council on Domestic Violence with the goal to raise awareness about the national issue of teen dating violence.  The contest encouraged students to produce creative short informative videos that identified signs of unhealthy or abusive relationships, while