Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack announces that a naturalization ceremony will take place at the historic Ulster County Courthouse on Wall Street in Kingston on Friday, May 12th at 11:00 a.m.
Matthewis Persen House Museum Opens for the 2025 Season on Saturday, May 24
Ulster County Landmark Welcomes Visitors with Exhibits, Special Guests, and Cultural Programs
Kingston, NY - Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack is pleased to announce that on Saturday, June 10, the Ulster County Civil War Roundtable presents “Songs of the Irish Brigade,” a concert by The Veterans in a New Field, at the Matthewis Persen House. The historic house is located at 74 John Street in uptown Kingston, at the corner of John and Crown Streets. Admission is free, and the event is open to all.
The DMV Bus will not be in Ellenville on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The bus will return to normal service on Thursday, June 12.
Decades before she took her fabled name, famed abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth was born into slavery here in Ulster County under the name Isabella. It was as Isabella that the young Truth took action to secure the return of her 5-year son, Peter, who had been illegally sold to in plantation in Alabama. With the help of local attorneys, Isabella filed a Habeas Corpus Petition in the Ulster County Courthouse in March of 1828. And it was this Isabella that prevailed on that Petition for her son’s freedom, marking the first ti
The County Clerk's Office, including the Department of Motor Vehicles and DMV Bus, will be closed on Monday, June 20th in observance of the Juneteenth Holiday.
The DMV bus will be closing at 1pm in Saugerties today, Tuesday, June 24th, due to the heat.
Kingston, NY - Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack is pleased to announce that on Saturday, June 24th, the D&H Canal Historical Society Museum will host an interactive information session at the Matthewis Persen House located at 74 John Street in uptown Kingston, at the corner of John and Crown Streets. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Kingston, NY - Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack is pleased to welcome the Woodstock Museum to the Matthewis Persen House Museum on Thursday, June 27 and Thursday, August 8th for a film screening of “Iroquois Power for the 21st Century.” The museum is conveniently located at 74 John Street in uptown Kingston, at the corner of John and Crown Streets. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
