Voting was seen as a way that people could exercise power. Benjamin Healey, a student attending New Paltz on the GI Bill, ...

When I accepted the role of Sports Editor for The Oracle, I suspected it would consist of staring at a computer and ...

My mom doesn’t know I got my tongue pierced. She definitely doesn’t know that she’s a big reason why I got it pierced.

Aries: A lot of turmoil is happening around you and your mind is beginning to unravel from the stress. When living in a state ...

Five of the SUNY New Paltz Basketball team-members sit on the bench as the starting players for a match. Photo courtesy of ...

New Paltz residents came together for a night full of spooky festivities at the annual Halloween Parade this past weekend.

After polling over 50 students on campus to see what they believed would be the most popular costumes of 2026, the vast range ...

That was Elmo, a 14-year-old warmblood who is the star of the Pony Pop-Up, a fundraiser hosted by the New Paltz Equestrian ...

During SUNY New Paltz’s yearly budget forum, campus administration reported that the university has “gone the wrong direction ...

The SUNY New Paltz swim teams recently had their first match against the Adelphi Panthers. Read about how they did.

On Tuesday, 2026 midterms resulted in an unprecedented victory for the Democrats. In Congress, the Democrats gained full ...

Paltz Encounters is for New Paltzers to share special encounters, humorous anecdotes, quirky observations and memories ...