Opening a significant new aspect to its business, HITS Inc., which runs horse shows in Saugerties as well as several other locations across the country, is now in charge of arranging events for the new Exposition Center at the New York State Fair up in Syracuse.
The eyes of those walking Main and Partition Street will be snagged on the bright matte and metallic paint jobs of hot rods from the past, from 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday July 8.
Saugerties held its annual July 4 parade yesterday in the village. Photos by Christina Coulter.
If you think Saugerties is worth showcasing, you aren’t alone — CGI Communications, a Rochester-based marketing firm that has filmed “video tours” of municipalities throughout the country approached Saugerties officials to put together a promotional video to be displayed on the town’s website.
Block’s efforts bring Saugerties to the wider world, and gets the wider world to come and spend money in town.
Village trustees are thinking about giving residents without parking options more leeway, after they got feedback at a public hearing on the new proposed parking law.
“There are no legal fireworks,” says Chief Joe Sinagra.
The change will affect how the town transfer station operates, but not customers of private haulers.
The steeple of the Reformed Church of Katsbaan on Old Kings Highway was erected in 1893. Now, 125 years later, the steeple and its housing are structurally unsound. The town code enforcement officer has given the congregation until November to fix it. If they don’t, the disrepair will constitute a property maintenance code violation.
Trashed gardens, items missing from cars, smashed planters and cracked rearview mirrors. These are part of the litter left in the wake of a vandalism wave in Barclay Heights. Residents say they are fed up.