Kingston City School District officials last month lamented a decision by the Ulster County Board of Elections to no longer allow school districts to use their voting machines for their annual budget votes and school board elections.
The developer of the controversial Lincoln Park Grid Support Center late last week announced plans to eliminate all fossil fuel generators from their initial proposal as part of a hybrid design, and will instead opt for a battery-only system.
The Kingston City School District last week revealed that it may have to consider reducing the number of polling places and cut polling hours for its annual budget school board vote in May with the news that the Ulster County Board of Elections will no longer provide voting equipment to school districts.
The early-season struggles faced by the Saugerties High School girls’ varsity basketball appear to have been left behind, as the team’s hot streak continued through a cold January.
The Ulster Town Board last week granted site plan approval and a special use permit for expansion plans on a Hurley Avenue substation near John A. Coleman Catholic High School owned by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
In the wake of a recent incident with a BB gun at M. Clifford Miller Middle School, the Kingston City School District last week announced steps to not only improve security on campus, but to also ensure the lines of communication between school officials and the public are open.
If you’re looking for Old Navy, look a little further south. The retail clothing chain closed up shop in the Hudson Valley Mall last week, re-opening at Kings Mall in a space formerly occupied by Modell’s Sporting Goods, another retail chain.
The search for a superintendent for the Saugerties schools is in its interview phase this week. As of press time, it was unclear how many candidates would participate.
Technology students at Saugerties High School last month were given an opportunity to meet with local manufacturing executives. Both sides hope will the encounter will prove fruitful for both sides in years to come.
Concerned parents and community members are seeking answers from the Kingston City School District following a mid-December incident at M. Clifford Miller Middle School where a student shot a BB gun in a boys’ bathroom.