Kingston mayor explains rationale behind $5000 raise request
Noble says more money would make Kingston even with other cities.
All posts by Jesse J. Smith
Kingston will end single-stream recycling
On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the Common Council approved Mayor Steve Noble’s request to borrow $400,000 to pay for new garbage totes as the city prepares to wind down its single-stream recycling program.
Kingston mayor says new grants office at City Hall a boon to the budget
With the city increasingly relying on grant money to fund everything from new sidewalks and sewer upgrades to firefighters and an in-house health and wellness consultant, Mayor Steve Noble is seeking a beefed-up administrative team to handle the complex task of managing existing grants and seeking out new ones. Noble’s proposed 2019 city budget includes a request for $93,580 in new spending to fund a dedicated Office of Grants Management at City Hall.
Kingston’s Strong challenging Amedore in the 46th
In the contest for New York’s 46th Senate District, incumbent Republican George Amedore Jr. of Rotterdam faces a challenge from first-time candidate Democrat Pat Courtney Strong of Kingston.
Faso, Delgado face off in Congressional contest with national implications
The race is one of the most closely watched of the midterm contests — the outcome could determine which party controls the House of Representatives next year.
Kingston cops make dope bust
An Ellenville man and a Greenfield Park woman are facing charges after a “buy and bust” operation by city police.
Biden rallies for Delgado; says election is ‘about who we are as Americans’
With a little more than a week to to go until midterm elections, Democrats rolled out one of the party’s biggest guns — former Vice President Joe Biden — in their effort to take New York’s 19th Congressional District.
UCAT, Citibus merger on target
Kingston Mayor Steve Noble said that the city is ready, willing and able to meet a July 1 target date for the takeover of Kingston’s more-than-century-old bus system by Ulster County.
Faso and Delgado square off in Woodstock debate
New York 19th Congressional District candidates John Faso and Antonio Delgado largely stuck to the script in Monday night’s debate at the Woodstock Playhouse, delivering well-rehearsed answers to frequently asked questions. But both candidates delivered a few curveballs, with the incumbent Faso accusing Democrats of a “mob mentality” and Delgado declaring that he would reject the endorsement of the House’s top Democrat, former (and maybe future) Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Former Kingston politico busted on stolen jewelry charge
A onetime political operative and city employee who famously taped Kingston’s former Mayor in a vulgar and threatening tirade has been arrested in Saugerties.