Saugerties basketball edges out Marlboro
The Saugerties boys’ basketball team had one of its best and most satisfying games against Marlboro before 500 fans in the Saugerties gym Monday night.
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Crime down in Saugerties
New statistics for 2016 show considerable improvement.
Saugerties selects theme for 2017 street art
A theme has been chosen for the annual Saugerties art-in-the-streets celebration. The sculptures will be childhood favorite rocking horses, said Saugerties Chamber of Commerce co-chair Peggy Schwartz, owner of Town and Country Liquors.
Saugerties village says it’s too costly to supply Railroad Ave. with water
If a Railroad Avenue resident wants village water he will have to pay for it himself because it would be too costly for the village to pay for it, said Michael Hopf, Water Department superintendent.
Winston Farm is back on the market
The property that hosted Woodstock ’94 can be yours for $10.7 million.
Saugerties police will get crisis intervention training
The course is designed to teach officers how to recognize a person having a mental-illness episode or identify someone with a mental illness, and how to deal with that person.
Saugertiesian Joe Bisignano’s pickup restoration is a strong competitor in national contest
Bisignano spent the last three years restoring a 1952 Ford F1 pickup truck, one of 19 vehicles in the nationwide contest. The only way to win is through online votes.
On the eve of retirement, Saugerties supervisor Greg Helsmoortel still has much to do
“I want us to continue to work with as many organizations as we can to help market Saugerties to improve economic development, especially along Kings Highway.”
Saugerties mayor looks forward to 2017
A top goal to convert the village hall to solar power.
Judge dismisses suit to overturn approval of Saugerties marina project
The plaintiffs had argued that the project, owned by HITS President Tom Struzzieri, had been approved without sufficient consideration given to traffic and noise concerns. Saugerties Mayor Bill Murphy, applauding the ruling, said the village is looking into ways to have the plaintiffs pay the village’s legal costs.