The construction at 51 Main Street in New Paltz has “gone stagnant,” according to building inspector Cory Wirthmann, and a letter has been sent to developer Dimitri Viglis giving him ten days to respond with a detailed plan how he’s going to wrap things up on this long-term building project.
In New Paltz, people being detained by agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sometimes doesn’t go unnoticed. Hundreds of people have written letters in support of Luis Martinez, or shown up to events in his support. Friends of Matthew Rojas rallied to hire an attorney to represent him. Thousands of dollars were raised for Joel Guerrero, the first resident known to have been detained regarding his status as a resident of the United States.
The driver of a Russo Sanitation truck learned last week that picking up residential trash in New Paltz without a license is a serious matter; he found himself handcuffed and warned that the garbage truck would be impounded if he were caught doing it again.
A 49-year-old married mother of two was killed in an early afternoon fire on March 27, which also destroyed the family home and claimed the lives of two dogs.
A two-car crash on Henry W. Dubois Drive in New Paltz seriously injured the driver of both vehicles, and left one passenger dead at the scene on the night of March 29.
Bart Panessa, who first proposed to build Ferris Woods on his family’s land off the end of Brouck Ferris Boulevard in 2014, is “feeling very discouraged” by the proposal to rezone the possibility of a senior-living facility out of existence.
The property has already been sold, and all that’s left to do is to pack up and head off to northern Dutchess County, where owner Agnes Devereux will continue to work as a caterer.
Word came Saturday that New Paltz resident Luis Martinez had been put on a deportation list days earlier, and that more public action might be all that stands between him and a plane trip to Mexico. Message received: roughly 150 friends and neighbors showed up yesterday afternoon at the Orange County Correctional Facility to make their voices heard.
In reviewing plans for a gas station move, the state came to the conclusion that what really needed is a new traffic light at the intersection of Rt. 32N (North Chestnut St.) and Henry W. Dubois Dr.
A village trustee said police are monitoring streets for any garbage trucks other than County Waste pick up trash in the village, which would be a violation of the single-hauler law passed last year.