In search of decent voting locations in New Paltz
Wanted: fully accessible building with at least one large room and ample parking spots near the door, but only for a handful of days each year.
All posts by Terence P. Ward
New Paltz’s Ricci’s Barbershop to be relocated?
This could be the last year that Ricci’s Barbershop will be in its familiar location next to P&G’s on Main Street in New Paltz.
Christmas tree and pep rally bonfires are now prohibited in village of New Paltz
According to Mayor Tim Rogers, despite there being largely positive feedback for various public bonfires, they violate open-burning rules for the village.
P&G’s owner wants to expand the “cornerstone of New Paltz”
In an application considered at a recent New Paltz Village Planning Board meeting, owner Mike Beck is seeking to expand the cramped kitchen of the restaurant by pushing into the adjacent barbershop, as well as create a prep kitchen underneath the dining area, which presently hangs over two parking spots around back.
The new wing of the New Paltz Middle School is open for business
While the new wing is barely visible from Main Street and completely hidden from South Manheim Boulevard, it’s not at all small.
New Paltz business owner wants to bury propane tank near Main St.
Yet another problem of Epimethean proportions now plagues the slow-speed construction of 51 Main Street in New Paltz, and for this one owner Dimitri Viglis is seeking intervention by village trustees, requesting the right to install an underground propane tank within three feet of a village-owned parking lot.
New Paltz’s Oasis Cafe, along with sake bar Katana, are closed for good
“I hope you don’t mourn the passing of these smelly, dingy saloons,” Bobby Downs wrote on Facebook. “They lived lives created from the music and energy swirling within. They marked time and created indelible memories.”
New Paltz residents question school’s hiring process
New Paltz School District residents who feel that the swift replacement of the middle school principal represented a missed opportunity are, in the week of still more administrative openings, redoubling their efforts to inject transparency into the hiring process.
New Paltz’s Bangkok Café wants to be a bar
Owners of Bangkok Cafe, at 119 Main Street in New Paltz, are petitioning to have the property’s special-use permit changed from restaurant to bar. That would mean later hours and louder music, which doesn’t thrill people who live close by.
New Paltz considering parking pay app
The system, which allows users without coins to pay for their parking using their smartphones, is already in use in Kingston.