In the latest chapter of the tortured saga of TechCity, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan on Monday, Nov. 4 announced a county takeover of two tax-delinquent parcels at the former IBM Kingston site following a summary judgment by County Judge Donald A. Williams.
New bluestone sidewalks are finally being installed on Main Street in Saugerties in front of the Orpheum Theater and up to the intersection with Partition Street. The complete job will include just over 500 feet of bluestone paving on the south side of the street, with 230 feet east of Partition Street and 276 feet to the west.
The fate of three controversial construction and demolition waste dumping sites in Saugerties is now in the hands of a state Supreme Court judge.
After 18 hours of testimony in State Supreme Court since the hearings into whether a Temporary Restraining Order blocking the town of Saugerties from enforcing its anti-dumping laws should be lifted, Judge Richard Mott will hear final arguments at 2:40 p.m. Monday, November 4 at the Ulster County Courthouse.
The strategy would be to simply expand the section of village law blocking plastic bags to include straws, as well.
Few farmers attempt to grow a warmth-loving crop like rice in the Northeast’s short growing season, but Badjie and Hoyte are experimenting with rice-growing methods to suit New York’s climate on their Ever-Growing Family Farm in Ulster Park. It’s the only commercial rice farm in New York state, and one of a handful of small rice farms in the entire Northeast. It produces strains of African rice not commonly found In the U.S., served fresh, not dried, which have proven quite popular.
The new gateway was officially dedicated in a ceremony featuring a number of those who were instrumental in the trail’s creation and many members past and present of the Board of Directors of the Hudson Valley Rail Trail Association.
Three properties that helped kick off Midtown Kingston’s ongoing transformation have been sold to a developer new to the city’s real estate scene.
Mayor Steve Noble said this week he’s reached a compromise solution on the thorny issue of affordable housing at a major residential, commercial and parking complex proposed for Uptown Kingston.
Should the Woodstock Library change its election and budget votes to Election Day in November? Complaints about this year’s vote count were heard at the library’s October 17 meeting.