The current version of the project is its third for the gated, age-segregated project on 53 acres. It calls for 130 individual cottage-like residences, and two four-story multi-unit residential buildings, which would have a total of 82 units between them. An assisted living facility would have 135 beds with varying levels of skilled care available, allowing residents of this development to remain there for the remainder of their days.
Shandaken building inspector and zoning code officer Howie McGowan told the members of the Woodland Community Association (WCA) that the 33-foot statue Sanjay Rawal proposes to erect in Woodland Valley is not permissible under the town’s building code.
A previous meeting on the contentious proposal had to be cancelled due to overcapacity. The new location is a middle school. Anyone looking to speak will be disappointed though: It’s not a public hearing.
The Kingston Planning Board may, at a special meeting set for Sept. 11, be ready to decide just how thorough a review the proposed Kingstonian condo-hotel-parking project will get. Or it may not.
According to Ulster Town officials, heavy rains over the past week have yielded no further encroachment by a rockslide on Main Street in East Kingston. A rockslide on Thursday, July 25 was followed by a minor slide on Friday, Aug. 9 at Callanan’s East Kingston quarry site. But at least one local resident has found fault with both Callanan and the municipal response, saying she feels like Town Supervisor James Quigley III is siding with the company over the people of East Kingston.
A local study aiming to put a dent in Lyme disease rates by testing different tick-culling methods in 24 Hudson Valley neighborhoods will benefit from $100,000 in state funding, secured in June by State Sen. Jen Metzger (D-Rosendale).
The Palisades Interstate Park Commission plans to remove an earthen dam, which would drain the man-made lake in Gardiner, citing necessary repairs of $5 to $9 million. Those who would like to see the lake saved hope the lower cost estimated in a new study will help them change the agency’s mind.
At 277,000 square feet and operating 24 hours a day, the combined jail and headquarters for the Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office accounts for about 40 percent of county government’s total energy usage. Moving it to a renewable heating source will be a challenge.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday completed excavation of the 2.5 mile Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel from Newburgh to Wappinger, a significant milestone in the $1 billion effort to repair leaks in the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct, which provides around 50 percent of New York City’s water.
Speakers remain divided on whether the project being pitched for the edge of Kingston’s historic Stockade District would contribute to economic growth, or simply accelerate the pace of gentrification.