The results of the city of Kingston’s survey on what should be done with the canopies in Uptown Kingston are in. A wide majority of the 628 total responders – 77 percent – favor repairing and rebuilding the canopies. An equally wide majority – 74 percent – of the responding property owners who have Pike Plan easements favored tearing the canopies down.
As with all fire commissioner meetings for the past year, ever since former board chair Van Valkenburgh tried pushing through the sale of several department fire vehicles and purchase of used replacements, the large crowd in attendance was rankled, and loud about it.
Norwegian Air, which makes daily flights out of Stewart Airport in Newburgh to European destinations, decided Monday to suspend flying “until further notice” its Boeing 737 MAX 8 passenger jets following the crash the previous day of a MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Air. Last year a plane of the same model operated by Lion Air crashed in Indonesia.
A proposal by Mayor Steve Noble would realign a notoriously tricky Broadway intersection by demolishing a former fast-food restaurant to make room for a roadway while expanding green space at the site. The project is expected to cost $1.2 million in city funds and state grant money.
A dump on Route 212 is causing strife between the owner, the town and the dump’s neighbors, who fear for their drinking water.
The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments from attorneys on either side of a First Amendment issue involving Woodstock resident and public access television pioneer and activist DeeDee Halleck this past Monday, February 25.
The Planning Board approved projects on Old Kings Highway and Lauren Tice Road. The first would power approximately 75 homes; the second, 240 homes.
A half-dozen neighbors spoke against the project at a recent meeting of the Village Board, citing potential traffic problems.
An online survey seeks the opinion of Kingston residents and business owners on Uptown’s eternal conundrum — what to do with the Stockade District’s Pike Plan canopy.
A report of a physical altercation alleged to have taken place at around 4 a.m. Tuesday, February 26 in the vicinity of Witchtree and VandeBogart Roads has been proven false.