Saugerties’ newest K-9 officer is getting schooled
After a hard-fought back-and-forth over whether to eliminate the position, town police officer Jennifer Culver was named a K-9 handler last month.
General News
Teamwork and tech help bring food from farms to the hungry
Imagine us without the Bruderhof, who come from all over the county to help build playgrounds, donate beautiful furniture, their time, expertise, materials, and cookies by the score. Without Michael Berg, founder of Family of Woodstock, who knows where many of us would be. Without UlsterCorps — the volunteer-to-opportunity clearinghouse — countless projects, large and small, would have failed.
Architect Tilly’s plan is favored by the Woodstock Library board
After nearly three months of public input and the defeat of a referendum that would have dissolved the district, Woodstock Library trustees declared Architect Stephen Tilly’s proposal the winner of the design competition for a new building.
Developer proposes boat museum, parking garage, retail and apartments on Rondout Creek
Sixteen years after he bought up a large swath of Kingston’s waterfront, developer Robert Iannucci has announced some ambitious plans for his holdings along East Strand.
DEP to rehab aqueduct
New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is beginning a multi-year, $158 million project to clean, repair, and upgrade 74 miles of the Catskill Aqueduct, which conveys water from the Ashokan Reservoir in Olive to the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester County.
Budget: No increase in Kingston parking pass fee in ’19
Rates for parking passes in municipal lots are not expected to change next year under Mayor Steve Noble’s 2019 budget proposal.
Woodstock Library referendum is over; some disagreements, scars remain
Woodstock Library Trustees have entered a period of listening and reconciliation following the 2-1 defeat of a referendum that, if passed, would have dissolved and terminated the form of governance that has operated the Woodstock Public Library since 1989.
New section of Hudson Valley Rail Trail opens to public
Another 1.3 miles of the Hudson Valley Rail Trail, stretching from Tony Williams Park to Route 299, have been completed, paved and opened to the public. Work continues on the next leg, which will link up with the village of New Paltz and the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail.
$9.1 million upgrade slated for Belleayre’s Discovery Lodge
Look for another busy summer of upgrade work at Belleayre Mountain next year as the New York State hands over a newly-approved $9.1 million to support the expansion and modernization of the Ski Resort’s aging Discovery Lodge by its managers at the Olympic Regional Development Authority based in the Adirondacks.
Town of Ulster announces leaf collection schedule
Leaves will be picked up “loose raked” to the road edge or in bio-degradable paper bags.