Joe Karolys and the town of Saugerties spent most of 2019 fighting over three dump sites that were eventually shut down. Given that history, Woodstock wants to know Karolys is dumping at a parcel on Church Rd. in Shady.
“Activism is…better than Prozac. It lifts you out of despair.”
Over 18 tons of food was collected in 2019 than otherwise would have gone to waste.
A final version of the proposed “Local Law to Amend Chapters 200 and 220 of the Town of Gardiner Town Code Regulating Certain Tourism-Related Accommodation Uses” was adopted by the Gardiner Town Board at its meeting on January 7. A public hearing will be held at Town Hall on Tuesday, February 11 before the board can vote to enact the law.
With the next big meeting set for Jan. 22, planners are working their way through a 592-page document filed by the developer.
A photo in New Paltz Times caused controversy last week when residents complained that a hand gesture made by a village employee signified “white power.” After looking into the matter, Mayor Tim Rogers says the village concluded the whole thing was a misunderstanding and that no village employee was trying to start a race war in a weekly paper.
“I’m actually missing Ireland,” Woodstock activist and Veteran for Peace Tarak Kauff commented this week, some 21 days since he returned from a forced detention in the nation where he was arrested last spring for protesting U.S. military flights using Shannon Airport in the allegedly neutral country for a stopover. “I liked the people’s support. It wasn’t a perfect stay, but it was inspiring.”
The long-awaited replacement of the Kiwanis Ice Arena’s deteriorating walls and roof were completed behind schedule — but under budget, according to Saugerties town Parks and Recreation Supervisor Greg Chorvas.
The Town of Kingston Planning Board has set a Wednesday, January 22 date to continue review of the 850 Route 28 Project that’s been roiling the Town of Kingston, as well as users of the Onteora Lake trails and Forever Wild lands that surround it.
Town of Ulster Building Inspector Kathy Moniz will retire on Tuesday, Dec. 31 after six years in the position, a move requested by her letter on Dec. 16 and reluctantly approved three days later by councilmen.