Cell tower proposed for Cherry Hill Rd. in New Paltz
While Village of New Paltz residents wrestle over a zoning code that allows 50-foot-tall buildings in some areas, there’s a proposal to stick a 72-foot-tall cell tower on Cherry Hill Road.
General News
RUPCO’s alms house plan gets its public hearing this Tuesday
A proposal to create 66 units of low-income supported housing at a historic site on Flatbush Avenue will have its first public hearing next week.
Norwegian Air announces $65 flights to Ireland, Scotland
Convenient transatlantic air travel comes to the Hudson Valley.
Rail crossing safety in focus after deadly Saugerties crash
The deadly crash highlighted the existence of railroad crossings off of Kings Highway on Doyle’s Lane and Tissal Road that lack safety gates, warning lights or other safety equipment.
Woodstock Library Board leans toward a new building
The cost would be $5.75 million.
“Persist and resist” was the message at SUNY New Paltz “Not My Presidents’ Day” rally
Attendees were asked to bring a cardboard box to the event for the construction of a symbolic wall, which was knocked down at the end of the proceedings. The tumbling boxes were intended to signify a rejection of Trump’s exclusionary policies, and an adherence to the traditional American values of inclusion, diversity and equal rights.
Further refugee resettlement in Hudson Valley unlikely this year
While the parts of President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning travel from seven countries and refugees from all countries were lifted by a federal judge (pending further appeal), another section reducing the total number of refugees the U.S. will accept has not been challenged and will likely mean no further refugees will be settled in the Mid-Hudson Valley this year.
Catskill Mountain Railroad trains stuck on Phoenicia property without permit
CMRR does not plan to move its train cars off its residentially zoned property anytime soon, given that it has no place to put them that the railroad deems appropriate.
Train strikes cab, killing Saugerties woman, injuring two others
Shortly before noon today, a CSX train traveling south struck a taxi cab on Doyles Ln., just east of Kings Highway in the Saugerties hamlet of Mount Marion.
Cuomo announces $8 million for Belleayre upgrades
Belleayre Ski Center will get a new gondola, base lodge upgrades and more trails, said Gov. Cuomo in an announcement today.