Shandaken’s Stanley gazes into the future
The Town of Shandaken is looking at several major infrastructure projects for 2019, and town supervisor Rob Stanley hopes to have a permitting process for short-term rentals in place by the end of the year.
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Woodstock Town Board supports driver licenses for undocumented immigrants
A group of residents assembled to ask the board to pass the resolution, but their advocacy was unneeded: The town supervisor called it a “no-brainer.”
Noble highlights housing issues in 2019 state of the city speech
Kingston mayor talks about building projects, says city will take on gentrification.
SUNY New Paltz appoints Mary Ritayik chief of the University Police
Ritayik becomes the first woman to hold the position of chief in the 50-year history of the SUNY New Paltz University Police Department.
After the Hein-quake, what next?
County Executive Mike Hein’s surprise announcement last week that he’s stepping down to take a post in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, along with a quirk in the county charter, has upended Ulster County’s political scene as candidates emerge for a novel back-to-back electoral contest to succeed him.
Ulster County legislator hit with $7k ethics fine
The county Board of Ethics fined Saugerties legislator Joe Maloney for voting on and advocating for matters involving his spouse, who works for county comptroller Elliott Auerbach’s office. Maloney says he’ll fight the ruling in court.
Woodstock Supervisor McKenna talks 2019
Topics discussed include construction, Comeau office rehab and short-term rental regulations.
Hein administration, Ulster IDA cross swords
This is not going to be an amicable divorce.
Surprisingly close: VanBlarcum swam against the blue wave
VanBlarcum lost the sheriff’s race by a decisive 6,367 votes. But compare that with the county totals in the congressional race, where John Faso lost by three times as much, and that doesn’t look so bad. In a less politically engaged year, he might have won.
Police seek fugitive wanted for murder in Hudson Valley (captured)
The fugitive, who is from Louisiana, was spotted in the Hudson Valley Tuesday, January 8.