Bartels elected Ulster County Legislature chair
Legislator Tracey Bartels of Gardiner was chosen tonight as the next chair of the Ulster County Legislature, defeating previous chair Ken Ronk by a 12-11 vote.
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Credit card skimmers found at two local gas stations
Devices that steal customer credit card numbers were recently discovered at two Ulster County gas stations.
Delgado supports bill that would set up public financing of campaigns, require Trump tax return disclosure
H.R. 1 would establish a public financing system for elections, require disclosure of Super PAC money, create an automatic voter registration system (opt out rather than opt in), and require the president to disclose tax returns.
Kingston seeks volunteers for zoning task force
The city is putting together a zoning task force and is seeking qualified applicants to volunteer their time to work on multiple facets of Kingston’s zoning-related issues.
Explosive weekend brings questions about short-term rentals to forefront in Saugerties
Residents living next to a rental property said that their windows shook, their animals cowered and their children were scared on the weekend of Dec. 8, when Long Island renters at a nearby Airbnb started making noise with their guns.
Gardiner supervisor looks forward
With a Comprehensive Plan drafted in 2004 that was never fully implemented and a Zoning Code adopted in 2008 that didn’t anticipate modern trends in vacationing, the Town of Gardiner has been wrestling in recent years with development proposals that seem like square pegs in round holes.
Kingston mayor to address city Jan. 8
Noble is likely to touch on 2019’s zero-growth budget, a pending merger between Ulster County Area Transit and Citibus and last month’s passage of a municipal ID law sought by immigration rights advocates. Noble can also point to millions in new grant funding and the expected redevelopment of a city-owned parking lot Uptown into a mixed-use residential and commercial hub dubbed “The Kingstonian.”
New Paltz school superintendents discuss state of their districts, priorities for 2019
Maria Rice and Thomas M. Bongiovi talk about several topics, including teacher achievement, student mental health, the elementary school reading program, and keeping the lines of communication open.
Local businesses and high schoolers strut their stuff
Technology students at Saugerties High School last month were given an opportunity to meet with local manufacturing executives. Both sides hope will the encounter will prove fruitful for both sides in years to come.
Kingston gets more time to implement dual-stream recycling
The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency will continue to accept single-stream recycling from the City of Kingston through the end of February.