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.
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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.
Saugerties native, 31, killed in murder-suicide
Christina Bach Arvidson, 31, a former Saugerties resident, was killed Nov. 5 in what state police are calling a murder-suicide at her home in the Schoharie County town of Summit.
‘Faso Fridays’ protests stoked Dems’ activism
What began as a protest organized by a few activist groups following the 2016 election of President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. John Faso transformed into a recruiting ground for newly minted activists, a must-do campaign stop for Democratic politicians and a visible symbol of the wave of progressive discontent that would sweep Faso out of office two years later.
After defeating Rabbitt to tip State Senate blue, Metzger reaffirms her priorities
Election reform is one of the higher priorities on her agenda, along with the passage of some proposed legislation that has long been bottled up in Republican-chaired State Senate committees: the New York Health Act, the Reproductive Health Act, the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act, the Child Victims Act among them.
Delgado says he will stay connected to the 19th while serving in D.C.
‘My priority is to be the best advocate I can be for folks here on the ground.’
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.
Saugerties students produce morning news program, thanks to help from Jimmy Fallon
After a few years of trying to put the pieces together, the SHS-TV’s morning announcements are now a part of the daily routine.
West Saugerties Buddhist grade school going well so far
Along with reading, writin’ and ’rithmatic, 17 students have been learning the dharma, or “cosmic order” at the Middle Way School, which opened in West Saugerties in September.
Town of Ulster vs. ‘Dark Store Theory’
According to the theory, the retailer restricts the deed on the property they’re vacating that prevents other competing big box retailers from moving in, thus forcing the potential sale price of the building down well below what they originally paid for it.