Saugerties street work exceeds budget
The sidewalk portion of the project came in under budget, but the curbing pushed costs above what the village has available.
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Gardiner puts brakes on agritourism operation next to proposed resort
Gardiner planners balked at the specter of a busy agritourism venue on a 54-acre parcel adjacent to the site of the proposed Heartwood resort on Route 44/55 bordering the Shawangunk Kill.
Ulster sheriff’s race promises a contrast in visions
The Ulster County Sheriff’s race pits incumbent Paul VanBlarcum, who spent his entire career with the department before being elected sheriff in 2007 and is running on that experience, against challenger Juan Figueroa, a former state trooper and Marine Corps reservist who promises to bring a new approach to the office.
A talk with the student representative to the Saugerties school board
Cheyenne Candlin, a senior at Saugerties High, is the Saugerties school board’s student representative for the 2018-19 school year. She says that students are becoming increasingly interested in how the world around them works. She lauds the involvement.
Supervisor Bettez says the New Paltz town budget is “not pretty”
The supervisor said layoffs would be required to keep the tax increase under 2 percent.
Biden rallies for Delgado; says election is ‘about who we are as Americans’
With a little more than a week to to go until midterm elections, Democrats rolled out one of the party’s biggest guns — former Vice President Joe Biden — in their effort to take New York’s 19th Congressional District.
Developers meet the people, talk about ‘Kingstonian’ project
Those behind the Kingstonian, a mixed residential, hotel, commercial, parking and public space project being pitched for the heart of the Stockade District, said at a public presentation Tuesday, Oct. 23 that they expect to have their first documents before the planning board sometime in November.
Blue wave: Dems add to their enrollment advantage in Ulster
Since the spring, Democrats have added 25 new voters for every 1 Republican.
UCAT, Citibus merger on target
Kingston Mayor Steve Noble said that the city is ready, willing and able to meet a July 1 target date for the takeover of Kingston’s more-than-century-old bus system by Ulster County.
Faso and Delgado square off in Woodstock debate
New York 19th Congressional District candidates John Faso and Antonio Delgado largely stuck to the script in Monday night’s debate at the Woodstock Playhouse, delivering well-rehearsed answers to frequently asked questions. But both candidates delivered a few curveballs, with the incumbent Faso accusing Democrats of a “mob mentality” and Delgado declaring that he would reject the endorsement of the House’s top Democrat, former (and maybe future) Speaker Nancy Pelosi.