Long-vacant Rosendale school to be transformed into apartment complex
Plans call for the conversion of the Tillson Elementary School, closed in 1983, into a 32-unit apartment complex.
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Court documents: Kingston murder suspect told cops how he brutally killed Anthony Garro Jr.
According to police, Seth P. Lyons laid out for them a horrific sequence of events that began with a missing cell phone and ended with Anthony Garro Jr. beaten to death, stripped naked and left beneath a pile of brush.
Mom says KPD used excessive force on her 17-year-old daughter
Activists showed up at a city police commission meeting on Wednesday to express frustration that Kingston wasn’t responding quickly — or forcefully — enough to a rash of complaints about excessive force, racial profiling and other issues.
Former Saugerties police chief’s handguns, badge and ID stolen from parked car
Two handguns, a retired police ID card, badge, security ID and pistol permit were stolen.
New Paltz resort ready to move forward
As the development freeze for projects in the vicinity of the Thruway interchange comes to an end, town planners once again take up the Wildberry Lodge, a 90-unit hotel and butterfly conservatory.
Developer buys Ulster County Family Court building for $1.1m
It’s Charles Blaichman’s ninth purchase in the Stockade neighborhood. He plans to use the property for parking for four planned boutique hotels.
Closing date on Kingston’s Cioni Building sale to be set in early ’18
The school district sold its administration building to a hotel developer for $4.25-million. The price was significantly higher than expected and was part of a mini real estate boom in the Uptown section of the city.
New building on Main St. New Paltz runs into height restriction
The building is at the maximum allowable height, but planners didn’t factor in the air conditioning and other equipment that needs to be on the roof.
One dead in snowmobile/ATV crash in Rosendale
A snowmobile rider was killed Sunday when he collided with an ATV near Tillson Rd. in Rosendale. The ATV rider suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Woman drives car through New Paltz restaurant window
The driver was unharmed, her car apparently undamaged, and — since the business was closed — the only casualty was a display of hot sauces that weren’t selling well anyway.