Woodstock swimmers at Big & Little Deep will need permits starting next year
The town hopes the new requirement will address overcrowding, which led to a large amount of garbage and complaints from neighbors.
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Saugerties councilman-elect Paul Andreassen ready to take on latest challenge
‘Government can’t fix everything and it wasn’t meant to … [I want to] get a handle on what works and what doesn’t work.’
Gardiner Town Board, Planning Board, ZBA convene to streamline zoning code
An unusual array of participants took part in the December 5 Gardiner Town Board meeting.
Kingston sinkhole costs top $10 million mark
The Washington Avenue sinkhole may have been filled in but it continues to drain city finances. The latest project involves clearing a blocked sewer line caused by earlier work at the site.
Woodstocker designed medals for Filipino WW2 vets
In October, Filipino veterans of World War II finally received recognition from the U.S. for their critical role in liberating the Philippines — and its strategic American Army bases — from the Japanese. A Congressional Gold Medal, designed by Woodstock artist Joel Iskowitz, was presented to veterans and their descendants.
New Paltz Town Board votes to not reappoint Mike Calimano to the planning board
The last time New Paltz Town Council members didn’t reappoint a planning board member who wanted to stick around, he ended up becoming village mayor.
Police charge Kingston man, 37, with rape of 16-year-old
Police said the man was having sexual relations with 16-year-old girl at his residence in the city of Kingston between October and November of this year.
Phoenicia woman pleads guilty in assisted suicide case
Her husband had been ill for years and suffering from severe back pain, and “slowly killing himself” with alcohol. She said she saved nearly 100 pain pills for him to consume, along with alcohol, to end his life. “I aided him,” she said. The judge said he planned to sentence her to 2-6 years in prison.
It’s school musical season in Saugerties
Live music performance is so popular in the Saugerties schools that the calendar of events for December is filled with band and choir concerts for the elementary, junior and senior high schools.
New off-road vehicle came in handy in Catskills hiker rescue
“Before getting this, we would have had to handle this past weekend’s missing hikers the old school way, carrying everything in and then everything out by hand.”