Rail trail bridge to reopen first week of October
The rail trail bridge spanning the Wallkill near Springtown Road in New Paltz has been closed since July. A new causeway was delivered last week.
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Columbia County woman charged with vehicular manslaughter in hit-and-run
The woman was also charged with DWI following the accident, which occurred in the parking lot of a Family Dollar.
New Paltz schools debate drone use
The school board gave a first reading to a policy that would restrict the use or operation of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as “drones” or remote-controlled aircrafts, anywhere on school premises without prior written permission of the superintendent of schools.
New Paltz activists plan march against ‘rape culture’
The events on Sunday, Sept. 24 will include the town’s second annual SlutWalk, live music, activities and information tables at Hasbrouck Park.
Woodstock Library survey will seek information on building, renovation options
The Woodstock Library is distributing a survey seeking input on which of six options for improvements the public will support and how much they are willing to pay for it.
1903 automobile endurance run to be reenacted in Catskills
Automobiles were something else 114 years ago, when the 1903 Automobile Endurance Run being commemorated by the Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally Saturday, September 23, took place over several early October days, marked by heavy rains and floods along the run’s 800 mile path from Weehawken, NJ to Pittsburgh, PA.
Saugerties seeks grant for full-day pre-K
The Saugerties school system is hoping to begin a full-day pre-kindergarten pilot program in January for nearly 50 kids.
Driver in Port Ewen car-bike fatal did time for DWI death
Ulster County sheriff’s deputies say an Esopus man charged with vehicular manslaughter in a Sept. 14 incident which took the life of a bicyclist had been convicted of the same crime nearly two decades ago.
Uptown Kingston in line for $10 million in help from Albany
Kingston’s Stockade District is already seeing a surging real estate market and a cultural renaissance. Now, an infusion of state money is set to transform projects that have existed on paper for years into bricks-and-mortar reality.
Saugerties Conservatives choose their candidates
The slates are set for this November’s election, which features lively races for supervisor, town board and two of the three County Legislature seats.