Meet the Saugerties Class of 2017 valedictorian and salutatorian
Anna Marie Armstrong, and their salutatorian, Lilith Haig, will speak at the school’s 121st commencement Saturday, June 24.
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Kingston’s Uptown real estate surge: helpful influx or toxic gentrification?
A red-hot real estate market has brought in to Uptown a tsunami of downstate money from investors willing to pay cash for properties at prices that would have been considered a good joke just a few years ago.
New Paltz considers rerouting buses to give students more time to sleep
The district’s transportation director believes it’s possible to gain 30 minutes.
Highland superintendent to retire
Highland’s Superintendent of Schools Deborah Haab has announced she will retire effective September 8.
Popular Saugerties exchange student prepares to return to Hong Kong
A foreign exchange student who named himself after a childhood TV character said farewell on the last day of school at Saugerties High School. One student reported that many of the students were crying, as were some teachers and staff.
Esopus tubing business up for sale
When asked why he was selling the Town Tinker after 38 years, Harry Jameson had a simple answer: “When I’m not running this business, I’ll have a lot more time to go tubing.”
With water district lawsuit dragging on, New Paltz pipeline increasingly likely
New Paltz needs to temporarily replace municipal water during upcoming repairs to New York City’s Catskill Aqueduct. Plans to tap an aquifer are tied up by a lawsuit, making the construction of a temporary pipeline from the Delaware Aqueduct to New Paltz probable.
Well that provides water to Saugerties Comfort Inn is contaminated, DEC finds
State officials are not sure when a leak of what is currently being called a “petroleum product” occurred.
Parking smartphone app now available in Kingston as rate hike begins
The price of parking on Kingston’s streets is going to double this month. But city officials are hoping a smartphone app that will allow users (for a price) to skip the ritual of hunting for change and dashing to the expiring parking meter will take some of the sting out of the rate hike.
Kingston woman struck, dragged by cars following fight in intersection
According to Town of Ulster police, the incident occurred around 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday, June 14 when cops responded to a report of car vs. pedestrian accident at the intersection of Route 32 and Route 9W.