Three candidates file for two seats on New Paltz School Board
The candidates include incumbent Steve Greenfield as well as Teresa Thompson and Kathy Preston.
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Over 30 teens arrested at post-prom party in Saugerties
The students, who were from a New Jersey high school, rented a house on Manorville Rd. in Saugerties.
New Paltz planners opt for less stringent review of CVS/Five Guys project
The votes mean no in-depth environmental impact statement is to be prepared for more detailed analysis of issues such as traffic and the clear-cutting of the premises.
Saugerties theater group plans arts and science center at mill ruins
With the help of a grant from the Hudson Valley Estuary Fund, the local theater group Arm of the Sea is hoping to transform the ruins of the Sheffield paper mill on the bank of the Esopus Creek adjacent to Tina Chorvas Park.
Gardiner seeks environmental analyses for three major development proposals
The projects in question include a 70-unit “eco-cabin” resort.
Onteora does Les Misérables
The Onteora High School auditorium will be transformed into 19th century France on April 28, 29, and 30, as the Onteora Music Department presents Les Misérables (School Edition), a musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s epic historical novel.
Live theater proposal in New Paltz receives a standing ovation
The tone was much more positive than the reaction to a multi-screen art theater proposal for the same location — on Main St. next to Water Street Market — several years ago.
Amid Dylan concert concerns, brickyard owners tout ‘spontaneous flexibility’
With the return of a popular food festival and a pair of sold-out Bob Dylan concerts, it’s shaping up to be a busy summer at the former Hutton Brickyard. But questions remain — about the future of the site and how its emergence as a large-scale event venue will impact quality of life in the residential neighborhoods that surround it.
Hannaford to take over Hurley Ridge Market
Katie Epstein’s first memory of her grandparents’ pharmacy and deli, now Hurley Ridge Market, was when she was three. “I was surprised as anyone to find out we were selling to Hannford’s,” she said this week of the announcement she got alongside everyone else at the market on Friday, April 21. “It’s definitely very sad to see this all changing.”
Saugerties aquatic center unlikely to get taxpayer funds
A local man and his group of supporters want to build an aquatic fitness center at the Cantine Memorial Complex. It appears they will have to do so without taxpayer money.