Highland Public Library selling engraved paving bricks to raise funds for new library
The bricks will be on view at a March 9 fundraising event.
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New York City set to build Shokan wastewater treatment plant as Olive shifts its town view
Ever since the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between New York City and its watershed communities 20 years ago, funding for community wastewater treatment plants has surged around the Catskills.
‘Help me, Grandma’: New phone scam targets grandparents
Ulster County seniors are warned of phony emergency calls asking grandparents to wire money to help a grandchild who is “in trouble.”
Saugerties residents suggest ‘aquatic fitness center’ for Cantine
A number of community leaders and local business owners held a focus meeting last week to discuss the possibility of a $5 million aquatic fitness center at the Cantine complex.
Highland looking to buy eight school buses
t the Board of Education’s recent regular meeting, trustees heard a presentation from the district business manager asking the board to decide whether to put up a proposition this year to purchase eight school buses.
Mount Marion’s after-school Discovery Program lets kids learn by doing
“How can a person know that they love to sew if they’ve never tried? How can people know they love basketball if they are never given the chance to play? We try to give that chance through Discover.”
Catskill Mountain Railroad trains stored in Phoenicia face another hurdle
Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) has violated floodplain regulations by moving trains onto its Phoenicia property without a permit, said Shandaken supervisor Rob Stanley.
Skier dies at Hunter Mountain; second fatality this season
State Police are currently treating the matter as an accidental fall and do not suspect any foul play.
New Paltz schools still considering dumping Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The New Paltz Board of Education is still considering changes suggested last fall, including replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day and changes to the curriculum to reflect inclusion of the original inhabitants of this region in the story of America’s founding.
A cold March for a march
Say what you will, them resisters are a hardy breed. About 400 educators, children and supporters showed up Saturday on Kingston’s Academy Green during a wind-whipped sub-freezing afternoon to protest against the lack of state funding for New York public schools.