Saugerties Police: Man rented U-Haul and never brought it back
Saugerties police arrested Casey L. Fellows, 32, of Rt. 9W, Catskill, on Jan. 25 and charged him with third-degree unauthorized
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Saugerties to join URGENT anti-drug and gang task force
The Saugerties police chief cited changes in oversight of the task force and a worsening opioid crisis for the decision to assign one Saugerties cop to the task force full-time and a second on a part-time basis.
Ulster Boces robot is set to rumble
Josh McCormick, a 17-year-old senior at Saugerties High, is living and breathing robotics these days.
$6.5 million more for Kingston city schools in Cuomo budget
If the numbers hold, the KCSD is in for an increase of 11.31 percent.
Saugerties selects theme for 2017 street art
A theme has been chosen for the annual Saugerties art-in-the-streets celebration. The sculptures will be childhood favorite rocking horses, said Saugerties Chamber of Commerce co-chair Peggy Schwartz, owner of Town and Country Liquors.
Young Saugerties spellers prepare for Schenectady competition
On February 7, Donovan Barros and Austen Razek will represent Saugerties in the 35th annual Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, an historic vaudeville house. Barros and Razek finished first and second in the Saugerties Spelling Bee on January 4.
Saugerties will get school aid increase of $814,735 if Cuomo’s budget holds
That figure would increase the district’s overall aid amount for 2017-18 by $814,735, potentially good news with the state comptroller’s office last week setting the statewide school property tax levy cap for this May’s budgets at 1.26 percent.
New Paltz group urges caution on large new development
The Friends of New Paltz say the Zero Place development is too large the zoning that allows it needs to be reexamined.
Video: Demolition of Rt. 213 bridge over the Rondout
The 275-foot, three-span structure over Route 213 was demolished today with explosives placed on the structure to fracture the steel trusses. It’s being replaced with a new, single-span 230-foot structural steel bridge with a reinforced concrete deck and abutments founded on piles.
Should homeschooled kids be able to participate in all school clubs?
In New Paltz, a homeschooled student signed up for this year’s school play, but was later told she couldn’t participate because some rehearsals were done during school hours when she couldn’t be present.