New Saugerties superintendent, business manager begin work
Superintendent Kirk Reinhardt and business manager Jane St. Amour took the helm July 1, after the district spent the 2018-19 school year with interim administrators in their place.
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Rosendale floodwall declared “stabilized” by DEC
After six months of work by project engineers J. H. Maloy, Inc. of Albany and geotechnical consultants Hayward Baker, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has determined that the first phase of the Rosendale Floodwall project has been completed and that the wall is now “stabilized.”
Light industrial park proposed for North Ohioville Road in New Paltz
The partners behind the project believe it will fill a critical local need: affordable, convenient, utilitarian space for entrepreneurs and businesses.
Retiring New Paltz High School principal Barbara Clinton looks back
Clinton served the school district for the past 48 years in a variety of capacities, from teacher to coach to department head to assistant principal, and principal of Duzine Elementary, Lenape Elementary and finally the High School.
Longtime Mohonk Preserve president to step down
After nearly 26 years at the helm of Mohonk Preserve, Glenn Hoagland will be leaving the organization to become president and chief executive officer of The Seeing Eye, a New Jersey nonprofit and internationally recognized dog guide school for people who are blind.
Notes from the Saugerties Village Board
Former village police chief led this year’s July 4 parade; should the rules regarding the right-of-way between Stella’s Station and Bluestone Roasting Co. be changed? Speed bumps at the village beach? Climate resiliency study.
Neighbors complain trucks still entering Saugerties construction & demolition debris dump despite DEC order
Despite an order from the state Department of Conservation to shut down, neighbors say trucks keep coming in to Joe Karolys’ controversial construction and demolition debris dumps.
Shandaken looks at new committee to write Short Term Rental law
At the July 8 Shandaken Short-Term Rental (STR) Committee meeting, town supervisor Rob Stanley said the town board will be in charge of putting together a new committee to devise STR regulations, taking into account responses to the recent survey of residents regarding rental of properties through Airbnb, HomeAway, and similar websites.
Not all happy with the new way of buses in Kingston
Ten days after the long-planned merger of Kingston’s Citibus system with Ulster County Area Transit, county officials say ridership is up so far. But some users of the newly unified bus systems say the service changes have left them high and dry.
Hudson Valley man arrested on rape charge
A 25-year-old Hudson Valley man is accused of having sexual contact with a victim under the age of 15.