Police: Hudson Valley car salesman stole down payments
State Police investigators say a 34-year-old man stole thousands in down payments as a car salesman and also stole money as a realtor. Many of the victims were Spanish speaking.
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Police: Saugerties woman stabbed man in neck during dispute
Police arrested a 33-year-old Saugerties woman Friday evening after a man said she stabbed him in the neck with a steak knife.
What happened to legal weed for New York?
In a historic legislative session last month, New York lawmakers passed a long-bottled flood of progressive bills covering everything from early voting to rent control. But legalized recreational marijuana failed to make the cut, despite support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and strenuous efforts by Democrats in the state’s two houses.
Residents want Shandaken to force property cleanups
About 15 residents of Big Indian and Oliverea came to the July 1 Shandaken town board meeting to protest the town’s failure to clean up several properties in the hamlet of Big Indian, despite complaints at the June meeting about a junked car lot, a perpetual yard sale, and a stripped-down, unsecured store.
Kingston district closing in on new principals for high school, Montessori school
Summer vacation has just begun but on the calendar, the Kingston City School District officially started the 2019-20 school year this week. High on the district’s to-do list is completing the search to replace principals at both Kingston High School and George Washington Elementary School continues.
No Woodstock Library tax increase
Woodstock Library trustees delivered on their plans to present a 2020 spending plan with no tax increase, mostly through the application of surplus funds and adjusting items that have come in under budget in the current fiscal year.
Saugerties to seek grant money for new animal shelter
Saugerties town officials are planning to build a new shelter entirely, and move it to a more visible location. While the location and design for the shelter have yet to be drawn up, Town Supervisor Fred Costello Jr. said that officials will decide in a matter of months.
Long Island-based company acquires another large Kingston apartment complex
The new owners, who’ve come under criticism in their other complexes, promise improvements at the 267-unit Stony Run complex on Hurley Ave.
Village of New Paltz climate-change plan could be aggressive
The plan pitched by Janelle Peotter and Amanda Gotto of the New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force calls for more electric vehicles in the village fleet, finishing the conversion of street lights to light-emitting diodes and cutting energy consumption in the water and wastewater treatment plants especially.
Saugerties High School graduates 215
The Saugerties High School Class of 2019, consisting of 215 seniors, graduated during the school’s 123rd commencement exercises on the morning of Saturday, June 29.