The Kingston City School District is still searching for a pair of principals to fill vacancies, with the leaders of both Kingston High School and George Washington Elementary School planning to step down at the end of the current academic year.
State transportation officials feel the intersection is now busy enough to justify it, and additionally want it built and paid for by the applicant. That’s a non-starter for Stewart’s executives, and village officials are in agreement.
Last year, other law enforcement agencies paid $730,000 to place inmates in the county jail. In 2017, boarding fees amounted to $900,000. But those days may be over.
Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra accused local firebrands District 2 County Legislator Joe Maloney and Saugerties Conservative Party Chair George Heidcamp of “political grandstanding” at an April 17 town board meeting for questioning the fiscal responsibility a proposed agreement between the town Police Department and the Department of Social Services to lend a Saugerties officer to their Family Violence Unit, which will investigate domestic violence incidents and provide resources to victims.
Downtown New Paltz offers a wide selection of places to sit down and have a cup of coffee, each with its own following. So, the recent change in proprietorship for “the Caf” at 58 Main Street will come as good news to some, alarming to others.
Police say a registered sex offender and another resident of a Janet Street home sold heroin and fentanyl from the house. A local alderman, meanwhile, said that the house had been a persistent source of neighborhood complaints in the year leading up to the bust.
Neighbors of the long-vacant West Hurley Elementary School finally met face-to-face with the developers who are seeking to buy the school buildings and convert them into 46 one-bedroom apartments, to be rented at market value.
Ulster County is moving to foreclose on a major portion of the former IBM plant in the Town of Ulster after the owner missed an April 18 deadline. The move marks the latest blow to plans to redevelop the sprawling former industrial complex under the leadership of owner Alan Ginsberg, who purchased the site in 1998.
Woodstock Library Trustees approved a $584,000 contract with Dobbs Ferry Architect Stephen Tilly, but not before hearing just over an hour of public comment about the choice to build a new library rather than renovate the existing one.
Deputies from the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office report investigating a personal injury motor vehicle accident early this morning on Route 9W in the Town of Esopus.