A ruling by a state Supreme Court justice has halted the Town of Saugerties from enforcing stop-work orders issued by its building department to J. Karolys and Son, a local trucking and excavation company that’s now under scrutiny for disposal of construction debris on four properties in the town.
In New Paltz, people being detained by agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sometimes doesn’t go unnoticed. Hundreds of people have written letters in support of Luis Martinez, or shown up to events in his support. Friends of Matthew Rojas rallied to hire an attorney to represent him. Thousands of dollars were raised for Joel Guerrero, the first resident known to have been detained regarding his status as a resident of the United States.
An East Kingston woman said that she and her family were the targets of a racist remark by a fellow shopper at the Town of Ulster Walmart last week. It’s the second time in recent weeks that controversy over bigotry has erupted on the Town of Ulster’s commercial strip.
A free information session on upcoming courses for basic skills and prep for the FAA certification test required for commercial drone pilots will be held on Wednesday, April 10, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Stone Ridge Campus.
For town board, the committee plans to endorse Mike Ivino and current Village Board member Vince Buono; for town supervisor, they support Paul Andreassen.
It’s always good news when New Paltz High School’s Drama Club performs its annual spring musical; but this year, the headlines are the headlines.
Developers of a proposed retail, residential and parking complex in Uptown Kingston are planning to present studies on traffic, stormwater and other issues at an April 10 public hearing at City Hall. It will then be up to the city’s planning board to determine if the proposed Kingstonian project needs to go through a more extensive — and potentially years-long — environmental review.
The driver of a Russo Sanitation truck learned last week that picking up residential trash in New Paltz without a license is a serious matter; he found himself handcuffed and warned that the garbage truck would be impounded if he were caught doing it again.
Each year Ulster County schedules three hazardous waste disposal days. In 2019, the dates are: April 13, July 20 and Oct. 19.
A 49-year-old married mother of two was killed in an early afternoon fire on March 27, which also destroyed the family home and claimed the lives of two dogs.