Candidate forum
The League of Women Voters is inviting the community to attend a candidate forum. Here’s what the league said: “This
Politics & Government
New police dog for Saugerties
As donations continue to trickle in, police Sgt. Mark Craft said he would be traveling to Pennsylvania next month to
Preliminary town budget includes 9% tax increase
After years of late budgets, the town of Saugerties has turned in a budget on deadline. However, the first draft
Editorial: My best Hugh Reynolds imitation
Hugh’s taking a few weeks off to soothe his fevered brow before things really start getting politically and budgetarily serious
Former mayor Robert Yerick passes
Robert Yerick, the saugerties mayor who, with a combination of old-fashioned managerial prowess and an engaging and feisty personality, saw
Machine malfunction compromised library vote
Three weeks ago, voters in Saugerties approved a near $600,000 library budget by a 70-percent margin. The vote total was
Hugh Reynolds: He shot the sheriff
Before astonished and perplexed Ulster County legislators last Wednesday, an obviously agitated Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum put a beating on
Myers won’t sign Birches tax agreement
The Saugerties Town Board voted 4-1 to take half off litigious senior housing developer Steve Aaron’s tax payments, but Supervisor
‘Twelve pages of BS’
In the wake of the Kingston Police Department’s withdrawal from the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team, Sheriff Paul Van
55-unit housing development update
The developer of a 55-unit residential complex approved two years ago for senior housing wants the village to sign off