Cutten’s cut: Politics or smart government?
A former county employee and candidate for the county comptroller’s office said last week she believes politics was behind her dismissal earlier this month.
Politics & Government
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.
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.
Selina seeks to cooperate with Woodstock on former Lodge property
As officials sort out how to proceed with the consideration of permitting for renovations at the former Woodstock Lodge, some neighbors wanted assurances from the Woodstock Town Board that their concerns are being addressed.
Developer of 51 Main in New Paltz presents revised site plan
51 Main Street, a building which briefly had a Facebook group renamed in its joking honor as the “New Paltz Rectangle Appreciation Society,” may become a usable building yet.
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.
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.
Building permits for former Woodstock Lodge ruled illegal
Selina Woodstock, formerly The Lodge, has started renovations prematurely according to a ruling from the Woodstock Zoning Board of Appeals, announced Thursday, June 27. More importantly, the ZBA decision written by member Gordon Wemp and okayed on a 4-1 vote of the board says that the town code enforcement officer, Ellen Casciaro, was in the wrong when she issued two new building permits for The Lodge/Selina in late March, when she said she had the right to revoke past stop work orders and orders to remedy at her own prerogative.
Stanley, Steen, Booth top Shandaken GOP caucus
Shandaken Republicans filled the town hall almost to capacity on June 24, as they designated Supervisor Rob Stanley to run for reelection and two candidates, Kyle Steen and Ken Booth, for the two town council seats that will be open. In the November election, Stanley will compete with Democrat Brian Powers, while the council hopefuls will face two Democrats, incumbent Peter DiSclafani and Vivian Welton.
Jaywalkers abound in Saugerties, says board
‘People push that darned button, and they were walking in front of cars, and I didn’t see one patrolman during the 45 minutes that I was inside [ a local restaurant],” said trustee Terry Parisian. “I saw a dad, with a stroller, push his kid right in front of a car. Clearly, it was red, all the way around.”