Hansut, Pizzuto face off for Lloyd supervisor
Paul Hansut faces one opponent intent on unseating the incumbent as Lloyd town supervisor this year, Fred Pizzuto.
Politics & Government
Meet the town of Gardiner supervisor candidates
Incumbent Marybeth Majestic is seeking reelection to her second term as town supervisor for the Town of Gardiner. Her challenger is Lisa Lindsley
Three shooting for top spot in New Paltz election
One-term incumbent New Paltz Town Supervisor Neil Bettez faces two challengers to his reelection bid; both his town council colleague Marty Irwin and longtime activist and gadfly MaryAnn Tozzi will also each be on the ballot.
Woodstock Fire District budget increases
Woodstock Fire District taxes will rise more than 11 percent under the proposed 2018 budget due mostly to a requirement to replenish an underfunded retirement program.
Plan for new joint municipal center leads to tension on New Paltz Town Board
Forays into the newest potential site for a joint municipal center — the Gateway building on North Chestnut Street — have led to more tension and more split votes at the New Paltz Town Board table.
Proposed Shandaken budget tax increase exceeds 2% limit
The Shandaken town board voted on October 2 to adopt a preliminary 2018 budget of $5,723,430, exceeding the state-imposed two percent tax cap for the second year in a row, after several years of minimal to no increase
Tax increases planned for New Paltz, Gardiner and Rosendale
Tax hikes range from 2.5–8 percent in the preliminary budgets of these three towns.
Kingston GOP drops support for candidate who criticized Native American mural
Kingston Republicans have severed ties with a county legislature candidate who criticized a mural depicting Native Americans for sending a potentially divisive “ethnic message,” rather than celebrating Kingston’s “original heritage.” Campaign Committee Chairman Jerry Brown said, “Her views are her own and have nothing to do with us.”
GOP county legislature candidate calls O+ fest mural ‘divisive’
Candidate Jean Jacobs said the images send a potentially divisive “ethnic message,” rather than celebrating Kingston’s “original heritage.”
Woodstock’s 2018 budget is taking shape
The 2018 Woodstock budget presented by town supervisor Bill McKenna is under the state tax cap.