Saugerties property taxes up 5.25 percent in proposed budget
A new ambulance contract, along with health and benefits increases for town employees, led to increased costs.
Politics & Government
Olive tax increase, with board approval, will exceed the cap
The Town of Olive’s proposed $5.5 million spending plan will carry a 3.7 percent tax hike.
Clinton’s weakness, Trump’s strength, evident in Hudson Valley election results
In the Mid-Hudson Valley, Clinton ran behind Obama and Trump ran ahead of Romney at every step, sometimes by a wide margin.
Hurley keeps tax levy increase low
The proposed $4,523,350 spending blueprint includes a tax levy increase of less than 1 percent.
Faso beats Teachout for Congress; McGinty, Matera in very close Surrogate Court race
Though she won Ulster County, Democrat Zephyr Teachout lost to Republican John Faso in her bid for the House of Representatives from New York’s 19th Congressional District.
Ulster DA says Family Court mailer did not involve “criminality”
A county lawmaker says he’ll continue to pursue a complaint that county officials acted improperly when they sent out a taxpayer-funded mailing touting the virtues of a controversial ballot proposition, despite a finding by the district’s attorney’s office that the move did not involve “criminality.”
Family Court mailing ‘inappropriate, maybe illegal’ says lawmaker
Ulster County legislators expressed surprise — and in some cases anger — Thursday night at a county-financed mailing to voters which some say improperly advocates the relocation of family court from Kingston to the Town of Ulster.
Election primer: Who’s on the ballot in Ulster County
And so it’s come to this: the final days of what’s certainly been the longest, perhaps the most contentious and
Law against taking selfies while voting won’t be enforced in Ulster
Ashley Dittus, Democrat deputy co-chair of the county Board of Elections, said voters are permitted to text or look up information on their smart phones while in a voting booth, and even though it is illegal to take a selfie in the booth, poll workers will not issue a violation to the picture taker.
Three vie for Ulster County Surrogate Court judge
The race for county surrogate pits Republican nominee Peter Matera of Esopus against Democratic nominee Sara McGinty and Independence/Working Families/Green nominee Sharon Graff of Rosendale.