Electing a new county exec won’t be cheap
Ulster County will have three elections this year, at a total cost of around $1 million.
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Ulster’s next county executive
If you have unexpectedly found yourself, as I have, reflecting back on Mike Hein’s tenure as county executive, you might also find yourself jotting down a list of traits you’d like to see in his successor. Here’s mine.
Noble highlights housing issues in 2019 state of the city speech
Kingston mayor talks about building projects, says city will take on gentrification.
After the Hein-quake, what next?
County Executive Mike Hein’s surprise announcement last week that he’s stepping down to take a post in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration, along with a quirk in the county charter, has upended Ulster County’s political scene as candidates emerge for a novel back-to-back electoral contest to succeed him.
Hein administration, Ulster IDA cross swords
This is not going to be an amicable divorce.
Surprisingly close: VanBlarcum swam against the blue wave
VanBlarcum lost the sheriff’s race by a decisive 6,367 votes. But compare that with the county totals in the congressional race, where John Faso lost by three times as much, and that doesn’t look so bad. In a less politically engaged year, he might have won.
Kingston After Dark: New year, fresh canvas
For my first concert plug of 2019, we are going to take a look at a stirring folk influenced concert in nearby Woodstock.
Kingston seeks volunteers for zoning task force
The city is putting together a zoning task force and is seeking qualified applicants to volunteer their time to work on multiple facets of Kingston’s zoning-related issues.
Kingston mayor to address city Jan. 8
Noble is likely to touch on 2019’s zero-growth budget, a pending merger between Ulster County Area Transit and Citibus and last month’s passage of a municipal ID law sought by immigration rights advocates. Noble can also point to millions in new grant funding and the expected redevelopment of a city-owned parking lot Uptown into a mixed-use residential and commercial hub dubbed “The Kingstonian.”
Kingston gets more time to implement dual-stream recycling
The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency will continue to accept single-stream recycling from the City of Kingston through the end of February.