The annual Gardiner 5K Classic Run/Walk every July always seems to happen on one of the hottest and most humid days of the summer. This year was no exception. But this time, the humidity that accompanied temperatures hovering near 100 degrees all day became a drenching downpour that let loose from the sky just minutes before race time.
Newly-elected board members Kathy Preston and Teresa Thompson were sworn in by district clerk Dusti Callo, who then administered the oath of office to the board’s choice for their president, Michael O’Donnell, and vice-president, Alison Easton.
It was a strange sight: New Paltz Town Supervisor Neil Bettez and his deputy, Dan Torres, seated on either side of a laptop displaying the face of Julie Seyfert-Lillis, attending a special meeting via video conferencing software.
Inquiring minds want to know.
After months of speculation about what sort of establishment would replace Neko Sushi in the iconic building at the corner of Main and North Chestnut Street that once housed the fabled Homestead tavern, Paltzonians now have a spiffy new place to eat: Lola’s Café.
There are four passes available at Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz each day, which can be checked out using an Elting Memorial Library card, issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
While the event featured no voting or other evidence of political theater which can be the hallmark of this political process, its organizers opted for a process that sidelined not only non-party members, but other local candidates and members of the press, as well.
Incumbent town supervisor Marybeth Majestic, a registered Democrat who won on the Republican line in 2015, failed in her bid to snare the Democratic Party nomination this time around.
So, how did the one-time MHAL wrestling champion and MHAL 110 hurdles and pole vault champion, and noted free-spirit, come to be the guiding force behind a tech program for kids?
Schenker laughs. “It was unusual.”
Organizers of the memorial to the indigent of Ulster County are ready to take the next step: get the statue