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Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair returns to Ulster Fairgrounds

Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair returns to Ulster Fairgrounds

Saturday-Monday, Aug. 31-Sept. 2: In addition to hawking any number of beautiful objects that will be calling your name and demanding to brighten up your home’s feng shui, the Labor Day 2019 edition of the Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair – its 75th visit to the Ulster County Fairgrounds – will put special emphasis on its live music offerings.

Senior housing project proposed for Lloyd gets public airing

Senior housing project proposed for Lloyd gets public airing

The current version of the project is its third for the gated, age-segregated project on 53 acres. It calls for 130 individual cottage-like residences, and two four-story multi-unit residential buildings, which would have a total of 82 units between them. An assisted living facility would have 135 beds with varying levels of skilled care available, allowing residents of this development to remain there for the remainder of their days.

Comptroller to Lloyd: save less, document more

Comptroller to Lloyd: save less, document more

There may be too much of a good thing. An audit of the past five years’ worth of Town of Lloyd books from state officials revealed that Town Supervisor Paul Hansut’s preference to save money in the budget when he can has been too successful: despite worries that the fund balance has been used too aggressively, staffers at the state comptroller’s office found that it’s actually grown by about $2 million in that time.

New Paltz plans reimagining of comptroller job after current comptroller fails civil service test

New Paltz plans reimagining of comptroller job after current comptroller fails civil service test

Town of New Paltz officials are in an interesting pickle: the person who’s heading up financial matters in town hall failed the civil service test intended to measure one’s ability to do the job. Rather than kick the town’s first comptroller to the curb, they are seeking to modify the official description of duties to reflect what comptroller Jean Gallucci is actually doing on a daily basis.