Gardiner Town Board taps Franco Carucci to replace Reynolds following resignation
Since the resignation several months ago of Mike Reynolds, who moved to New Paltz, the Gardiner Town Board has had an empty seat to fill.
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At Wallkill River Summit, sources of contamination discussed and a plan for cleanup takes shape
In 2018, the state DEC listed the Wallkill River and several of its tributaries on a draft version of its “impaired waters” list.
Sculpture honoring Ulster County Poorhouse residents unveiled at pool site
Long in the making, the statue is intended to symbolize all the residents of the Ulster County Poorhouse over its 148-year history: construction workers unemployed after the completion of the Catskill Aqueduct and D & H Canal, former slaves, recent immigrants, the sick and maimed, the elderly, unwed mothers, abandoned wives, babies and children, alcoholics, the mentally ill and developmentally disabled.
New Paltz man indicted on homicide charges resulting from car accident
The charges stem from a two-vehicle collision on Henry W. DuBois Drive, which occurred on March 29.
New Paltz moves forward with plan to make renewable electricity the default choice for residents
Central Hudson would continue to be the provider for all, but the source of the electricity will come from a renewable source. Residents or businesses will be able to opt out of this provider, but if they don’t take any action, they will be included. The hope is that by negotiating for most customers as a bloc, the rate will be equal or lower than the current default rate.
Town of New Paltz to purchase property on North Putt Corners Rd. for police station and courthouse
New Paltz Town Board members have voted to purchase the property at 59 North Putt Corners Road to bring the police and justice court back under the same roof for the first time since police left their cramped quarters on Plattekill Avenue. The purchase price is $1.325 million, but it’s expected that converting it into a police station and courthouse will run as much as $8 million, all of which would be bonded over 25 years.
New Paltz and Highland school budgets pass overwhelmingly
New Paltz Central School District voters supported a $63,640,000 budget with 782 casting a ballot in favor and 320 opposed. Voters in the Highland Central School District also approved the budget proposed to them, with 629 votes for and 197 opposed to a budget of $44,442,937.
Images through the ages
When I mixed the oil colors together, all the hues turned out the color of backed-up septic waste. I had a monumental task, way beyond the collages and crayon relief drawings assigned in seventh grade art class. I was driven to express through a single painting what finding out about the Holocaust did to my childhood heart.
Wine Village developer in Highland makes media push
Andrew Maxon, the man guiding the Wine Village project on the banks of the Hudson River in Highland, is trumpeting progress made in securing approval to build the project and promising to break ground this year, or early in the next.
School board election and budget vote in New Paltz and Highland on May 21
New Paltz voters will be asked to approve a $63.6 million budget; Highland voters a $44.4 million budget. Two candidates are seeking two open seats in each district.