A new traffic light for New Paltz?
In reviewing plans for a gas station move, the state came to the conclusion that what really needed is a new traffic light at the intersection of Rt. 32N (North Chestnut St.) and Henry W. Dubois Dr.
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Final warning for renegade garbage pickup in village of New Paltz?
A village trustee said police are monitoring streets for any garbage trucks other than County Waste pick up trash in the village, which would be a violation of the single-hauler law passed last year.
New Paltz planners want McDonald’s to consider linking its parking lot with neighbors
Interconnection of parking areas is a planning objective at the county level, as part of an effort to design developments for people rather than their vehicles. For this particular project, a specific objective is to reduce the number of drivers attempting to make a left onto Route 299 from McDonald’s, but presumably it would also incrementally benefit the broader goal of reducing the need to depend on motor vehicles. Neither McDonald’s or adjacent property owners are very interested in the idea.
New Paltz superintendent presents $63.7m school budget; includes creation of Wellness Center
The $300,000 Wellness Center would be used by all high school students during the school day as part of their required physical fitness courses, and potentially after school with appropriate supervision. Intended to offer students additional opportunities for stress relief and other benefits of physical fitness, the Wellness Center would include 42 stations for working out with a separate area for activities such as yoga and stretching.
SUNY-New Paltz approves new names for college buildings
The names are being changed because the buildings’ namesakes, the founding families of the town, owned slaves prior to slavery’s abolition in New York State. The new building names pay homage to local geographic features. They will be assigned to the campus buildings to mirror their actual locations – for instance, Lefevre Hall, the eastern-most of the buildings, will become Shawangunk Hall, because the Shawangunk Ridge is the eastern-most of these features.
Gardiner councilman Mike Reynolds resigns
After seven years on the Gardiner Town Board, councilman Mike Reynolds submitted his resignation last week, effective March 11, “due to a change in my permanent residency status from Gardiner to New Paltz.”
Gardiner cabin resort unveils building designs
Shinrin Yoku, LLC, the development company headed by Phillip Rapoport and Kristin Soong Rapoport, has released its first public renderings of structures planned for the Heartwood eco-resort in Gardiner.
Remembering the Tour de Trump bike race, which swept into New Paltz 30 years ago
While New Paltz may not have been the epicenter of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, it certainly was the main stage for the first annual Tour de Trump cycling competition that swept into the Village of New Paltz on May 6 of 1989 to the cheers and jeers of more than 6,000 spectators who lined the streets, sidewalks and rooftops of downtown Main Street.
Local musician Danny Asis turns his talents to scoring and making films
“Being on the road was an awesome experience,” Asis says of playing guitar in the band Tiger Piss, “and I would never take that back, but I always had the dream of scoring films.”
Rosendale OKs water tanker purchase to help High Falls through aqueduct shutdown
Residents of the High Falls Water District can now breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that they will have ample clean water available when the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) commences its second shutdown of the Catskill Aqueduct this coming autumn.