When the public hearing for long-anticipated gateway zoning rules was opened on May 2, New Paltz Town Board members heard a lot about the Ferris Woods senior housing apartment complex planned for the end of Brouck Ferris Boulevard.
Alexandria Wojcik and Michele Zipp will be sitting at the New Paltz Village Board table starting this June. They bested incumbents Don Kerr and Dennis Young by several dozen votes to secure those seats. Mayor Tim Rogers was unopposed.
A $2.2 million grant will help pay for bicycle-related safety improvements along Henry W. Dubois Drive in New Paltz. The State funds are earmarked for creating buffered bicycle and pedestrian lanes along this popular cut-through.
The Testimonial Gatehouse is once again having the light shone upon it, as it is in the process of a $2.7 million makeover. Its historic archway and stonework are being cleaned, restored and buttressed, and the tower, the tree-lined carriage road and its surrounding grounds are being turned into the first new trailhead that the 8,600-acre Preserve has created in more than 25 years.
Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum made the proposal in the waning days of his administration last year. But, despite facing a $900,000 shortfall in projected revenues from fees paid by other agencies to house inmates at the facility, both County Executive-elect Pat Ryan and Sheriff Juan Figueroa said this week that the idea was a non-starter.
Village of New Paltz residents will get to choose among several candidates for trustee when they head over to the firehouse to vote on May 7, but the incumbent mayor faces no opposition this year. Tim Rogers is completing his first four-year term as mayor. Don Kerr and Dennis Young are also seeking second terms, as trustee, and voters will be measuring their accomplishment against the promises offered by Alexandra Wojcik and Michele Zipp.
The case stems from an incident on July 1, 2018 on Route 299 in the Town of Lloyd where Williams, travelling in excess of 100 MPH while fleeing from police, struck and killed Danielle Pecoraro, 39, of New Paltz.
Pat Ryan scored a decisive victory — and claimed a mandate for a progressive county government — in Tuesday’s special election to fill the remainder of former county executive Mike Hein’s term.
Town of Lloyd Town Clerk Rosaria Peplow will be retiring on May 5. Peplow has served as the town clerk
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