New Paltz considers eliminating free parking on Sundays
A public hearing will be held Wednesday, June 27 to discuss the proposal.
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Should Lloyd be renamed Highland-on-Hudson? (with poll)
Town Council members are expected to pass a resolution to get the question of a name change placed on the ballot this coming November.
Latest version of New Paltz “CVS Project” drops the drugstore
The new proposal retains a Five Guys restaurant, and includes a Mavis Tire location, an urgent care facility, two more sites for restaurants.
Not everyone is happy about New Paltz’s single-trash hauler plan
By the end of June, only County Waste will be allowed to provide trash pickup in New Paltz. The town touts the savings and efficiency of the plan, but some residents resent being deprived of choosing whom they do business with. “If I wanted to live like that I would have purchased a residence in a homeowners’ community,” said one.
Sample fine local wines at Bounty of the Hudson
Saturday, June 16: The 80-mile-long Shawangunk Wine Trail that runs from New Paltz at its northernmost point down to Warwick in Orange County encompasses 13 Hudson Valley wineries. Every year they get together in one place to put on the Bounty of the Hudson Wine & Food Festival, a wine-tasting event that allows side-by-side samplings of the region’s best.
New Paltz school bus involved in crash, no students aboard
A New Paltz school bus collided with a minivan Monday morning on Route 9W in Ulster Park. The bus was free of students at the time, the driver having discharged them at Ulster BOCES shortly before the incident.
New Paltz resort seeks tax breaks
The developer of Wildberry Lodge is seeking to pay no sales tax during construction (estimated at about $1,225,000), a waiver of the mortgage recording tax of $225,000 and a net reduction in property tax of nearly $10 billion over 15 years.
New Paltz wants pot legalized
New Paltz town and village officials passed resolutions on Thursday, June 7 calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana use at both state and federal levels.
Rocking Horse Ranch celebrates 60th anniversary
The New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce, Ulster County Tourism and representatives from both Ulster and Dutchess counties were on hand for a special ceremony June 1. The Turk family was presented with multiple plaques, as well as a proclamation from Ulster County Legislator Herb Litts commending Rocking Horse Ranch on 60 years of serving guests and the local community.
New Paltz’s Gilded Otter celebrates 20 years in business
In the same way they were at the forefront of the craft beer revolution when they first opened their doors in 1998 — when craft beer brewing was still unfamiliar to most people — they’re now serving kegged wine by the glass (or carafe) on tap.