Incumbent town supervisor Marybeth Majestic, a registered Democrat who won on the Republican line in 2015, failed in her bid to snare the Democratic Party nomination this time around.
The park was established without trash cans, in part to ensure town employees wouldn’t have to visit it for regular maintenance.
Three persons were injured, one severely, when a deck in the town collapsed on July 4. Regular inspections could prevent future accidents.
Seeking state funding for improvements to the courts and a new playground, New Paltz officials are considering grouping the playground together with a proposal for a new field at the “Field of Dreams” on Libertyville Rd.
Moriello Pool was finally opened last Friday, July 7, although the kiddie pool will need to have its chemicals balanced before it’s deemed ready.
A bridge is a powerful symbol. When we dream of crossing a bridge, that’s usually a sign of going through a significant change in life — of crossing some Rubicon, leaving our past behind. We also use “building bridges” as a metaphor for repairing rifts between people, between nations. The latter was the theme chosen for the opening ceremonies of the brand-new, as-yet-unnamed Route 213 bridge across the Rondout Creek in downtown High Falls last Saturday.
The current permits are good 24 hours a day and seven days a week, but the mayor thinks that in the future they should instead be business hours only to keep them available for other drivers later in the day.
Moriello Pool in New Paltz should be open by midday, July 7, if all goes well, although the kiddie pool might not be ready for users quite as quickly.
A friendly, familiar face to many in New Paltz after 15 years as manager/wine buyer at In Good Taste (not to mention as head chef at Main Course in its early years), Ken Maguire has nothing but good things to say about his former bosses, Deb and Rick Rauch.
New Paltz village trustees are working on plans to display rainbow flags, and even paint a crosswalk in many colors, both to support the annual pride parade and as a nod to history.