Saugerties students get their hands dirty
Now that spring has sprung, elementary school students in Saugerties are interacting with the great outdoors as part of their everyday curriculum.
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State comes through on school aid for Saugerties, but retirement costs could increase on horizon
The Saugerties Central School District received some good news over the weekend as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed on a $153 billion budget that includes $1.1 billion in new educational spending. That’s a relief for districts all across the state, including Saugerties, where the Board of Education will vote on adopting a $61.8 million spending plan for 2017-18 next year.
Saugerties sports community honors Hall of Fame class of 2017
The Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame held its 54th annual induction ceremony last weekend, with five new members taking their places alongside the hundreds of local sports legends that came before them. The enshrinement, which took place at Diamond Mills, saw many of those legends join in the celebration in the large banquet hall for the nearly sold-out event.
Farm-to-table-on-Hudson: Development proposed for Saugerties includes restaurant, cabins and farm fields
The project is called the Wyldwyck River Camp, and it would be located on an 82-acre property abutting the Hudson River off Liberty St. behind the Glasco Firehouse.
Is distance dead?
It’s an exciting but disconcertingly unsettled time here in the hinterlands between the vast and troubled rust belt to our north and west and the bustling problem-plagued metropolis to the south. All eyes are glued to the screen watching the soap opera that national politics, where one person’s narcissistic claptrap is another’s revealed wisdom. What is a poor soul to do?
Saugerties Times letters (4/6-13)
Topics include: Congress sides with corporations on Internet privacy, raise the age of criminal responsibility, speed limit on 9W should be lowered; thank you Jim Bruno, the no-nukes dream, memorializing resolutions serve important function; Faso insincere about climate
National Guard holds disaster preparedness lecture in Saugerties
Do you have enough water to last your family through an eight-day loss? Where would your family meet if you were cut off by an emergency situation? Where is the shutoff valve for your gas supply if you detect a leak?
Saugerties gets 12 ‘Little Free Libraries’
Residents can take a book or leave a book- it goes by the honor system, and isn’t organized like regular public library loans.
Saugerties galleries plan a month of sculpture
This year, the town is throwing itself into International Sculpture Day— not just on the official day of April 24, but all month.
Remembering Scout Thornton
By all accounts, Saugerties lost one of its most cherished souls when David “Scout” Thornton died on April 1. He was a longtime resident, prominent in the tourism industry, and a consummate humanitarian.