Ed Short to be inducted into Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame
Baseball was always his game. “You know, I really don’t know why. I just liked the idea of getting outside and smacking a ball around and being around people and having fun with it.”
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Saugerties wrestler Colby Amell makes States
Colby Amell, Saugerties’ wrestling team’s lightest member at 99 pounds, will be representing the Sawyers in the state wrestling tournament on February 24 and 25 at the Times-Union Center in Albany.
Saugerties village won’t close Main St. for farmers market
The Saugerties village board has rebuffed a proposal to close a portion of Main Street every Saturday from the middle of spring to the middle of fall for the Saugerties Farmers’ Market.
Car strikes school bus head-on in Saugerties
A Saugerties motorist lost control of her car on West Saugerties Rd. and struck a school bus head-on this afternoon.
Walter Maxwell and the importance of community
As political scientist Robert Putnam, author of the turn-of-the-21st-century classic Bowling Alone, America’s Declining Social Capital, expressed it, “If we can get more people engaged in community life in contexts that respect American pluralism, many of our other problems —to begin with, our politics — will be different.” Walter Maxwell lived that belief. Walter got it. Walter lives.
Saugerties town government opposes pipelines, anchorages
Saugerties town government has come out in opposition to the Pilgrim Pipelines.
James Bruno announces candidacy for Saugerties supervisor
The Republican councilman had challenged Greg Helsmoortel years ago, and after an amicable relationship on the board together, was widely expected to run after Helsmoortel stepped down.
Hugh Reynolds: Bad apples annoy Mike Hein
Damned media! Ulster County Executive Mike Hein served up an estimated 4,000 words on dozens of subjects at his ninth annual state of the county address last week in New Paltz. What did most of the media pick up? Only a passing gotcha, complete with fuzzy Muppets graphics of two tired old bad apples who had the gall to question several executive initiatives over the past few years.
Saugerties basketball edges out Marlboro
The Saugerties boys’ basketball team had one of its best and most satisfying games against Marlboro before 500 fans in the Saugerties gym Monday night.
Hein’s state-of-the-county speech touts achievements, sets course for 2017
Ulster is the only “net carbon-neutral” county in the state, said Hein, in which “100 percent of our energy does come from renewable resources, and nobody else is even close.”