Saugerties Times letters
Local elections are near, and most of this week’s letters concern the candidates for supervisor and town board.
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Ulster County Sheriff’s Department gets state grant for body cameras
Attorney General Letitia James today presented the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office with a check for $69,750 for body cameras. The grant will fund the purchase of 93 cameras.
In Saugerties, experiential simulation examines the impacts of poverty on education
Do we really understand the stresses poor folks go through? Faculty across the Saugerties school district took part October 9 in a “poverty simulation” organized by Ulster BOCES, a role-playing exercise designed to give teachers and administrators a clearer understanding of what some of the district’s students go through on a daily basis.
Saugerties AutoZone approved
The Saugerties village planning board has given the green light to AutoZone’s plans to build a store near the intersection of Railroad and Ulster avenues.
Overdose prevention training to be held in Saugerties
Saugerties Police will distribute overdose prevention kits and teach attendees how to use them Wednesday, Nov. 27 at the Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market St., from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Saugerties solar farm delayed
A 20-megawatt solar project slated for a site southeast of the intersection of Churchland Road and Churchland Lane has been delayed, according to developers.
Saugerties recognized for “climate smart” actions
Saugerties became the first township and the second municipality in Ulster County to become a New York State Certified Climate Smart Community this month, a status achieved after the amassing of a number of points earned by taking steps laid out by the program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reinforce climate resilience.
Ulster County sheriff charts bold course to battle opioid crisis, including anti-withdrawal meds in jail
‘I’m going to be straight with you, I have my reservations,’ said Sheriff Juan Figueroa, who took office in January. ‘But what we’re doing isn’t working. We have to try a new approach.’
Pickup truck driver gets DWI after early morning collision with tractor trailer in Saugerties
This morning at 6:40 a.m., Saugerties Police responded to a 911 call reporting a head-on collision between a tractor trailer
Saugerties American Legion to mark 100th anniversary
Saugerties American Legion Lamouree-Hackett Post 72 turns 100 this year. It’ll be celebrating its centennial Wednesday, Oct. 16 with a banquet, a parade and a musical evening.