Saugerties man charged with assaulting police officer
A 26-year-old Saugerties man is in jail after police say he assaulted a police officer responding to a dispute.
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Saugerties Times letters (10/3-10/9)
In this week’s letters to the editor, the town supervisor candidates trade barbs, Town Board candidate Michael Ivino promises to serve everyone, a few more candidate endorsements, crime forum scheduled, bail reform, and Trump’s policies.
New book documents Saugerties’ Spiral House
There’s a place where, as the Beatles once had it, “Your outside is in and your inside is out.” This place actually exists. It isn’t a metaphor, but a physical reality.
SNL mocks Hudson Valley racism, apple farms
A sketch in the premiere episode of this season’s Saturday Night Live took aim at our region’s most well-known autumnal activity for day-trippers: pick-your-own apples. The format is a television commercial hosted by two sisters (Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon), the owners of “Chickham’s Apple Farm,” which is “located in the part of New York State that has confederate flags” where “for just $45, you can bring home $10 worth of apples.”
Notes from the Saugerties Village Board
Topics include: Discussion continues over whether to process outside solid waste at sewer plant; contract signed to replace bluestone sidewalks along Main St.; no plumbers’ reciprocity.
Saugerties Times letters (9/26-10/2)
Topics include: No need for climate change walkout in Saugerties; Andreassen for supervisor; vanishing birds; public transportation for public servants; tax by tariff; no primary blues; and more.
Security increased at Garlic Festival following shooting at California event
There will be a heavier police presence at the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties, including drones.
Bank of Greene County wants to come to Saugerties
The bank applied this week to build a 1536-square-foot branch in the Big Lots Plaza in Saugerties. This would be its third in northern Ulster County and seventeenth overall.
Thousands of garlic-lovers flock to Saugerties for Hudson Valley Garlic Festival
Saturday/Sunday, Sept. 28/29: Expect dozens of vendors of every conceivable variety of garlic and garlic-flavored dish (yes, the ice cream is a real thing), plus lectures from chefs and growers, plenty of live music and entertainment.
Michelle Hinchey hopes to follow father’s footsteps to state legislature
On a sunny Monday morning in Uptown Kingston, Michelle Hinchey officially launched her campaign for state Senate, flanked by a Who’s Who of local Democratic elected officials, and standing in the same spot where her father — a legend in local politics — launched his political career 47 years earlier.