Saugerties’ new town board cleaned up shop at their January 3 reorganizational meeting at the Frank Greco Senior Center, designating citizens for town committees and divvying up liaison positions.
While many neighbors have complained about the sawmill, others describe the Weeks family as good neighbors. They said they had benefited by having the mill nearby.
A new town council, a solar farm, projects to improve energy efficiency and cut costs, more reliable Internet and new safety measures are all in the cards for Saugerties in 2018, according to local officials.
A look at some of the year’s biggest stories, including local crime numbers, Jimmy Fallon’s donation to Saugerties High School, multiple crashes on local railroad tracks, Dragon Inn back on the market, ethics investigation, bus-stop brouhaha, and more.
They wanted to save money before the new federal tax bill sharply limiting deductions on state and local taxes goes into effect in 2018. According to the tax office, 489 Saugerties taxpayers made a total of $1,275,619.85 in prepayments.
Ulster County seniors are warned of phony “emergency” calls asking grandparents to wire money to help a grandchild who is “in trouble.” According to the Ulster County District Attorney’s Division of Consumer Affairs, there are several warning signs of the grandparent scam.
Anti-Semitism, Mother Earth, and one too many Hinchey namesakes.
Mike MacIsaac, the losing Democratic candidate in County Legislature District 1, was chosen by the town board to fill supervisor-elect Fred Costello Jr.’s vacated council seat starting in January.
The village of Saugerties will sponsor the fourth annual New Year’s Eve celebration in the village on Sunday, December 31 at 10 p.m.
A steamed Joe Sinagra, the current Saugerties police chief, says former SPD chief Greg Hulbert might lose his pistol permit. “The county has the purview of suspending that person’s firearm privileges, or even to terminate them,” said Sinagra. “As responsible gun owners, we don’t leave any guns — loaded or unloaded — in vehicles.”