Youth Voter Corps aims to get teens signed up to vote
A grassroots campaign in the Hudson Valley has been working to help inform and register one of the most valuable reservoirs of voters — the county’s youth — using young people themselves.
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Saugerties police chief would like the parents to help curb youthful bicyclists
Riding bicycles in the village is technically against the law (you’re supposed to dismount and walk the bike). “If we have to then we’re going to start taking bicycles away from people and issuing summonses,” said Police Chief Joseph Sinagra.
Antonia Iannucci’s Xtinctio line, sold at farmer’s market, helps save threatened species
From the city of Bologna, Italy to the hub of the Saugerties Farmer’s Market, Iannucci has worked and traveled a long path to get to the heart of what really matters to her — the world around us, which she says is often overlooked in fashion production.
Saugerties ‘Art Jam’ lets people gather and become makers
Part host, part chaperone, part teacher, Shanti Payne opens up her studio every Tuesday night, from 8 p.m. until at least midnight, to both self-proclaimed artists and those that could be.
Saugerties ice cream shop ranked second best in state by website
The second-best ice cream in New York State can be found, albeit with some difficulty, in an alleyway off Partition Street in Saugerties.
Gala auction of artwork in Saugerties draws generous attendees
The artist-decorated sailboats that graced village streets this summer were auctioned off at last weekend at Saugerties Performing Arts Factory.
Ceremony dedicates Saugerties Post Office to longtime lawmaker
It’s the Maurice D. Hinchey Post Office now.
Family of woman killed in Saugerties blaze deal with grief, trauma
A memorial for Tanya Conklin who, her family says, perished trying shepherd her children out of the blaze, still stands. What also remains is the grief and pain of Tanya Conklin’s loved ones.
“A different world” — Saugerties marks 9/11
The 9/11 ceremony in Saugerties honored the many services – firefighters, ambulance corps, emergency medical technicians and police who braved the fires, chemicals and smoke to rescue as many people as possible. Several hundred members of the police and fire departments from the town and village turned out, along with more than 50 spectators at the monument in the Cantine Veterans Memorial Complex.
Fixes to Saugerties Lighthouse will shore up its stability
Repairs to the bulkhead, seawall and dock of the Saugerties Lighthouse are underway and are expected to finish up in mid-September.