Notes from the Saugerties Town Board: Platte Clove drivers, Glaso Tpke. speeders & new park
Mountain high, road narrow Hunter resident Roy Silver urged the town board to do more to stop large trucks from
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Neighbors of proposed Saugerties cell tower continue opposition
About a dozen speakers of the 20 or so area residents at the Saugerties town planning board meeting cited health studies showing damage to people living near the towers. To blame, they said, was radiation emitted from cellphone transmissions.
Saugerties town races take shape
Democrats have held their caucus and the slate is set. Republicans won’t settle on their candidates until September, but strong contenders have declared their intentions.
Saugerties village opposes clean water rollbacks
Village of Saugerties trustees expressed their unhappiness with the Trump administration’s gutting of the federal Clean Water Act at last Monday’s meeting, and voted to pass a resolution supporting the Hudson River sloop Clearwater’s sail to Washington, D.C.
Saugerties ethics board meets, but has yet to decide, on accusations against rec chief
The Saugerties town ethics board is weighing a complaint that a senior town employee pressured subordinates to attend a 2015 Republican caucus and vote for his preferred candidates.
Saugerties meeting hears about the ins and outs of freedom of information
Generally, government records should be available, although in some cases the Rolling Stones principle applies: ‘You can’t always get what you want’
Planned Parenthood in the Republican crosshairs
Officials at Planned Parenthood say that thousands of women in the Hudson Valley could lose access to health services like cancer screening and STD testing if a provision in the American Health Care Act that would cut off Medicaid funding to the century old family planning organization becomes law.
Faso on Comey: Shocked, not surprised
The congressman called for a new FBI head both parties can support.
Faso hears it from Kingston Library crowd
Congressman John Faso faced a skeptical, and at times hostile, audience on Monday, May 8 when he defended his vote for the American Health Care Act at a forum at the Kingston Library.
Maloney adopts Faso’s district
Congressman John Faso can’t attend a Kingston forum Monday evening to explain his vote on the controversial repeal-and-replace of Obamacare because of a conflict with a prior engagement? No problem. Neighboring Hudson Valley congressman Sean Patrick Maloney says he’ll be there tonight to explain Faso’s vote.