Nutrients such as fertilizer washed downstream or material washed out of poorly working septic systems upstream feed the algae. Should the blooms invade the swimming area, the beach will be closed.

The two biggest shortages in the Village are public restrooms, and parking. With the opening of the Saugerties Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center on weekends and its public restroom, that problem appears to have been solved. At their July 3 meeting, Village trustees worked towards relieving a portion of the lack of adequate parking.

It may not look like much now, but the unassuming yellow building along the driveway into the village of Saugerties parking lot off Partition Street is the new home of the Saugerties Chamber of Commerce.

The basketball courts at Mount Marion park and the Lions Club park are in line for attention, with funding coming through donations.

The Ulster County Sheriff’s In-Water Rescue Team is one of the first units called out when a boater falls into the Hudson River or into one of several local creeks that feed it. The team gets there quickly. The members know the waters they are called upon to enter.

The arena needs a new roof. For another $250k, the town could replace the entire thing.

Ulster County Sheriff Paul VanBlarcum, accompanied by deputies and corrections officers and the family of a department member who died in the line of duty last year were among thousands of law enforcement professionals who descended on Washington D.C. for Police Week.

The mayor disagreed with the statement that the village had done nothing, pointing to new signage. “You can’t fix stupid,” he said about pedestrians not paying attention to traffic.