Not exactly a fixer-upper: Unification Seminary in Barrytown up for sale
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Three designs for new Woodstock Library to be unveiled Saturday
Library trustees and the public will get their first look at proposals and models for a new library building at presentations August 25 at the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center.
Woodstock Library district dissolution referendum set for general election
Woodstock Library trustees unanimously voted to hold a referendum for dissolution of the district during the November 6 election, but not without some statements in defense of keeping the current form of governance intact.
Woodstock Way withdraws its plan for café/bar
The planned alcohol sales at a boutique hotel had been the focus of a neighborhood controversy.
Ulster County gets close to Airbnb registrations, tax collections
Ulster County recently saw the completion of a “data mining” expedition into short-term rentals by a third party company hired last spring, and is currently sending out notices to all Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway and other such hosts reminding them about the county occupancy taxes they owe.
Woodstock will hold another public hearing on Woodstock Way bar/café Aug. 9
The high-end boutique hotel being built behind the Center for Photography at Woodstock between Tinker Street and the former Hillcrest Ave., now Sgt. Richard Quinn Drive, has proven controversial— particularly the plan to add a bar and café with alcohol sales.
New 46-unit apartment building planned for former West Hurley school
The town of Hurley planning board has been in preliminary talks for the development of a site plan for a 46 unit multi-family apartment project in the two buildings that once made up the West Hurley school, which was sold by the Onteora School District to Brooklyn real estate developers in February, 2017.
Woodstock voters will decide whether to dissolve library district
The referendum was devised as a remedy to what opponents see as the trustees’ failure to carry out the wishes of those who participated in a recent survey showing 29 percent are in favor of new construction. (The library board is pressing ahead with plans for a new building.) The pro-referendum group also claims decades of missteps and neglecting routine maintenance on the current building.
Neighbors wary of proposed 40’ statue of guru
There’s no statute against statues.
Woodstock Library proposed budget contains 1.5% tax increase
Woodstock Library trustees unanimously approved a budget July 19 for September voter consideration that includes funding for Monday hours and a 2 percent raise for salaried staff, while keeping the tax levy increase at 1.5 percent.