On April 3, the Shandaken town board heard a presentation by New York State Department of Transportation on the planned replacement of the Route 28 bridge over the Esopus and Birch Creeks, east of the Peekamoose Restaurant in Shandaken.
An agreement here could be a huge revenue boost for Ulster County.
Ulster County expects to receive bids for repair of three washouts along the county-owned railroad tracks in the Boiceville area. Meanwhile, Rail Explorers, the rail bike company that has contracted to run tours along the Phoenicia-to-Boiceville tracks this summer, is considering alternate routes in response to concerns from residents along Cold Brook Road, originally intended as the last leg of the tours.
The citizens’ group Catskill Heritage Alliance petitioned the State Supreme Court in Kingston to vacate the recent decision of the Shandanken Zoning Board of Appeals in favor of the proposed Belleayre Resort, arguing that the developers should be required to obtain a variance.
Woodstock Library trustees voted to further explore options for a new building while board President Dorothea Marcus remained adamant the move does not mean it is altogether abandoning a renovation.
The Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) boasted revenues of $1.19 million in 2016, up from $1.1 million the previous year, despite
On High Point Mountain Road in the Town of Olive, several signs, posted to protest the activities of Ashokan Dreams wedding venue, were recently destroyed or damaged.
Residents of the Town of Olive are up in arms about Rail Explorers, the company whose contract with Ulster County will allow them to run tours of rail bikes down the Ulster & Delaware tracks alongside 39 homes on Cold Brook Road, near Boiceville, beginning in August or September.
Construction of a gondola lift at Belleayre Ski Center is already in the works after last month’s state approval of $8 million in investments for the center, Shandaken supervisor Rob Stanley reported at the March 6 town board meeting.
Demolishing the library and building a new $5.75 million building, out; fixing the current building, in.