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Politics & Government

Bill calls for New York State to achieve fossil-fuel-free energy by 2030

State Sen. Jen Metzger has put forward a bill known as the Freedom From Fossil Fuels Act that would end the development of new fossil-fuel infrastructure in New York state and set a course for New York to shift to a clean energy economy. Nily Rozic is the Assembly co-sponsor.
Economy

Taming the wild forest

A zest for blending wild nature’s unruliness with mankind’s desire for domestication is hardly a new experience for the Hudson Valley.
General News

Gardiner maps out new trail system on landfill property

“I don’t know what somebody was thinking when they said, ‘Let’s make that a landfill.’ It’s probably one of the most beautiful pieces of property in the Town of Gardiner.” That was supervisor Marybeth Majestic’s reaction to a guided tour that she and several other town officials were recently given of a new cycling and hiking trail being proposed on town-owned property surrounding the Gardiner Transfer Station, off Steve’s Lane.
Politics & Government

Kingston supports efforts to allow upstate communities to regulate rent

Calls for rent regulation locally have become louder in recent years as rents have grown significantly faster than wages and an ever-increasing proportion of renters have found themselves “rent-burdened” — meaning that they pay more than 30 percent of their income to keep a roof over their heads.
Politics & Government

Hurley seeks moratorium to slow pending projects, including conversion of school into rental apartments

Faced with growing development pressures, including the proposed development of the former West Hurley School into rental apartments, the Town of Hurley is seeking to pass a moratorium on any and all multifamily dwellings for nine months.
General News

Town, state seek warrants to inspect controversial Saugerties construction & demolition debris dumps

Both the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the town of Saugerties are trying to gets a warrant to perform inspections at Joe Karolys’ controversial construction and demolition waste sites.
Art & Music

Woodstock 50 and its erstwhile backers duke it out in court

The former financial partner used its filings to slam the festival, warning would-be attendees that promoters are not prepared. Attorneys representing the promoters ask for a gag order and the return of some $18 million.
Politics & Government

New Paltz plans to make green energy cheaper for homeowners

Under the rules for Community Choice Aggregation, the default option — Central Hudson — would be replaced with a new provider, selected based on criteria such as carbon footprint and price per kilowatt hour.

Thanks to humming real estate market, Kingston’s assessments up 10%

Property owners in Kingston will see their assessment rise by about 10 percent this year as home values reach levels not seen since before the 2008 Great Recession.
Paul Echols, who accused New Paltz police of brutality, cleared of main charges in trial
Community forum about Saugerties C&D dump Tuesday
With a giant hole in the ground and clock ticking, questions remain about Irish Cultural Center’s ability to pay for the project

Woodstock ZBA to make Lodge decision on Thursday, May 23

A recessed Woodstock Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing on the legality of new building permits granted for Selina Woodstock, new owners of The Lodge (formerly the Pinecrest), was closed last Thursday, May 9, following another courtroom-like flurry of opposing statements from attorneys for the restaurant/inn and a neighbor. A decision was set to be made by the ZBA’s next meeting on May 23.
Notes from the Saugerties Village Board
Saugerties residents blast board over proposed noise ordinance
Woodstock’s short-term rental regs set for passage

Meet ultramarathon hometown champ Jason Friedman

New Paltz’s own Jason Friedman, 43, won the sixth annual Rock the Ridge ultramarathon race, which took him and 600 other mountain goats through 50 miles of breathtaking carriage roads and trails that began and finished at the Testimonial Gatehouse.
Woodstock Land Conservancy’s Vernal Fling honors Hein
UFO Fair lands again in Pine Bush
Open House at Paws Unlimited’s new senior dog shelter

What can animals teach us about making a good home?

Not so long ago, before we mastered wood, stone and iron, we sought refuge in caves, huts of mud and sticks, or slept under the stars. We weren’t so different from the animals. In some ways, we still aren’t.
New Paltz’s Man With a Van has been moving Hudson Valley residents for three decades
House blessing practices throughout the ages
Remember your password with a poem

Wine Village developer in Highland makes media push

Andrew Maxon, the man guiding the Wine Village project on the banks of the Hudson River in Highland, is trumpeting progress made in securing approval to build the project and promising to break ground this year, or early in the next.

Letters

Letter: The Saugerties C&D dump must be cleaned up

“As a 25-year native resident to Saugerties, I have never witnessed something so horrendous as the mess Mr. Karoyls has brought to our town,” writes a candidate for Town Board.

Politics & Government

Woodstock ZBA to make Lodge decision on Thursday, May 23

A recessed Woodstock Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing on the legality of new building permits granted for Selina Woodstock, new owners of The Lodge (formerly the Pinecrest), was closed last Thursday, May 9, following another courtroom-like flurry of opposing statements from attorneys for the restaurant/inn and a neighbor. A decision was set to be made by the ZBA’s next meeting on May 23.

Politics & Government

Notes from the Saugerties Village Board

Barge concert planned; board decides against request to change zoning for Teetsel St. townhouses; sole bid for sidewalk project received higher than amount budgeted; master plan update funding; new village information booth.

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