Saugerties bans outside burning during drought
The Saugerties Town Board voted at a special meeting on August 31 to approve the town’s declaration of a state...
Summer Sunset Concert Series winds down with Jim Pospisil and Stephen Clair
The final performance of the 2022 Saugerties Sunset Concerts took place last Friday and featured songwriter-multi-instrument performers Jim Pospisil and...
Remembering Vernon Benjamin
Historian, writer, editor, town supervisor and county legislator Vernon Benjamin was remembered at a memorial celebration in Saugerties on Sunday,...
New Hudson Valley restaurant features wood-fired eclectic American menu
The Saugerties Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on Friday, August 26 for a new restaurant, Salt & Fire....
“The problem is the water,” and HITS usage is concerning
At the Village Board meeting of August 15, Town Planning Board member Mike Tiano said the excess water use occurs...
Hope Rocks raises mental health awareness with two days of music and community
Hope Rocks held a two-day festival at Cantine Field in Saugerties last weekend. The festival featured a number of bands...
Saugerties celebrates Caribbean food, music and culture
The local nonprofit organization Seasoned Gives hosted its third annual Caribbean Carnival at Cantine Veterans Memorial Field in Saugerties on...
40 artists turn out to celebrate Saugerties Artists’ Studio Tour’s 20th
The Saugerties Artists’ Studio Tour turned 20 this year and featured in-person tours of 40 artists’ studios across the town...
Cistern or sewer line? Source of land subsidence will determine cure
The Saugerties Village Board discussed a problem of property sinking during its regular meeting on August 1. The problem had...
Who’s responsible when a village employee leaves work to fight a fire?
If a firefighter who works for the Village of Saugerties leaves work to fight a fire and is injured, he...
Mayor encounters “biggest black bear I have ever seen”
A black bear seems to be wandering around the Village of Saugerties.
John Street Jam: new venue, same great music
John Street Jam, which met for years in the social hall of Saugerties Reformed Church on John and Main Streets,...
Village to increase the cost of water to town
The Village of Saugerties provides water to parts of the town outside the village through a complex agreement that specifies...
Tempers flare over Airbnbs
Airbnbs, or short-term rentals in general, have been a frustrating subject to write regulations for. A discussion of regulations to...
Saugerties Artists’ Studio Tour packs the barn
Based on the number of artists represented, this year’s 20th annual Saugerties Artists’ Studio Tour has the second largest number...
Park takes root on Partition Street
A small park on the corner of Partition and Montgomery streets in Saugerties is slowly taking shape, with a new fence...
Saugerties mayor Bill Murphy: “The village owns the water”
Water, and the need to find enough to deal with the growth in demand for it, is a frequent subject...
Caribbean Festival offers more than just great music and food
Caribbean food, music, games and vendors will return to Saugerties on August 13.
Visitors show up in record numbers for the Sawyer Motors car show
The Sawyer Motors 2022 car show drew more than 600 antique and classic vehicles and thousands of people who came...
Late start for Saugerties fireworks “will not happen again”
The 10 p.m. start time is an estimate, as it follows the Saugerties Stallions baseball game. For the second year...
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