This town of many coffeeshops has long lacked a place downtown where tea aficionados can buy their favorite loose teas in bulk. To fill the gap, the Ridge Tea and Spice Shop opened its doors on Saturday, March 27, and word is already getting around.
On April 6, State Police Middletown arrested James Jones Jr., 37, of Lake Katrine, on the charges of: third-degree rape
The Kingston Planning Board concluded that a plan to add additional luxury cabins at Hutton Brickyards would have no significant environmental impacts, paving the way for owners to open the site with additional capacity for the tourist season.
K-6 students returned to in-school class four days a week on Monday, April 5, the Jr. and Sr. high school will return to four days a week starting on Monday, April 12.
Onteora School District trustees have appointed Marystephanie Corsones as interim superintendent while the district seeks a permanent replacement for Superintendent Victoria McLaren, who is leaving in May. Corsones is no stranger to Onteora, having served as the district’s interim assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction from October 2015 through June 2018.
Topics include: Spring cleanup in Village of New Paltz; Saugerties names valedictorian and salutatorian; Onteora names valedictorian, salutatorian and principal’s award winner; Results of public survey to be presented April 20 as part of Earth Week celebration; and more.
On the first day of eligibility for residents over the age of 16 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, County Executive
The status of the pandemic here in Ulster is a mixed bag. Cases are still high, though vaccinations are rolling out increasingly quickly and several types of business restrictions in place for over a year are being lifted. Here’s a snapshot of things as they stand entering the second week of April — just about 13 months since Ulster got its first case, and 13,455 confirmed cases and 246 deaths later.
Ulster County is now without a Barnes & Noble store.
Onteora High School has announced that Simon Rands is valedictorian, Archie Lewis-Harris is salutatorian, and Emily Peck is the principal’s award winner for the Class of 2021.