The Woodstock Town Board authorized a contract with Law Enforcement Consulting of New York State to help the Police Department become an accredited agency, a longtime goal and a major recommendation of the state-required Police Reform and Reinvention Committee.
The Woodstock Planning Board declined to approve a Special Use Permit to build a house and other structures in Lake Hill in the protected Scenic Overlay District amid criticism over what many believe was unlawful clearcutting. Some elected officials continued to urge the Planning Board to require more mitigation.
The Woodstock Planning Board is treading carefully as it considers an application from AT&T for what the communications company calls a “5G retrofit” on the town-owned cellular tower on California Quarry Road. But the town may have the final say.
The Woodstock Town Board unanimously adopted the 2022 budget as proposed with no changes, resulting in a 4.78 percent tax levy increase after no tax hike last year, bringing back youth and senior recreation programs that were zeroed out due to COVID-19 and increasing funding for attorneys due to a jump in building enforcement cases.
A comprehensive breakdown of the local 2021 election results.
Ulster County Legislature Majority Leader Jonathan Heppner sailed to re-election victory, getting the most votes of any legislator.
How long does it take for a massive shift in voter enrollment to show up at the polls? We found out at the polls last night when voters elected the 23 members of the Ulster County Legislature. With only the absentee ballots to be counted, the Democrats picked up four seats, increasing their total to 16 and leaving the GOP with only seven.
Due in large part to a lot of activity in the Democratic-led state legislature, county voters had as many as eight different ballot referenda to consider during this year’s election. All state residents weighed in on the first five, which are for amendments to the state’s constitution; voters in several towns in the Hudson Valley One reading area also had local questions to decide. Here’s the unofficial results for some local questions — along with the language about them as posted to the county elections site.
With John Parete deciding not to run for reelection this year, Kathy Nolan, a Democrat, is on the ballot once again, along with Republican challenger and former Olive council member Peter Friedel.
Complaints about clearcutting on Olderbark Mountain and other locations in Woodstock have sparked frustration among Planning Board members about a lack of teeth in current Scenic Overlay District regulations and discussions about how to handle pending and future cases.