Highland voters nix budget, oust incumbents in school election
Record-breaking numbers of voters turned out Tuesday night in Highland to reject the proposed $36.88 million budget, while voting in at least two of the three candidates from the grassroots 60 Percenter group that advocated for greater spending on education. Although the “yes” votes outnumbered the “no” votes 1,035 to 994, it wasn’t nearly enough...
Gardiner and New Paltz to offer dog parks
All across the country, dog parks are being created in an effort to let the hounds run and play while their owners socialize and swap canine stories. This phenomenon has hit southern Ulster County, where the Town of Gardiner is poised to officially open its dog park on May 12, and in New Paltz, where...
SpringFest in Highland to feature bike parade, bed race and waiters’ race
SpringFest 2012, slated for May 12 in the Lloyd hamlet, is poised to be an all-day extravaganza of fun, activities, hysterical bed races, waiter races, a kids’ bike parade, jumpy castles, face-painting, prizes, local food vendors and live music into the night. The day starts off at 10 a.m. with a “Blessing of the Bikes,”...
Management at Snug’s brings in new energy, creativity and culture
While Snug Harbor still retains its biker-bar, pig-roasting, pool-hustling atmosphere where everyone is welcomed, it has begun to evolve into a multidimensional watering hole complete with drawing nights, bingo nights, open-mic night and the best of the local best bands performing every weekend to dancing throngs of fans or soon-to-be fans. Part of this metamorphosis...
Milton True Value offers more than just hardware
Jeff Paladino, owner of Milton True Value on Route 9W and also a councilman for the Town of Lloyd, has turned a family-owned business into a one-stop shop for contractors, homeowners, landscapers, gardeners and even for those planning a backyard party or event. Despite the economy having been circling the drain for several years running,...
New Paltz gears up for its annual homemade boat race
This year’s annual New Paltz Regatta, slated for this Sunday, April 29 at 1 p.m., is poised to rock the Wallkill River and the crowds in downtown New Paltz. Deb Rauch, owner of In Good Taste, along with her Regatta team of Theresa Fall of Water Street Market and Kathy Combs of 36 Main, have...
Joel Goldstein recounts his son Bart’s comeback from TBI in new book, “No Stone Unturned”
It’s every parent’s nightmare. Your baby grows up, gets into a car, a phone call comes or a policemen knocks on the door: “There’s been an accident.” This is what happened to the Goldstein family in December of 2001. Their son Bart, 16 years old, full of life and humor and a love of the...
Drug charges dropped against former New Paltz School Board president Don Kerr
Hours after an Ulster County Grand Jury dismissed charges against former New Paltz School Board president Donald Kerr for criminal possession of marijuana in the second degree, Kerr held a press conference outside his office at 183 Main Street, where the arrest had originally been made in November 2011. Kerr was part of a joint...
Reformed Church of New Paltz gears up for tenth annual Earth Day Fair
Environmentalists, farmers and performers are all gearing up for the tenth anniversary of the Earth Day Fair at the Reformed Church of New Paltz on Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) this Sunday, April 22. This is an annual community-wide gathering and celebration of Earth-wise practices and lifestyles that runs from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain...
New Paltz Rotary presents family fun day at fairgrounds on April 22
New Paltz Rotary will host a family fun day at the Ulster County Fairgrounds off Libertyville Road on Sunday, April 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will center on various trucks and equipment that are utilized by local emergency service organizations, businesses, fuel operators and more. “The Rotary is a service organization,...
New Paltz Fire Department marks 150 years of fighting fires
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine. – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. There are things that rest deep in a community’s collective consciousness — none more so than fire. While fire has the power to destroy, it also has the power to transform. As New...
Binnewater Farm Project CSA now up and running in Rosendale
The first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in Rosendale is already growing its organic earthly veggies and treats and is slated to begin passing out shares to shareholders on June 1. The CSA, known as the Binnewater Farm Project, a not-for-profit organization, is located on approximately ten acres of farmland off Binnewater Road. The land...