Gardiner supervisor-elect Carl Zatz
While the whole country lately seems to be in a “Throw da bums out” sort of mood, there’s definitely something to be said for an incoming officeholder having a short learning curve. The Town of Gardiner kicks off 2012 with a new supervisor who also happens to be a familiar face: Carl Zatz, who served...
Gardiner Year in Review
In a community as small as the Town of Gardiner, sometimes issues that seem fairly minor in retrospect become subjects of hot controversy, if only because they’re the only game in town for residents who relish the sport of politics. Decisions that happen routinely in larger burgs can take years to resolve while every active...
Gardiner Livable Communities Committee to publish Senior Resources guide
Many Ulster County residents are transplants from busier places, lured by a romantic vision of Life in the Country. We came seeking peace and quiet and less pollution and a slower pace, in bucolic communities where one worries more about deer eating one’s shrubbery than about muggers or burglars or street gangs. Gardiner, with its...
Gardiner voters pick Zatz, Reynolds, Wiegand, Blatchly and Haynes
Election night turned out to be a happy occasion for Gardiner Democrats who gathered to watch the returns at the home of Town supervisor candidate Carl Zatz. The Dems swept every contested race in the town, prevailing over their Republican/Conservative/Independence Party opponents. Former County legislator Tracey Bartels ousted incumbent District 16 legislator Jack Hayes by...
Veteran county legislator challenges incumbent in Gardiner’s District 16
Besides the local races for town supervisor, town board, highway superintendent and town justice, the citizens of Gardiner have the opportunity on Election Day to choose between two seasoned contenders as their District 16 representative in the Ulster County Legislature. Both incumbent Jack Hayes, 68, and former legislator Tracey Bartels, 41, have brag-worthy accomplishments under...
Legislator seeks DOT help with Rt. 208 wet spot
Winter is coming, and Jack Hayes is worried. The Ulster County legislator representing District 8, who lives in Gardiner, has been watching that big puddle on Route 208 just north of the Route 44/55 intersection grow and grow all year, through dry-weather spells as well as wet. “It hasn’t always been there,” says Hayes. “It...
Charlie Haynes runs unopposed for Gardiner Highway super
The Town of Gardiner has had the same Superintendent of Highways since 2002, and its residents must be reasonably satisfied with the work that Charlie Haynes has been doing, since no one has stepped forward to run against him this election cycle. He has garnered the endorsements of both the Democratic and Republican committees in...
Old hands and new vie for two open Town Board seats in Gardiner
In Gardiner, two seats on the Town Board are in contention in this year’s election, their terms expiring on December 31. Having moved her household outside the municipal boundaries, Nadine Lemmon is ineligible to run for reelection; incumbent Warren Wiegand is seeking an additional term. The other contenders in this election cycle are Ron Bonagura,...
Gardiner Town Supervisor candidates look to the future
This year’s Town Supervisor race offers Gardinerites a choice between a veteran of that post and a longtime local resident who would be a newcomer to elected office. The candidates, both 61 years of age, are widely perceived as coming from opposite ends of the political spectrum; but in response to questions from the New...