Close but no cigar: New Paltz school budget fails by 18 votes
Despite majority support at the polls, New Paltz’s school budget still failed Tuesday night – a mere 18 votes away from getting the 60 percent super majority needed to pass a budget above the state tax cap. When it came to whether or not they supported the $50.31 million budget, 1,726 voters said they did...
Six challengers vie for New Paltz School Board, incumbents bow out
Election Day for the New Paltz Central School District will bring a lot of choices. Voters will have to decide if they’ll support a tax-cap-busting $50.31 million budget, if they’d like the schools to buy $339,000 worth of buses and they’ll have to pick from a crowded field of hopefuls looking for a school board...
New Paltz High School Mock Trial Team wins county championship
The undefeated New Paltz High School Mock Trial Team flexed its intellectual muscle again last week, winning the county championship in a meet held at the Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston. The team defeated Rondout Valley High School and will now go on to the regional contest to be held in Rockland County this Saturday,...
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...
BREAKING NEWS: Voters reject Lenape land purchase
Unofficial results are in and voters in the New Paltz Central School District said no both to purchasing $798,000 worth of land on Route 32 South and to changing the ground rules for how the capital reserve fund works. To the land purchase question, 1,363 voters said no to buying those 22.4 acres and 382...
Lenape land vote to take place on April 10
On April 10, voters in the New Paltz Central School District will go to the polls to decide if $798,000 worth of land adjacent to Lenape Elementary School should be purchased. Citizens will see two questions on the ballot during that special election. Proposition 1 asks voters if they want to tweak the contract of...
New Paltz School Board member Rob Rich resigns
People hoping to run for the New Paltz School Board just got some good news — another seat is open. Trustee Bob Rich announced March 21 that he’s resigning his seat effective June 30. “I wanted to make that announcement now so that the public, people who might be putting petitions in, will know that...
New Paltz voters confused by land grab question; vote is April 10
The New Paltz Board of Education will hold a special vote on Tuesday, April 10 regarding the purchase of land at 301 Route 32 South, adjacent to the Lenape Elementary School. The board finalized its decision to move forward with the vote at a public meeting on March 14 after reviewing results of a community...
New Paltz High School students to perform “Seussical”
New Paltz High School (NPHS)’s annual spring stage musical, Seussical, officially hits the boards next Thursday evening, March 22, and runs through Saturday, March 24. Judging by a peek backstage at rehearsals last week, all the kids (and a few adults) involved in the production are psyched up and in fine voice. The timing is...
New Palz schools set special vote for Lenape land grab
Lenape Elementary School’s lot could get 22.4 acres larger if the New Paltz Central School District’s plan to buy land is approved by voters during a special election on April 10. The parcel, 301 Route 32 South, also includes a house, which the district hopes to eventually resell to defray the initial $798,000 purchase cost....
BREAKING NEWS: New Paltz schools set special vote for Lenape land grab
Lenape Elementary School’s lot could get 22.4 acres larger if the New Paltz Central School District’s plan to buy land is approved by voters during a special election on April 10. The parcel, 301 Route 32 South, also includes a house, which the district hopes to eventually resell to defray the initial $798,000 purchase cost....
Crossing guard finally on the job at New Paltz Middle School
After more than two years of discussion, there is a crossing guard in place at the crosswalk between the New Paltz Middle School and the Convenient Deli parking lot. This past Monday, Paul Etess — the man originally hired for the position by the previous Village Board, and a trained crossing guard who has worked...