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TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – Town Board members have agreed to spend another $174,200 on sewer treatment plant upgrades after a new $315,000 ultraviolet disinfectant system was unable to consistently bring bacterial levels under state limits. Problems with the system purchased through Koester Associates were discussed following a meeting last week. “This is a different […]
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – Ulster County residents are being encouraged to provide comments by Monday on a draft stream management plan intended for the Lower Esopus Creek based on 12 management zones that are affected differently each time New York City releases muddy water from the Ashokan Reservoir. The need for community participation in the survey […]
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – Bureaucratic delays in getting Lower Esopus Creek water levels reduced prevented emergency sewer line work from being done, town Supervisor James Quigley said. Work on about 40 feet of stream embankment along the creek was wrapping up Saturday, with Quigley saying that the system of requiring a formal request from […]
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — The town board has approved a site plan for the construction of two three-unit buildings near the northern end of Glenerie Boulevard. The approval for BVH Sapphire Trust was given last week during a Town Board meeting with a 4-0 vote. Supervisor James Quigley was absent. Under the plan, the […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Incumbent Democratic Legislator Joseph Maloney is running unopposed for a third term — and a second consecutive term — to the Ulster County Legislature’s District 2 which comprises a portion of Saugerties outside the village. A political firebrand who has been outspoken in his criticism of county government, Maloney said in statements […]