SAUGERTIES, N.Y. Part-time town court clerk Haley Whalen, who allegedly used her credentials to dismiss tickets on behalf of acquaintances, is facing eight felony and eight misdemeanor charges, state police said Wednesday. Whalen, 25, of Ulster Park, was arrested by members of the state police Highland Bureau of Criminal Investigation on Tuesday, Feb. 13. […]
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. Town and village officials and community members shared memories of Saugerties-native and hometown hero Retired U.S. Army Col. Roger Donlon, who was the first person to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for service in the Vietnam War, and whose name appears on several municipal buildings. Donlon, 89, died in Leavenworth, Kansas, […]
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. Candidates wishing to be the town’s next full-time police chief must submit their resumes by Friday, Nov. 24, Town Supervisor Fred Costello said Monday. Interim Police Chief Lou Barbaria has filled the vacancy left when former chief Joseph Sinagra retired under a cloud of controversy shortly after he was placed on administrative […]
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. For the first time since being placed on administrative leave in July, former Police Chief Joseph Sinagra has publicly detailed his version of events surrounding the controversy leading up to his leave and subsequent retirement. In a telephone interview and in an email synopsis he supplied, Sinagra said he did nothing wrong, […]
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. Embattled Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra and the department’s second in command, Captain Stephen Filak, have both informed the Saugerties Town Board of their plans to retire in September, officials said Friday. On July 26, Sinagra was placed on administrative leave after a unanimous vote of the Town Board. The town supervisor […]