TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. Town Board members on Thursday will take comments on a proposed $14.17 million 2024 budget carrying a 6.8% increase of $902,085. The session is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. Thursday in Town Hall at 1 Town Hall Drive. Under the spending plan, there would be a $9.2 million property tax levy […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Ulster County Department of Mental Health and the Ulster County Youth Bureau will host the “Mind, Body and Soul: Youth and Parent Expo” on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County at 507 Broadway. Officials said the event seeks to strengthen […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – The acting director of the Ulster County Department of the Environment has been tapped to serve as its full-time director, according to Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger. Europa McGovern, who is currently serving as acting director, has been appointed by Metzger to the directorship, which pays $78,788 a year. McGovern has been […]
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. Five months after Ulster County stopped using the former Rodeway Inn as an emergency homeless shelter due to deplorable conditions and violations of the state wastewater operating permit, the newly remodeled motel will again begin providing shelter for some of the county’s unhoused. Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger announced during […]
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. Residents will find contested races for two Town Board seats and a justice position on the ballot leading into the November general election. Seeking four-year terms on the Town Board are Democratic incumbents Michael Ivino and Leeanne Thornton. They are being challenged by Republican candidate Albert Bruno, who is also endorsed on […]