LAKE HILL, N.Y. A heater that was used to keep chickens warm may have caused a two-alarm fire on Sickler Road that killed the birds and totaled the structure they were housed in, Woodstock Fire Chief Patrick Rose said Tuesday. The blaze at 386 Sickler Road remains under investigation by the Ulster County Fire […]
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. A two-alarm house fire on Lauren Court caused “significant damage” leaving the residence “uninhabitable,” Fire Chief Patrick Rose said Wednesday. Four firefighters “suffered minor burns” and some required “medical evaluations due to extreme workload and high heat conditions” in the 4,500-square-foot structure at 40 Lauren Court, Rose said. The injured firefighters were […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. The Hudson Valley Water Company is open “to mutual and fair discussions” with larger water providers” for a possible takeover of the company but believes a transfer is “unwarranted,” according to a top executive. Jeffrey Fuller, president of the company, offered up his opinions in a Jan. 11 letter to the state […]
Some public officials in Ulster County are pushing the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to find a new operator for the five water supply systems currently operated by the Hudson Valley Water Company, Inc. (HVWC) that serve a comparatively small number of residential customers. HVWC operates five systems in Ulster, in Mount Marion, […]