MARBLETOWN, N.Y. Ulster County’s recent EMS Service Delivery Report does little to assure Supervisor Richard Parete that emergency needs will suddenly be any more important to government officials who previously ignored them. Expenditures in the town’s past three budgets without county assistance to square away ambulance service problems is the benchmark used by Parete […]
ROSENDALE, N.Y. Meter replacements for the High Falls Water District will be done by BigJosh LLC under a contract for $168,000 that covers about 200 connections and an additional $76,000 to update 40 valve boxes. The contract was approved by the Rosendale and Marbletown town boards last week in separate meetings. In December, officials […]
MARBLETOWN, N.Y. Officials are ready to move forward with identifying and possibly making repairs to private property damage caused by New York City’s leaking Catskill Aqueduct after signing a contract that will pay up to $1.25 million toward the project through 2027. At least 609 properties will be given a review under the agreement […]
MARBLETOWN, N.Y. Voters approved by a narrow margin extending the town supervisor’s term to four years while electing first-time Democratic highway supervisor Lou Cardinale. The measure to increase the town supervisor’s term passed 1,105-1065, a 51-49 percent margin. Cardinale, a first-time candidate on the Democratic, Working Families and Republican lines, bested 10-year incumbent George Dimler […]
MARBLETOWN, N.Y. Voters in the coming month will find ballots with contested races for two Town Board seats and town highway superintendent. Seeking four-year terms on the Town Board are incumbent Democrats Daisy Foote and Tim Hunt, and Republican candidate James Almstead. Foote, 44, is a writer, playwright, and screenwriter. She is seeking a […]