Both the New Paltz town and village boards have made a public call for volunteers to be part of the local government efficiency grant project -- a $50,000 New York State Department grant secured by the town and village to study what sort of government would be most efficient and effective while still retaining the values of the community. New Paltz has one of several antiquated political systems remaining in New York State -- one where there is a village municipality that governs village re...
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New Paltz Police Department’s (NPPD) newest police dog Rex went on his first tour of duty last week in a new set of wheels -- a 2010 Ford Explorer cop car. New Paltz cops were able to buy the new K-9 truck because of an influx of donations, not the least of which was $40,000 from the Woodcrest Bruderhof community from Rifton. “It’s been almost exactly a year since the accident,” noted Chief Joe Snyder, referring to the July 29 crash between two NPPD officers responding to a residential burg...
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Wells won’t work, the reservoir is obsolete and a sovereign treatment plant would fall south of the salt line. Thus, the Town of Marlborough is down to two options in a quest for a safe, secure water source: stay on the Town of Newburgh’s Delaware Aqueduct tap or forge a new system of pipes up Route 9W to connect with the Town of Lloyd’s 50/50 Hudson River water and reservoir supply. “Water quality is very important for drinking. Drinking is a very small percentage of what we use our water ...
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Inge Kraus, the beloved director, maestro and pied-piper of the SUNY New Paltz Children’s Center for the past 33 years, is set to retire and a party will be held this Sunday, July 25 to celebrate and honor her. “We’re not going to let her go that easy!” said Cindy Joao, her dear friend and colleague at the Children’s Center for the past three decades. “First, we’re going to have a really big party and then she will ‘officially’ retire after the end of this summer’s season. But Inge said that ...
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