Food truck quota mulled
“Food trucks are cool things,” said Marc Propper at the May 6 Village Board public hearing on a law designed to regulate them. Propper brings a unique perspective to the food truck issue, owning two village restaurants, Miss Lucy’s Kitchen and ‘Cue, both on Partition Street, and as the owner of a food truck that...
Strict limits on food trucks this summer
Aiming to protect Saugerties restaurants against an influx of food trucks this summer, village trustees have introduced a law regulating where these vehicles or pushcarts can be located. “We don’t want these rampant through the village,” Mayor William Murphy said. “We want to make sure there is no competition with village restaurants, because they pay...
New Priest at St. John
For Father William Woodruff, it’s not about doing “the most popular thing,” it’s about doing the “best” for his parishioners at St. John the Evangelist Church on Route 212. Woodruff, 57, has served as administrator at a host of churches for the last 31 years. He came to St. John in that capacity 21 months...
Police cut overtime, recruit volunteers
With a police budget overrun of about $120,000 this past year, Police Chief Joseph Sinagra needs to cut costs. This coming year will bring two changes: organizers of special events requiring a police presence will be charged for overtime, and a new volunteer police program will aim to bolster the ranks at no cost to...
Spring sports preview
While members of the boys’ baseball team worked on their tans and fundamentals in Myrtle Beach over spring break, the other spring sports teams practiced on muddy, partially snow-covered fields or under fluorescent lights on wooden floors. Here’s our first round of spring sports previews. Boys’ tennis Head coach Kim Cahill is in an...
Group forming to save Dragon Inn
A group of residents led by Saugerties Chamber of Commerce chair Mark Smith would like to purchase the Dragon Inn and save it from the bulldozer. “We saw it done by residents who wanted to save the Saugerties Lighthouse, and we saw it again when history buffs organized to save the Kiersted House from being...
Dragon Inn historic status debated
The battle between historic preservations and property-rights advocates over the status of the Dragon Inn grew heated last week, as village trustee Terry Parisian accused the village’s Historic Review Board of “telling people what an individual can do with their property.” After the speakers were through, Review Board chair Richard Frisbie decided to keep the...
Village to inoculate ash trees
Public comments made on the Saugerties Times website as well as phone calls and on-the-street encounters from folks asking that the village try “another approach” have convinced Building and Grounds Superintendent George Terpening to treat some village ash trees infested with emerald ash borer with an insecticide rather than cut them down. “There was a...
Workday set for Dutch Barn siding
Volunteers continue to come forward to help complete the Historical Society’s barn project at the Kiersted House on Main St. A workday is planned for Saturday, April 27 starting at 7 a.m. The plan is to have the barn sided by sundown. It’s taken about 10 years for the historical society to get to this...
Police Beat (3/28-4/4)
Car burglaries Saugerties police are asking for the public’s help to solve a series of car break-ins that occurred overnight Monday, March 25. Police say they have suspects and items but need owners to come forward. Anyone whose vehicle was broken into should call police at 246-9800. Driving while intoxicated Town of Ulster police...
Mayor, realtor spar over affordable housing
An “indignant” Mayor Bill Murphy blasted local realtor, landlord and subsidized housing foe Steve Hubbard at the Village Board’s March 18 meeting for accusing him of “making a backroom, handshake deal” on tax payments for the proposed 55-unit Country Meadows project. Murphy said that after meeting several times with the realtor to discuss the issue,...
Dutch barn nears completion
Fundraising to finish the old Dutch barn at the Kiersted House has kicked into high gear. Organizers hope to raise $5,000 to put up walls onto the historic structure in the next few months. The catalyst was an exhibit of photos from last year’s July 4 parade that a group of local photographers wanted to...