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...
Opposition to Central-Hudson takeover
On the same day that U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer joined with Ulster County Executive Mike Hein to recommend the Public Service Commission (PSC) give the proposed $1.5-billion takeover of Central Hudson by Canadian power company Fortis more scrutiny, two PSC administrative law judges assigned to evaluate the deal wrote that the proposed merger’s minuses outweighed...
Takeover will mean higher electric rates, say critics
The proposed $1.5-billion purchase of Central Hudson Energy Group by Fortis, Inc., a Canadian-based holding company, doesn’t have too many friends willing to speak on its behalf, if the April 18 public hearing held by the state Public Service Commission (PSC) in Kingston’s city hall was any indicator. All 27 people who spoke at the...
DIY Studios
The DIY culture was born of an economic and artistic imperative for artists to do it themselves. Two Saugerties recording studios, Leviathan Recording Studios and New Creek Recording, conceived in this spirit, have begun offering their services to local musicians. Thanks to increasingly affordable recording technology, these studios are able to provide excellent quality recordings...
Crafting a new local economy
One site shows how web shopping need not be the death of Main Street The growth of e-commerce websites is usually perceived as a threat to local businesses. But that’s not always the case. Take Etsy.com, a social buying and selling site specializing in handmade and vintage arts, crafts and clothing. Several Saugerties business owners...
Year in Review: New Saugerties Businesses
It was the year of women in business in Saugerties this year, as all but a few of the more than 20 new businesses that opened in the village and town were done so by women. Women opened clothing stores, a deli, a healthy eating organic shop and an art gallery, while families and friends...
New businesses open up shop
Darlene Carey-Wasser, and her daughter, Amber, (top-left) have been renovating their new business, House of New Beginnings at 249 Partition Street, between Brine Barrel Pickles and Kiss My Feet Spa, for about seven years. Carey-Wasser was born and raised in Saugerties, but over the course of her life has moved around quite a bit. Seven...
Worker killed in accident at Solite
An accident Thursday night at Solite on Kings Highway in Saugerties claimed the life of a worker, according to town of Saugerties police. At 6:53 p.m. Thursday evening, Nov. 1, Saugerties police were dispatched to the Northeast Solite Corporation located at 1135 Kings Highway, Saugerties for an industrial accident. According to police, Stephen J. Wickham, 30,...
That’s it for HITS
Rainclouds hovered in the distance over the HITS, Inc. horse show grounds for much of the afternoon on Sunday, Sept. 9, but they waited until the very end of the Michael McDonald concert to move in and actually burst out into rain, bringing the concert and another season of HITS in Saugerties to a dramatic...
Long-predicted resurgence at foot of Partition St. underway
A renaissance of sorts is taking place along a stretch of Partition St. that, until recently, was marked by a lot of vacant storefronts. Aside from the candy store, a laundromat and a spa, the foot of Partition St. was a place many drove by but few stopped. That all began to change last year....
Struzzieri buys out HITS partners
HITS president Tom Struzzieri announced last week that he’d bought back the shares of HITS held by Leonard Green & Partners, LLC (LGP) since 2006, when the private equity firm purchased two-thirds of the company founded by Struzzieri in 1981. Saugerties has been its home base since 2004. Struzzieri said the decision “mutual” and declined...
Great expectations
Success breeds success, and for two local businesswomen, the success of one business has led them into another, while several newcomers have seized upon the vibrant business climate in Saugerties to open their first shops. And for one group who opened a shop six weeks ago, their success is written in the tealeaves. Karyn Pavich,...