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New Woodstock supervisor will confront several controversies

Daily Freeman 25 Dec 2025
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — Supervisor-elect Anula Courtis will take office on Thursday, Jan. 1, with a sense that cleanups are needed on several fronts ... Concerns over the hiring will be one of the messes that need to be addressed in the new year.
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Ulster Town Board wants clarity on RUPCO agreement

Daily Freeman 25 Dec 2025
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y ... A request to delay an extension of the tax deal with the not-for-profit organization was made by Councilman Clayton Van Kleeck and Councilwoman Maryann DeGroodt during a Town Board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 18 ... ....
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New year will bring big tax increase in Rochester

Daily Freeman 25 Dec 2025
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An extremely rough budget year featuring a steep tax hike going into 2026 was offset by accomplishments that included voter approval for funding that helps open space preservation and aids in developing affordable housing.
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Hurley supervisor sees ambulance service topping 2025 accomplishments

Daily Freeman 24 Dec 2025
HURLEY, N.Y. — The year 2025 is ending with a townwide ambulance service becoming operational. That accomplishment met the town’s biggest need and was among a list of big-ticket projects that seemed to move forward after years of discussions ... ....
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Woodstock supervisor leaving offices with luster lost on accomplishments

Daily Freeman 24 Dec 2025
WOODSTOCK, N.Y ... McKenna ends 2025 and leaves office on Dec. 31 with not-so-fond memories of resolutions that haven’t been passed during the past year due to those disputes. “There was terrible spitefulness on the board,” he said this week ... 22.
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Warwick lithium-ion blaze stokes flame for Terra-Gen opponents in town of Ulster

Daily Freeman 23 Dec 2025
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – A lithium-ion blaze that lit the night in Warwick on Friday, Dec. 19, has bolstered local opposition to Terra-Gen’s proposed battery energy storage system that would be 74 times larger at the former John A ... Related Articles.
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Esopus appoints Republican Geuss to incoming Democratic-dominated board

Daily Freeman 22 Dec 2025
ESOPUS, N.Y. – The deck chairs were shuffled slightly for the incoming Democratic majority on the Esopus Town Board with the appointment of Republican Councilmember Jared Geuss to stay another year beyond the expiration of his current term ... ....
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Accord project backed by Vera Farmiga seeks tax breaks from Ulster County Industrial Development Agency

Daily Freeman 19 Dec 2025
KINGSTON, N.Y.Actress Vera Farmiga and her musician husband, Ren Hawkey, are co-owners of a planned lodging and restaurant proposal that seeks $1.7 million in tax breaks for the $11 million project on Tow Path Road in Accord ... 17.
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Woodstock will host video conference on website changes

Daily Freeman 19 Dec 2025
WOODSTOCK, N.Y.Town officials have scheduled an online video conference on Monday, Dec. 22, to go over changes planned for an updated website that complies with state requirements to use a .gov domain name. The session is planned for 6.30 p.m ... 1 ... ....
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Ulster Town Board members react to Quigley rescinding resignation

Daily Freeman 19 Dec 2025
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — Some Town Board members are questioning Supervisor James Quigley’s announcement rescinding his “intent” to resign. Disdain was evident from Councilmember Maryann DeGroodt during the board’s Thursday, Dec.
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Ulster agency OKs tax breaks for housing project over New Paltz objections

Daily Freeman 18 Dec 2025
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Arguments from New Paltz village officials against tax breaks couldn’t stop Ulster County Industrial Development Agency from giving 151 N ... The agency approved the tax breaks in a 6-1 vote during a Wednesday, Dec. 17, board meeting ... ....
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Ulster Supervisor Quigley rescinds ‘irrevocable’ resignation

Daily Freeman 18 Dec 2025
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – Supervisor James Quigley rescinded his “irrevocable” resignation on Thursday ... A photo of Town of Ulster Supervisor James Quigley's resignation letter, dated Nov. 6, 2025. (File) ... Jan ... Quigley was reelected on Nov.
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Village of Saugerties will enter new year on smoother roads, mayor says

Daily Freeman 17 Dec 2025
SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — The year 2025 saw travel in the village become a bit smoother thanks to paving work and the fulfillment of long-standing requests for traffic control on a busy secondary street, making driving somewhat safer ... 15.
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Saugerties schools superintendent quits amid probes, ex-coach rape arrest

Daily Freeman 17 Dec 2025
SAUGERTIES, N.Y.School district Superintendent Daniel Erceg has resigned amid probes of a former coach charged with raping two students, officials announced on Wednesday ... Related Articles ... 17, to be effective Tuesday, Dec ... On Wednesday, Sept ... 10, 2025.
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Ulster trash agency says recycling information lacking on municipal websites

Daily Freeman 16 Dec 2025
TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y.Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency officials said municipalities don’t have up-to-date information on their websites about recycling and ways to keep materials out of landfills ... 11, agency board meeting ... ....
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