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Kingston, New York · KingstonSchool district voters in Ulster County and northern Dutchess County will go to the polls Tuesday to determine the fate of budgets, board members, and propositions. Only Saugerties will have a spending plan that requires approval from 60% of voters because it exceeds the state tax levy limit. Budgets on the ballots will be for: Kingston Kingston will have a $231.56 million budget carrying as 5.48% increase and a $117.6 million property tax levy …See the Story
Here’s what’s on ballots in Ulster, northern Dutchess school elections on Tuesday
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Mental Health · KingstonKINGSTON, N.Y. — The Ulster County Legislature voted without debate Tuesday to provide additional mental health services to first responders in Ulster County. Ulster County Sheriff’s Office Captain Joseph Sciutto told the Freeman last week that the positions will assist all Ulster County first responders, including police, fire and EMS, and will offer services for adjoining counties if they are needed. The cost of the program would be about $258…See the Story
Ulster Legislature OKs plan to provide additional mental health resources for first responders
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Kingston, New York · KingstonMARLBOROUGH, N.Y. — A 25-year-old Newburgh woman was arrested Friday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed two Kingston residents on March 1, according to state police. Angela Jennie Fischl was arrested in the city of Newburgh by state police at Highland at 3:13 p.m. Friday, May 17, and was charged with two felony counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. Fischl is being held without bail at Ulster County …See the Story
Woman arrested in Marlborough hit-and-run that killed two Kingston residents
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Kingston, New York · KingstonKINGSTON, N.Y. — SUNY Ulster tuition would rise by $100 per semester for full-time students and $10 per credit for part-time students next year under a nearly $26 million budget that the community college’s President Alison Buckley presented to the Ulster County Legislature on Tuesday. Buckley said if the proposed budget is enacted, tuition would be $2,740 per semester for a full-time student. She added this is well below the federal Pell Grant …See the Story
SUNY Ulster tuition would rise $100 per semester for full-time students under nearly $26 million budget plan
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Taxes · KingstonKINGSTON, N.Y. – Ulster County Industrial Development Agency officials want the Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury in the town of Ulster to get current with taxes after missing a deadline for county and town of Ulster payments. The update on payment-in-lieu-of-taxes terms was provided Wednesday during an agency board meeting. “We have been advised that the head trauma entity has not made its January PILOT payment with respect t…See the Story
Ulster agency seeks to have Northeast Center pay its tax bill
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Kingston, New York · KingstonWASHINGTON, DC — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. House Police Recruitment Grants The House on May 14 voted 370-18 to pass the Recruit and Retain Act (S. 546), sponsored by Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., to authorize issuance of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants to law enforcement agencies for police recruitment purposes. A supporter, Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, said the grants “would leverag…See the Story
How they voted: Ryan, Molinaro on Israel Security Assistance Support Act
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Kingston, New York · KingstonKINGSTON, N.Y. — The Ulster County Legislature voted unanimously on Tuesday to convene a seven-member committee to study the future of an unused portion of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad corridor west of Kingston. Ulster County Legislature Chair Peter Criswell said the new Ulster and Delaware Corridor Committee will focus on a 1.6-mile portion of the corridor between the western end of the Catskill Mountain Railroad’s tourist train operation a…See the Story
Ulster lawmakers eye future of U&D railroad corridor west of Kingston
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