Our little corner of the blogosphere
Back in July 2009, Ulster is Your Town Too posted its first blog entry. “This blog is dedicated to citizenship,” read the first line of its mission statement. That message was carried out on a rough average of twice-monthly politically-oriented posts, with its most recent entry in late April of this year. Local political blogs...
Hugh Reynolds: Q&A on Q&A
It was one of those deals that never got done that people speculate about forever — Joe DiMaggio for Ted Williams, for instance. Ulster County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach has confirmed he offered the post of deputy comptroller to former opponent and occasional critic Jim Quigley, Town of Ulster supervisor. What an odd couple. A pair...
Town of Ulster gets rid of old oil tank
A disused oil storage tank at Ulster Town Hall was removed last week 15 years after the town switched to natural gas. The tank’s removal and some of the questions it left behind was just one of the topics of conversation at last week’s Town Board workshop meeting. The 2,000-gallon fiberglass spherical tank was excavated...