Newly elected town board members and other town officials will be sworn in at the Town Board's Organizational Meeting, which will be held at 7:00 pm on Monday, January 5th at Town Hall.  All are welcome to attend.

Following a public hearing during which all residents present expressed concern, the Town Board voted 4-1 to enact a law creating an adult entertainment zone on both sides of Route 209 between Queens Highway and Boice Mill Road.  Only one adult entertainment business is permitted per 6,000 feet, which means that only one business will be permitted along the stretch of road.  

In its last meeting before newly-elected officials take office on January 1^st, the Rochester Town Board will hold a public hearing to discuss a proposed amendment of the town’s laws to allow for an Adult Entertainment Zone in the Town.  The proposed zone will include the section  of Route 209 between Queens Highway and Boice Mil Road and was dramatically reduced after public opposition to the original plan, which also included a section of Route 209 near Kyserike Road, near the entrance to Rondout Valley Schools.  The hearing will take place at 4:30 pm on Monday, December 29, 2003 at Town Hall.  All interested persons are encouraged to attend.

A man who overdosed on heroin and was then dragged into an empty motel room recovered to accuse those who sold him the drugs, police said.
State police and local EMT's were alerted to the overdose by a 911 call and rushed the man to a hospital Thursday. After recovering, the man told police he shot heroin at an apartment attached to the Chelsea Motel in Wawarsing on Route 44/55.
The next day, police charged the motel proprietor, Kira Eck, 37, and her boyfriend, Todd Kantor, 34, with several drug charges.
The victim said that after he overdosed, the two suspects dragged him into an empty room, scraping and bruising his body.
Police obtained a search warrant Friday and found a small amount of heroin in Eck's apartment, police said.
Eck and Kantor face charge of criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, and several misdemeanors, including possession of a hypodermic needle, use of drug paraphernalia and assault.
The assault charge stems from minor injuries to the man when he was dragged.
They were arraigned before Wawarsing Town Justice Wayne Lonstein and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail or a $50,000 bond. (TH-Record 12/22/03)

 

Challenger Steve Schoonmaker defeated incument Ted Fina by a 2:1 margin in an election for a five-year term on the Accord Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners held on December 9^th.

The Ulster County Board of Elections released the certified election results for the November 4, 2003 general election:

 

Supervisor

Pam Duke           876            (Democrat & Rochester First)

Richard Gray          834          (Republican)

Harold Lipton          376          (Conservative)

 

Highway Superintendent

Wayne Kelder          1856

 

Town Justice

Albert Babcock III          1743 (Republican, Democrat & Conservative)

 

Town Councilman (two seats open)

Ron Santosky           1027          (Republican & Conservative)

Francis Gray             1007          (Democrat & Rochester First)

Steve Fornal            886          (Democratic, Independence & Rochester First)

Brian Drabkin            721          (Republican)

Leon Smith               315          (Conservative)

 

 

History Channel - America on the Move

November 29th @ 8pm

 

Atta Studio has completed our year long project for the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and are pleased to announce the