Citizen Action
Manufacturing Facility Proposed Adjacent to Onteora Lake, Bluestone Wild Forest
Many thanks to all who attended the January 22nd Planning Board meeting. Nearly 200 folks. The applicant provided a lot of information, and lengthy comments were made back to them by PB Attorney, Richard Golden, and PB Engineering Consultant, Ryan Loucks, Crawford Engineering, as well as questions by newly-appointed Planning Board member, Keith Bennett. Thanks to Keith for jumping in so quickly to try to understand the project and its impacts on the surrounding Bluestone Wild Forest.
The Planning Board attorney noted that the February meeting would not have the 850 route 28 project on its agenda. The next PB meeting after that is on March 16th, and it is expected the project will be on the agenda. Please mark your calendars to attend. Likely the Town of Kingston will ask Kingston School District again to use their M. Clifford Miller MS. Details to follow.
In the meantime, information from the meeting will likely be available to the public soon on the Town of Kingston website. townofkingstonny.us
We'll continue to keep you updated on the project.
Click here to read the January 23rd Kingston Freeman article.
Click here to watch the Radio Kingston recording of the meeting
Click here to view the newly submitted documents
Click here to sign the petition created by Catskill Mountainkeeper and if you agree please share the petition widely!
Check out our project Facebook page.
SAVE ONTEORA LAKE, PICKEREL POND & BLUESTONE WILD FOREST
We have moved the project information from the WLC FB page to one devoted to the project.
For questions or to be added to our 850 Route 28 project email list email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Bluestone Wild Forest Citizen Group Meetings
Join Bluestone Forest Citizens' Action Group. West Hurley Library, 42 Clover Street, West Hurley.
Next Meeting Monday, January 20th at 5:30 pm.
Focus is developing a cohesive strategy and building an organized group of neighbors who oppose this project.
Request to join the Facebook group - Bluestone Forest
Please continue to spread the word. If you know others who would like to join our Constant Contact email list, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Many thanks for your advocacy.
850 Route 28 Project-related links:
Read WLC's 850 Route 28 Fact Sheet here
Click here to listen to 850 Route 28 -- Radio Interview, Radio Kingston with Jon Bowermaster
Click here to listen to 850 Route 28 -- Radio Interview, Radio Kingston with Hillary Harvey
Read the Hudson Valley One article published after the July 15th proceedings here
Read the Daily Freeman's article published after the July 15th proceedings here
Read WLC's Letter to the editor published in the Daily Freeman Monday, July 15th here
Read the Daily Freeman's article published December 7th here
Any questions, please contact Woodstock Land Conservancy Executive Director, Maxanne Resnick.
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Woodstock suspicious of Saugerties contractor’s Shady dumping
by Nick Henderson for Hudson Valley One, January 17, 2020
"The town of Woodstock is seeking state Department of Environmental Conservation help in identifying material Joe Karolys’ Saugerties-based construction-and-demolition disposal operation has hauled to a parcel on Church Road in Shady. Supervisor Bill McKenna said Building Inspector Ellen Casciaro discovered “a dozen loads of fill” deposited on the property. Karolys is apparently selling the fill to a customer there.
When town officials questioned Karolys about the fill’s source, he would only say it came from Kingston and has refused to cooperate, raising doubts the fill is free of contaminants.
Given Karolys’ history, the town became suspicious and contacted the state Department of Environmental Conservation to request an investigation."
Read the full article here
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