Library News Archive

2009

Monday, August 10, 2009

On Monday, August 10, 2009 Geothermal Services, Inc., of Mays Landing, New Jersey, will begin setting up to drill 20 Geothermal, heating and cooling, wells.

Divsion Street Closing
Division Street will be closed on Monday, August 10, 2009 for the remainder of the Library construction project. The closure will take place between the intersection of Washington Avenue and for approximately 100 feet along Division Street.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Thank You to the Saugerties Central School District Board of Education for granting approval of the Construction Easement that will allow the Library to proceed with the construction project along the Cahill Elementary School property.

July 7, 2009

Traffic Plan

A Traffic Plan has been developed in conjunction with the Village Police Department to minimize the impact of the project on the surrounding neighborhood. It was presented to the Village Board on June 1 and approved by the Board on June 15, 2009.

To view the Traffic Plan logistics click here.
To view the Traffic Plan design click here.

Geothermal Well Testing

One Geothermal Test Well is being drilled on the Library's property between July 7 and July 15. Drilling wells is fairly loud and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This work is critical to the pre-construction phase of the project and will be completed as quickly as possible.

2009

June 16, 2009

~Now Open~

at our temporary location

Saugerties Town Hall
on High Street

Regular hours are in effect.

June 2, 2009
We're busy packing up the library to move to our temporary location at Saugerties Town Hall.

May 28, 2009

~IMPORTANT NOTICE~

The library will be moving to our
temporary location at the
Saugerties Town Hall
on High Street

Regular library hours will resume on
Monday, June 15, 2009

The library will be
CLOSED
Monday, June 1st -
Saturday, June 13th

Please use your other local libraries for any and all library services
(Town of Ulster, Woodstock, Catskill, Palenville, Kingston, etc.)

May 8, 2009
Removal of all hazardous waste is complete at 3 Division Street and 81 Washington Avenue. Demolition is scheduled for Saturday, May 16th - Firday, May 22nd.

March 31, 2009
Contract #1 was awarded to J. Mullen & Sons from Saugerties for demolition of 3 Division Street and 81 Washington Avenue. Contract #2 was awared to Neoplanta from Clifton Park for removal of hazardous waste removal, and Ambient Environmental was hired for air monitoring during this process.

2008

May 7, 2008
The community passed the referendum on May 7, 2008 for a $6.995 million bond to renovate and expand the original 1915 Carnegie library building.