Lincoln Eagle
August/September 2024
Page 1: A Legacy No More?...The Dominican Sisters planto demolish the Villa and the1735 stone house within, aswell as raze the surroundingoutbuildings, and the lab-yrinth. The brick labyrinthwas based on the design ofone at Chartres Cathedral inParis. It was used for prayer,and the bricks made fromclay extracted from the earthby hard-working Italian im-migrants and Black migrantworkers who lived in Glas-co, near the Dominicans’land. The developers alsowant to remove hundreds oftrees and replace them withpaved parking lots; and de-posit dump truck loads of(possibly contaminated) fillnear federal wetlands.
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HudsonValleyOne.com
February 14, 2024
Saugerties affordable housing proposal faces resistance from neighbors
Temperatures still haven’t fallen two months after the last public hearing over the proposed 122-unit Villa Residences low-income senior housing complex in Saugerties...more
Daily Freeman
November 23, 2023
TOWN OF SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — The Town Board has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday, Dec. 5, on a request by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill for a zoning change to a high-density residential designation on its 29.3-acre property off on Spaulding Lane.The session is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Frank D Greco Multi-Purpose Building at 207 Market St....more