by Nick Henderson November 12, 2025 The latest Woodstock planning board meeting on traffic and environmental concerns from the proposed Zena Homes development sparked discussion of what’s next and surfaced a longstanding lack of communication from the town of Ulster. Recently, the state Department of Environmental Conservation settled a dispute between the two towns by ruling the town of Ulster is the lead agency. But all is not lost for Woodstock’s concerns, explained town planning...

By WILLIAM J. KEMBLE | news@freemanonline.com PUBLISHED: November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM EST WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — Review of the proposed Zena Homes’ 1,400-foot-long extension of Eastwoods Drive resumed last week with a contentious discussion among town Planning Board members that lasted 80 minutes. Board Chairman Peter Cross said during the Thursday, Nov. 6, meeting that the two requests from Zena Development LLC were not complicated beyond having the proposed project connected to a much larger...

Residents and conservation groups press for more studies and fire-safety answers after state shifts oversight of 30-home subdivision to Ulster planners. by Noah Eckstein   November 7, 2025 A long-running debate over a proposed 30-home subdivision off Eastwoods Drive continues after the state Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed in late October that the Town of Ulster—not Woodstock—will oversee the project’s environmental review. The decision, announced just before the Woodstock...