Saugerties rejects historic designation for property eyed for housing

Saugerties rejects historic designation for property eyed for housing

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — The Town Board has rejected an effort to give a historic designation to a former retreat on Spaulding Lane that is planned to be torn down to make way for affordable housing. Officials cited an absence of definitive detail about the Villa St. Joseph’s Dominican Sisters property when voting 4-1, with Councilman Zach Horton opposed, to overturn a town Historic Preservation Commission recommendation during a Wednesday, June 18, 2…