Daily Freeman – 9.7.12 – by William J. Kemble
Rosendale
Voted 170 to 15 to approve a $273,550 library budget that increases spending by $5,750, or 2.15 percent – Elected were Karen Burchell, Michael Thomas, Cherilyn Craig, Marianne Gilday, and Christopher Pryslopski

Saugerties
Voted 373 to 159 to approve at $599,434 budget that increases spending by $13,962, or 2.4 percent – Elected were Cynthia Saporito, Elizabeth Hernandez, and Irene Hurst.

Town of Ulster
Voted 76 to 8 to approve a $305,400 budget that increases spending by $5,500, or 1.99 percent – Elected were Walter Maxwell, Jeannette DeBeaumont, and Jackie LaBarge.

Woodstock
Voted 326 to 60 to approve a $545,017 budget that increases spending by $9,854, or 2 percent – Elected were Barry Samuels, Walter Bost, and Kathleen Lee.

West Hurley
Voted 55 to 5 to approve a $191,690 budget that increases spending by $6,878, or 3.72 percent – Elected were Vasile Bizovi, Bruce Ladenheim, , Phil Meagher, Jennifer O’Connor, and Marion Howard.