On October 14, 2004 the Ulster County Legislature named the Kerhonkson Bridge after former judge, county legislator, fire company chaplain, veteran, Lion's club member and all around "nice guy" Herb Poppel. It took five years, $4,000,000.00 in stimulus money and hard work by a group of dedicated public officials including Legislators Mary Sheeley, TJ Briggs, Joe Stoeckler and Susan Cummings and County Executive Mike Hein to put a plan into action.


Ulster begins first stimulus project

By William J. Kemble
Correspondent

KERHONKSON – Local officials on Monday welcomed the start of work to replace the Herbert Poppel Bridge over the Rondout Creek, a $4.7 million project that is the first in Ulster County to be financed by federal economic stimulus money.