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Hillsdale survey seeks window on housing problems PDF Print E-mail
Written by GEORGE WILSON   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 15:10

HILLSDALE-- There's been talk in the town for years about the increasing lack of affordable housing here.

“We hear anecdotally that, particularly people who are native to the area, people who work in the service industries, say that they and their kids can't find affordable housing,” says Joe Browdy, a member of the Hillsdale Town Housing Committee.

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Town Board gives final approval to moratorium on mining PDF Print E-mail
Written by DEBORA GILBERT   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 14:59

TAGHKANIC--The Town Board officially adopted a new local law this week imposing a nine-month moratorium on new mining applications. The board also voted not to cede Reservoir Road to the City of Hudson.

The board took the actions Monday, March 1, at its regular monthly meeting held at the Taghkanic Firehouse.

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County joins Long Island suit to keep 'lever' voting PDF Print E-mail
Written by DEBORA GILBERT   
Sunday, 07 March 2010 13:11

HUDSON--Columbia County election commissioners have found an unexpected ally in their fight to retain lever voting machines.

Valatie resident John Ciampoli was the lead attorney for the Republican challenge to the county Board of Elections' handling of absentee ballots cast in last November's election in the town of Taghkanic. That matter was not resolved until a state appellate court ruled in favor of the Democrats in January. By then, Mr. Ciampoli had taken a new position as county attorney for Nassau County on Long Island.

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New law means better never than late in Copake PDF Print E-mail
Written by DIANE VALDEN   
Monday, 08 March 2010 14:38

COPAKE--A new local law allows the Town Board, the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Appeals to close the file on a pending or future application because it is going nowhere.

Housing Resources of Columbia County's pending application for a 138-unit senior and mixed-income housing development in the hamlet, called Copake Green, which has been inactive for about three years, could be affected by the new law. The proposal has generated controversy in the town.

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ICC budget plan calls for 39 job cuts PDF Print E-mail
Written by EMILIA TEASDALE   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 23:10

KINDERHOOK--A standing room only crowd of parents and staff turned at Tuesday night's Ichabod Crane School Board meeting to hear the district's proposed budget. As of the meeting, the budget under discussion called for $37.6 million in spending and 39 staff cuts.

Two staff changes for the next school year are definite regardless of the budget. At the March 2 meeting, the board approved the retirement of Assistant Superintendent Maureen Van Deusen. And Superintendent James Dexter announced that he was final candidate for the position of regional superintendent at the BOCES serving Washington, Saratoga, Warren, Hamilton, and Essex Counties. BOCES stands for Board of Cooperative Educational Services.

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