Airport panel calls for shorter runway
W.GHENT–The chairman backed by what appears to be a majority of the Columbia County Airport Committee consider the best option for the county airport is to […]
Month: February 2014
EDITORIAL: Airport plan deserves support
ATTEND ENOUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT meetings and you find yourself reading the mood of the crowd. When it’s the regulars and the agenda’s routine, greetings get shouted […]
If you have no home, then what?
Counties’ survey anticipates little change in homelessnessHUDSON—Homeless people are among us and it’s their time to be counted. The number of people currently living in places […]
Hudson: Summer school’s no longer easy way out
HUDSON–Changes in calculating grades for students who attend summer school, an update on the Bridge alternate high school program and recognition of specific Intermediate School students […]
Village to vote the old fashioned way
VALATIE–The Village Board approved a resolution last week to use paper ballots for the March 18 village election, a move that will save the village over […]
Boil water advisory lifted
PHILMONT– The boil water advisory for the lower portion of the village has been lifted, according to a notice dated February 3 from Philmont Water Superintendent […]
Copake OKs poultry made ready for stew
COPAKE—Soon customers will able to buy meat from chickens, turkeys and rabbits that were born, raised, slaughtered and processed on farms in Copake. At a special […]
Galvan buys Coarc’s Warren Street facility
HUDSON–The Coarc Board of Directors has approved the sale of organization’s Promenade Hill Center day habilitation facility at 11 Warren Street to the Galvan Foundation. Coarc […]
Firefighters complete training classes
GREENPORT—The Columbia County Fire Coordinators Office announces the following recent fire training classes and graduates. *Louis Godfroy and Michael Stelling provided direction for an apparatus operator […]
