Copake rallies around farming
Town adopts detailed Farmland Protection Plan COPAKE—The Town Board has insured that the longstanding tradition of farming here will live on with the adoption of an […]
Month: January 2015
EDITORIAL: Why approve veteran exemptions?
THERE ARE 4,910 VETERANS LIVING in Columbia County. They comprise 11% of the county’s population, more than double the rate statewide. Over the next few weeks […]
PSC rethinks power line plan
ALBANY–The state Public Service Commission (PSC) is poised to “reexamine” its plans to authorize new, higher wattage power lines from upstate power producers to downstate customers […]
Ancram parties first, then gets to work
ANCRAM—The Town Board started the New Year off by sitting down with about 30 townspeople for a heart- and belly-warming community potluck supper, January 5. Bundled-up […]
OBITUARIES: Sands, Garrison, Stone, Rock, Joyce, Schroeppel, May, Layton
Hilda May Sands (1927 – 2015) POUGHKEEPSIE—Hilda May Sands, 87, of Millerton passed away January 10, 2015 at Vassar Brother’s Medical Center. She was born April […]
Philmont makes plans to plan for future
Major ‘brownfield’ grant from state jumpstarts process PHILMONT—This village has been gradually moving into the planning phase for its Summit Reservoir Area Revitalization Plan, working closely […]
PS21 submits plans for new home to ZBA
CHATHAM—PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century submitted a new application to the Chatham Zoning Board of Appeals on December 15, seeking approval for the design […]
Hudson shows improvement on grad rate and finances
HUDSON–Good news about both financial indicators and graduation rates, along with concern about school time videos and other issues likely to continue into 2015 greeted the […]
OBITUARIES: Siter, Keller, Geiszler
Richard E. Siter, Sr. (1939 – 2015) GHENT—Richard E. Siter, Sr., 75, of Ghent, was called home and joined his son, LT JG Richard E. Siter, […]
