TOP LOCAL News
By EMILIA TEASDALE
May 6, 2025
KINDERHOOK—The Ichabod Crane Board of Education held a special meeting on April 22 to approve the proposed 2025-26 school budget of $51,143,999 before the annual budget vote and school board election on May 20. The board heard the sixth budget presentation from administrators before voting.
KINDERHOOK – During Earth Week 2025, the Hudson River Valley Greenway (HRVG) announced $2.2 million from the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act for resilient recreational enhancements to the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail (AHET). The project will address ...
GHENT – Many county residents live in profoundly challenging circumstances: their incomes have not kept up with expenses; they pay far more for housing than federal guidelines recommend; child care (if accessible at all) costs dearly; the price of food and other basics continues to rise. Of ...
MY UNCLE Harold Wambach was always good at teaching us interesting things he thought we ought to know, and he also entertained us when things got a little slow or when he needed a short rest from all the hard farm work. It was also a good way to keep us occupied and out of his hair. I would hang ...
NEW LEBANON–Following a series of budget workshops this spring, the members of the New Lebanon School Board have settled on a proposed 2025-26 budget to place before district voters. It carries a tax hike that none of the board members like but see no way around without making drastic spending ...
CRARYVILLE – At its April 22 meeting, the Taconic Hills Central School District Board of Education adopted its proposed budget for the 2025-26 school year. The total budget of $43,222,236 includes a projected tax levy increase of 3.50%, which remains below the cap set by New York State. Overall ...
Flames appear through the roof of a house fire on Jackson Corners Road, Gallatin. Photo contributed by the Milan Fire DepartmentWoman rescued from three alarm fire, family of five displacedGALLATIN—Columbia County 911 received numerous calls about a house fire at 1362 Jackson Corners Road west of ...
NEW LEBANON – Since New Lebanon does not have a water district, anytime there is a fire, first responders need to find a near by pond or creek to draw water from. That is no longer necessarily the case.The Lebanon Valley Protective Association (fire department) now has a 10,000-gallon water tank ...
Two running for Chatham Board of EducationCHATHAM – The Chatham Central School District has two candidates running for two open seats on the Board of Education. Chatham’s School Board Election will be held as part of the annual School Budget Vote on May 20 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Mary E.
Tenor Brian Giebler (l) and pianist Steven McGhee (r). Photo contributed Spencertown Academy Classical Sunday series Presents Giebler and McGheeSPENCERTOWN–Spencertown Academy Arts Center Classical Sunday series presents tenor Brian Giebler with pianist Steven McGhee on Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. at ...
ANCRAM—The Ancram Planning Board will continue to hear comments on a proposal to install a solar facility at 3333 State Route 82 during the continuation of a public hearing on the application, May 1.Several neighbors spoke during the April public hearing objecting to the project based on visual and ...
Anshe Emeth Book Club announces next reads GREENPORT—The Congregation Anshe Emeth Book Club will read either “My Father’s House” (available on hoopla) or “The Ghosts of Rome” (available on cloud library). Both are by Joseph O’Connor. The club will meet at the synagogue, 240 Joslen Boulevard, May 13 ...
COPAKE —Copake Grange #935 annual Pick up Litter Day is a day of beautification for Copake, Copake Falls, Copake Lake, West Copake and Craryville, Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteer participants can pick up litter along the roads by their homes, or any other roads they’ve noticed need a ...
It’s time for the Hudson Children’s Book Festival HUDSON – Who doesn’t love children’s books? And what child can resist picking out a new book or meeting his favorite author or illustrator? On May 3 the Hudson Children’s Book Festival (HCBF) will hold its 14th annual event, this year at ...
Library and Ancram Center host storytelling workshop COPAKE—The Roe Jan Community Library, 9091 Route 22, hosts a Storytelling Workshop on April 26 at 1 p.m. As this year’s community read book “Braiding Sweetgrass” makes clear, storytelling can play an important role in teaching and learning. In ...
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation stocked Queechy Lake in Canaan with 3,500 8” trout April 14. 1,890 Rainbow trout and 1,610 Brown trout arrived in a truck carrying a water tank from the Van Hornesville Fish Hatchery. The fish made their way from the tank to the lake via a ...
ANCRAM—St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1273 Cty. Route 7, prepares its annual take-out Roast Beef Dinner, May 10.The price per ticket is an $18 donation.On the menu is roast beef, gravy, green beans, baked potato, cole slaw, roll and dessert.Pick up meals from 4:30 to 6 p.m.Make reservations by May 2 ...
Dog food myths debunked part II CONTINUING FROM our last column with our excerpt from Dr. Caroline Coile’s article in AKC Family Dog regarding debunking internet myths about dog food:4. Meat is more nutritious than meat meal.If you’re comparing ingredient lists, should you choose the one with the ...
She has an idea for town’s CHIPS funds To the Editor:I’d like to update my fellow Hillsdale residents on a proposal I submitted to the Town Board on April 15 regarding a more cost-effective and beneficial use of the 2025 CHIPS (Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program) funding.I ...
Some facts about wild turkeys SPRING IS in the air and wild turkeys are really getting into the annual mating season. I have handsome toms looking like puffed-up ads for Thanksgiving, and demure females distant from them. There is a myth that Benjamin Franklin proposed our wild turkey as our ...
NEW LEBANON — Stephentown Memorial Library’s first Trivia Night back in November was such a success, with over 90 attendees, that they decided to do it again. Individuals and teams of up to six players are invited to join staff Sunday, April 27 at the New Lebanon Community Center, 523 US Route 20.
OLD CHATHAM — The Second Annual Caring for Your Cemetery Day will be held by the Old Chatham Union Cemetery Corporation, 300 Shaker Museum Road, Saturday, April 26, and the public is invited to assist in clean-up starting at 9 a.m.Clean-up day tasks may include: pick up of small debris and trash; ...
KINDERHOOK —The Alan Devoe Bird Club invites the public to its annual meeting at the Kinderhook Memorial Library, 18 Hudson Street, Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m.After a few business items, the featured speaker is Ben Nickley, president and executive director of the Berkshire Bird Observatory in ...
COPAKE —“The Plastic Pollution Crisis and What to Do About It” is the title of a free upcoming informational event at Copake Grange #935, 628 Empire Road, Saturday, April 26, 3 to 5 p.m.Sponsored by the Town of Copake Conservation Advisory Committee; Friends of Taconic State Park and Copake Grange, ...
HUDSON — Join staff at the FASNY Museum of Firefighting, 117 Harry Howard Avenue, April 26 at 10 a.m. for a free in-person event: Mini Horse Mania!First youngsters can visit the “adoption barn” and learn all about how firefighters cared for fire horses. Then they can pick their own stuffed horse to ...
COPAKE FALLS—Celebrate Earth Day at Taconic State Park’s Day-Use Area, 253 State Route 344, Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Learn how nature and local communities can stay healthy. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Wellness for people, means wellness for the earth. Onsite will be crafts for kids, nature ...
Lincoln Funeral Train passage commemoratedSTUYVESANT—The Lincoln Funeral Train made its passage through Columbia County, April 25, 1865.The event will be commemorated at the National Landmark Historic Depot, 55 Riverview Street, Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m.The program will consist of the dramatic ...
HILLSDALE — The April 29 Hillsdale Safe at Home Committee Coffee Hour will feature two presenters, Dr. Carol Curran a medical director at Community Hospice and Sandra Gardner, EdD. assistant superintendent for Curriculum at the Taconic Hills School District.The committee’s monthly coffee hour takes ...
CLAVERACK — During National Volunteer Month in April, the American Red Cross asks donors to help keep the blood supply stable by making an appointment to give blood or platelets now. Type O blood and platelets are especially needed to ensure hospitals are fully-stocked with lifesaving blood ...