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May 14, 2024

By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON--On May 21, the residents of the Hudson City School District will vote on a proposed budged of $55.6 million that runs from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This budget will be 2% higher than the 2023-24 budget and comes with a 2% increase in tax levy. The 2% is ...

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By PETER FLIERL HUDSON--James Calvin, board chair and F. Michael “Mike” Tucker, president and CEO, presided at the annual meeting of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation (CEDC) during Small Business Week, April 30. Local dignitaries welcoming a full house included: Matt B. Murell, ...

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By DEBORAH E. LANS HARLEMVILLE--Well more than one hundred people crowded into a hall at the Hawthorne Valley School on Sunday for the launch of “From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats of Columbia County, New York,” a work 13 years in the making, ...

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By DOUG LAROCQUE NEW LEBANON--What do you do when the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) orders you to close your town landfill, but doesn’t offer as much as a penny to help? If you are New Lebanon, not much. The inaction did not come from defiance or arrogance but simply from ...

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By DIANE VALDEN ANCRAM—Frankenstein and his bride will be taking a little spin through Ancram next week. But unlike many who travel through town to admire the countryside, this will be no pleasure trip for the pieced-together couple...they will be too busy trying to outrun the cops. At ...

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