Challenges include traffic and parking problems; the town’s loss of mortgage tax income due to the numbers of Brooklynites purchasing homes with cash; a loss of long-term rentals to the Airbnb phenomenon, and shifts to the local equalization rate that are getting fueled by short term rentals which raise the value of local homes not seen until after they sell.
In the crowded field of Democrats in the 19th Congressional District seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. John Faso (R-Kinderhook) next year, two have taken the lead in one respect — outraising the incumbent in what most observers expect to be an expensive race.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Small towns with a tourism season perennially grapple with traffic, but Woodstock’s vehicular woes seem to be getting worse.
After months of speculation about what sort of establishment would replace Neko Sushi in the iconic building at the corner of Main and North Chestnut Street that once housed the fabled Homestead tavern, Paltzonians now have a spiffy new place to eat: Lola’s Café.
The bid on the Cioni Building, which is owned by the school district, comes as real estate prices in the city’s historic Stockade District have gone into an upward spiral.
Mountain high, road narrow Hunter resident Roy Silver urged the town board to do more to stop large trucks from
While the event featured no voting or other evidence of political theater which can be the hallmark of this political process, its organizers opted for a process that sidelined not only non-party members, but other local candidates and members of the press, as well.
Incumbent town supervisor Marybeth Majestic, a registered Democrat who won on the Republican line in 2015, failed in her bid to snare the Democratic Party nomination this time around.
“There is a moral imperative to speak out in defense of our community,” said one resident.