Woodstock Fire District budget increases
Woodstock Fire District taxes will rise more than 11 percent under the proposed 2018 budget due mostly to a requirement to replenish an underfunded retirement program.
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Proposed Shandaken budget tax increase exceeds 2% limit
The Shandaken town board voted on October 2 to adopt a preliminary 2018 budget of $5,723,430, exceeding the state-imposed two percent tax cap for the second year in a row, after several years of minimal to no increase
Woodstock’s 2018 budget is taking shape
The 2018 Woodstock budget presented by town supervisor Bill McKenna is under the state tax cap.
Parete loses both Republican and Democratic primaries for legislature
“Every time you get in the ring you have to face the fact that you might get floored.”
No caucus, no candidates for Woodstock GOP
Will Woodstock be able to maintain two-party status?
Parete in opposing pair of primaries
How did incumbent John Parete wind up running in both the Republican and Democratic primaries?
Three vie for two seats on Shandaken town board
At their August 17 caucus, Shandaken Democrats chose Kevin Van Blarcum and incumbent Faye Storms as candidates for the two town council seats up for election in November. They will compete with Nancy Holgate, who was chosen last week, along with a cross endorsed Van Blarcum, a Democrat, to represent the Republicans in the race for town council.
Towns continue to weigh regulation of short-term rentals
Short-term rentals, mostly through the site Airbnb, are a big business in the Hudson Valley. But questions remain surrounding their regulation.
No election challenges in Olive; primaries on tap for county legislature
On the surface all is well on a rare bipartisan level in this mountain town.
Assessor’s comp plan report stresses Woodstock’s stability
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.