February 8, 2012
February 7, 2012
2012-13 COMMUNITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Maple Hill High School Library
6:30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Welcome Back
2. Overview of Governor’s Budget
3. 2012-13 Budget Challenges
a. 3 year previous budget reduction totaling $1.26million
b. 2012-13 budget reduction of up to $1.5million
4. Comments/Concerns
5. Adjourn
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Maple Hill High School Library
6:30 p.m.
AGENDA
1. Welcome Back
2. Overview of Governor’s Budget
3. 2012-13 Budget Challenges
a. 3 year previous budget reduction totaling $1.26million
b. 2012-13 budget reduction of up to $1.5million
4. Comments/Concerns
5. Adjourn
The Nook
photo contributed |
About 50 people gathered at the Castleton Public
Library on Saturday, February 4th to officially inaugurate the Ruth
Spieske Reading Nook. Ruth Spieske, who spent most of her adult life in
Castleton, was a teacher by trade and a major supporter of the local
library. She was on the Library Board of Trustees from 1938-1975! Mrs.
Spieske died in 2007 at age 99, and bequeathed a generous gift to the
library. The Trustees thought the best way to honor Mrs. Spieske was to
create an area where people could gather to enjoy all the library has to
offer. The cozy corner has beautiful window treatments, a colorful rug
and four comfy chairs around a table, and has already proven to be
extremely popular.
Mrs. Spieske's daughters, Evelyn Dufur and Elaine
Short, cut the official ribbon to welcome the reading nook. Several of
her former students were also in attendance. The daughters remembered
their Mom fondly, sharing stories of her personal strength and
determination and her great passion for the library.
photo contributed |
photo by Catherine Sager |
February 6, 2012
Lisa Harrington's Donation Page
"Regardless of your age. Regardless of any family history you may have. I want everyone to take their breast care seriously. Early detection is key. I want every woman to have the opportunity to get those monograms. For all of these reasons I am walking in this 3 day event. I will walk to pay it back for all of those who raised money before me for research that has made my treatment that much more successful. I am raising money to pay it forward for research to finally put an end breast cancer."
I love this woman.
February 1, 2012
Hannaford Settles Tax Certiorari Lawsuit with Town
The agreement, approved by
the town in December, will settle the tax certiorari case which dates
back to the 2008-09 tax year. As a result of the lowered assessment,
Schodack Central School District will have to pay $190,547 in back taxes.
However, due to the $10.4 million reduction in Hannaford’s assessed value, property taxes for the town and school district going forward will fall more heavily on homeowners in future years.
“We anticipated this case would be resolved at some point so we put money in our tax certiorari reserve fund to cover the back taxes,”
said Monica Kim, Director of Business and Support Services for
Schodack CSD. “No money from our general fund will have to pay for this
settlement.”
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