William J. Kemble reports in The Daily Freeman that the Town of Hurley has a contract with Spectrum for cable television and internet service that dates back to 1959 and lasts forever. “The original franchise agreement that was made in 1959, and then renewed in 1974, says that the contract is in perpetuity, which means forever [and] means if we don’t sign a contract or they don’t give us a contract, the old contract [continues] no matter what,” Councilman Michael Boms said. The story does not explain what the town contracted with Time Warner, Spectrum's old name, back in the age before cable television and the internet. The contract that lasts forever also does not include expanding service to any new areas in the Ulster County town. "It’s a challenge because literally speaking Time Warner Cable/Spectrum, they don’t care. They don’t give a[n expletive] about what we say.... So far we’ve had one meeting with them, and the meeting wound up [where] we asked for this, this, this and this. and their response was ‘no, no, no and no,’” he said. Town officials plan to ask the state Public Service Commission to help. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.