Lorna Cherot Littleway reports in The Columbia Paper that last week the Hillsdale Town Board voted to reduced speed limits on County Route 21 and state Route 22. On county Route 21 from Hunt Road to Route 22 the limit would be reduced to 35 mph and from Hunt Road to the hamlet of Harlemville the limit would be 45 mph, and State Route 22 from Schutts Road to Old Town Road would be a 45 mph zone; the speed limit from Old Town Road through the Hillsdale hamlet to the Copake town line would be lowered to 30 mph. The requests to lower the speed limits go to the county Highway Department for review, then to the state Department of Transportation, which must authorize any changes. Hillsdale board members also unanimously voted to buy a new pickup truck by the town Highway Department, not to exceed $40,000. Hillsdale also announced that sludge from the town sewer system will be sent to Hudson instead of Albany for processing. Hillsdale's 2017 Organizational meeting is Mon., Jan. 2 at 6 p.m. at Town Hall. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.