Council considers youth dept staff cuts
Hudson kids are facing a troubled time ahead, with not only the schools talking draconian cuts, like all our education in this exceptional land of ours, but also the city's youth bureau... which was created for the good of everyone years back.

Catskill CSI: School to offer forensic science
Out goes the arts and music, and the sports in many cases... and in comes the study of forensics in our local high schools? At least it's a better headline than the deepening cuts being called for everywhere in our public lives.

Koch: Pass reforms or I’ll set your pants ablaze
Remember how hizzoner, the former New York City mayor, got candidates to sign pledges to make redistricting bipartisan this year? Now, with the state senate in GOP hands, he's spitting mad that the promises are being broken.

Bank of America giving up state tax work; thousands of local jobs could be in danger
This is the big deal former Gov. George Pataki came south from Albany to announce for the old IBM campus in Kingston 7 years ago... now it's disappearing, along with a whole mess of local jobs, both permanent and temporary.

Gillibrand introduces property tax relief bill
Our senator's pushing a bill that would allow homeowners to deduct the full amount of money they pay from their federal income taxes. Right now, only homeowners that itemize their federal taxes can deduct the cost of property taxes.

Hannaford asks for smaller lot at new store
The Columbia Paper reports that the Livingston Zoning Board of Appealss heard a presentation and viewed plans for a downsized Hannaford supermarket and pharmacy proposed for a site located between Routes 9 and 82 last week after the proposal was denied a building permit by the town Planning Board on January 7 because its plan called for fewer parking spaces than town code requires.