The Coxsackie Fire Department posted on social media that the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District holds a public hearing on Feb. 27 about the proposal for a property tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers. Recently Greene County, Rensselaer County, and Catskill all passed tax exemptions for first responders to retain and recruit more to the area. The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District public hearing in the Coxsackie-Athens High School Library begins at 5:45 p.m. Feb. 27.