Emilia Teasdale reports in the Columbia Paper that on July 21 the Ghent Town Board approved using $180,000 of federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to complete a plan to make broadband internet access available to all residents. Town Board member Patti Matheney said she hoped the broadband would be provided by the end of the year through Mid-Hudson Cable and Consolidated Communications. Matheney also said it took seven years to bring broadband to everyone in Ghent. “We have worked really hard to get this accomplished,” she said, adding that now, “I want the county to do their part” in making broadband available. In all, Ghent received $420,000 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funds. Read more about this story in the Columbia Paper.