Town of Hartford, New York

Hartford’s Annual townwide garage sale will take place this year on Sat Aug 14th and Sun Aug 15th.
If you wish to register your sale, please call Bonnie Williamson (As time goes by country decor gift shop,  #23 County Route 23, Main Street Hartford) at 632-5166. There is no fee for this and if you call [...]

This past Memorial Day was one of the first Hartford Memorial Day Parades that I did not see in a long time. That was because I was at the head of the parade and was unable to watch the passing floats and participants.
After the parade, quite a few Veterans came up to me to tell [...]

Monday night, 6/15/10 the Hartford Youth Commission held a special meeting to discuss parent concerns over the summer program for Middle League Boys’ Baseball and Girls’ Softball.
At the meeting I learned that the commission is having a hard time operating with the onerous financial restrictions put upon them.  The previous Hartford Town Board Administration had [...]

Americade in Hartford has come and gone this past week. Hartford took part in Americade’s Scavenger Hunt where bikers would come into town, go to one of the three businesses taking part and get their card stamped.
Of the 3 businesses I approached in February to take part in the Americade Scavenger Hunt, only Lulu’s  Diner saw [...]

This coming week is Americade week. From Monday June 7th till Friday June 11th bikers will be riding thru town stopping at 3 businesses for a Poker Run style Scavenger Hunt. For more info scroll down to my March 17 post “Americade coming to town”.   Dana

Washington County Tourism Consultant Christine Hoffer will put on a presentation & roundtable workshop on Washington County Tourism & Buy Local Program at the Hartford Firehouse. The presentation will be on Weds 6/16/10 at 6pm.
The Firehouse is located at the intersection of State Route 40 and State Route 149 which is a little bit north of [...]

I received a call today from U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy’s office about the Civil War Enlistment Center. The Congressman wants to visit the center on Thursday, June 3rd at 12:30 pm.
As you may remember, The Town of Hartford and Hartford’s Historical Society requested that Congressman Murphy see what he could do to help preserve the [...]

The Hartford Farmers’ Market has a new home for the 2011 season. The 2011 season will be the Grand Opening season and will now be located next door to the Stewart’s Shop, at the old Meme and Papa’s Icecream shop. The old Meme and Papa’s Icecream shop is the Regional District Headquarters for Stewarts.
Market Manager [...]

Hartford Central School’s 7th Grade class is conducting a “Dine to Donate” fund raiser at the Queensbury 5 GUYS BURGER and FRIES on Thursday April 29th from 5pm to 8pm.  20% of purchase with a flyer will be donated to the 7th Grade Trust Fund.
The burger joint is located at 735 Upper Glen Street.
You can get [...]

The opening of the Hartford Farmers’ Market has been postponed for 1 year.
The Board of Directors for the Market decided that the Market simply did not have enough vendors signed up for the mid-May opening to make it viable. You only get 1 chance to make a good first impression and having a market open with [...]