Town of Hartford, New York

This year will mark the 3rd year that I serve as the Chaplain for the Washington County Board of Supervisors. All that really means is that I give the opening prayer for the Monthly full board meetings.  I will update this blog monthly to share my prayer, but in the meantime here are some prayers [...]

My Blogging New Year’s Resolution is to not let all the Spam I get discourage me from Posting info relevant to the Town of Hartford.
You may have noticed that my Postings have declined dramatically the last 6 months. That is because 99.9% of all the comments I get back are junk spam. Some do not [...]

Dear Hartford Taxpayer,
 
                By this point all taxpayers should have received the 2012 Town and County Tax bill showing the three separate tax levies listed for County, Town, and Fire Protection.
 
                The Levy is the amount of money to be collected through Real Property taxes.  When you pay your taxes, it is divided and dispersed [...]

Even though the DEC landfill permit for Eldridge Lane expired this past January, it is a good idea to keep this expired permit “expired” and prevent any ideas of attempting to renew it.
On Sept. 16, 2011 the Washington County Board of Supervisors adopted the following resolution. I would have prefered something a little more iron [...]

Thanks to Town Clerk Denise Petteys, the Town of Hartford Government now has a Facebook page. Check it out at “Town of Hartford”.

This year’s Memorial Day Parade was once again very nice with a small town touch.  President Abraham Lincoln once again graced us with his Gettysburg Adress Speech and this year we had the Adirondack Pipes & Drums Band.
Here is the speech that I gave at the War Monument in the center of Main Street:
“Memorial Day [...]

For the second year in a row Americade will include Hartford for its Americade Scavenger Hunt motorcycle run. During the week of June 6-10, bikers will roll thru town and stop at three businesses to get a card stamped.
The three businesses this year will be; Lulu’s Family Diner on Route 40, As Time Goes By [...]

Every year, the Hartford School Budget Public Hearing is the same date and time as the May Town Board meeting.  People cannot be at two places at the same time.  Once, a couple of years ago in May, Phil Gibson complained that the Town Board meeting was at the same time as the School Public Hearing.  [...]

In today’s Post Star newspaper, the editors gave the students at Hartford Central School a “Bravo” for their efforts in raising over 477 pounds of food for the Hartford Food Pantry. The FFA club at the school organized the effort and it is much appreciated by the Town, Pantry, and persons in need.
This Sunday, resident [...]

The Hartford Town Board has appointed seven persons to serve on a Steering Committee that will work on creating either an Economic Development Corp (EDC) or a Local Development Corp (LDC).
A Hartford Development Corp would be focused on enticing beneficial businesses into town, or encourage and assist citizens of the town in starting a business. [...]