Town of Hartford, New York

The Hartford Farmers’ Market now has a weblog site where you can search for info and download application forms. The forms also include a listing of what type of permits and licenses the State requires to vend various types of food in case you were ever curious. Some forms of food require no permits at [...]

Hi all, since posting the below info, I have heard that the location of the dinner has been moved to the Fire House. This was done to accomodate the number of people interested since the Fire House can seat a lot more than Lulu’s.  Dana
A Benefit Spaghetti Dinner (eat in or take out) will be held [...]

The tax levy for the Washington County 2011 budget is $28,174,442.
For every $100 of the county taxes that you pay, here is the breakdown of where most of the money goes;
Medicaid $23, Highway $11.80, County Jail $10.95, Social Services $10.63, Sheriff $7.39, Public Health $3.60, Buildings and Grounds $3.40, Handicapped Children $3.05, Higher Education (2 year [...]

Washington County Economic Opportunity Council (EOC) is offering free Tax Return Preparation services for low to moderate income county residents who are not self employed and who’s family income is below $49,000. 
The program is called VITA which stands for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program.
In 2010, 749 Tax Prep appointments were conducted equalling 1013 hours worked [...]

I must admit I am not very politicaly correct because I always make a point not to say “Happy Holidays”. In fact, if someone says “Happy Holidays” to me, I answer back “Merry Christmas”. So, have a very Merry Christmas!

On the town’s website Homepage is a Public Notice soliciting people to apply for appointment to the soon to be created Hartford Economic Corporation (or Local Development Corp).
The type of people we are soliciting are those with backgrounds, experience and knowledge in the business world. If you are a House Husband that is tired of baking [...]

In the recent past, I read the bylaws of the Hartford Youth Commission and noted that it states that all positions on that board that have a term about to expire needs to have that position publicly posted, even if the incumbent wishes to be re-appointed.
I thought that was a great idea and I want [...]

 
Dear Hartford Taxpayer,
To my knowledge, this is the first time a Budget Letter has been sent out to Hartfords’ Taxpayers explaining the Town Budget. I feel that it is important to keep our citizens informed of their local government’s actions, especially how we are spending your hard earned money.
This year’s Supervisor’s Budget, which is [...]

Dear reader, sorry the format below looks weird but for some reason, every time I try to edit it, it does weird stuff like changing font size and running paragraphs into each other. I am going to quit while I am ahead and only half of it is screwed up.  Dana

The Trash and Recycling Transfer [...]

I notice that some comments to the blog have nothing to do with the post they are commenting on.  Maybe that is because there is not a post location where you can make a miscellaneous remark or comment. So, here it is…. I may regret it. Dana