Last October at a special meeting, the Franklin town board unanimously voted to ban licenses for retail sale or on-site consumption with Local Law 1-2021. Within a month, the townspeople were able to place the question of these bans on the ballot for the following year.
Due to the cancellation of the Constitution Pipeline project last February, the now-excess inventory of pipe is available for purchase
By Brian Brock The tentative 2021 budget for the Town of Franklin would spend $1.80 million. To partially finance this, the town board plans to raise $1.23 million in property […]
By Brian Brock The Town of Franklin could use more office space, and our town board has tried for three years to build some. The issue that sparked this search […]
Last year, the Franklin town government spent $1.72 million. Most of that came from property taxes (66 percent) and state aid (27 percent). Where did this all go, and how […]
This year, the option of phone, video, and internet via fiber-optic cable is coming to many in Franklin as an alternative to the existing service via copper-wire cable. Long-time provider, […]
The tentative 2019 budget for the Town of Franklin spends $1.76 million. To partially finance this, the town board plans to raise $1.19 million in property taxes from landowners, an […]
In 2010, the Franklin Town Board stopped their annual internal auditing of the town books and stopped releasing an accounting, both required under NY Town Law. In addition, they did […]