By Shana Ko After what felt like six years of summer in New Orleans, I longed for crisp air and snowy days. I needed the stillness to think. Moving north would provide greater flexibility for my husband’s career, but what should I do next? I wasn’t ready to go back to a regular nine to […]
International intrigue visited Franklin recently in the form of ransomware on the village computer. Ransomware is a form of computer hack or malware attack that scrambles (encrypts) data, making it unusable. In order to unencrypt the information, ransom must be paid. This scrambling or encrypting is reversible with a correct password, which is realistically impossible […]
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 did this spending compare to similar towns? Financially, the nineteen towns in Delaware County fall naturally into four groups. In 2018, the two smallest towns […]
Issue #38 – Vol. XIII No. 3 Fall 2019 – 20 pages with ads (download the full issue in color, PDF 3.7MB) Budget Matters: Town Spending – Brian Brock Speeding Through Sidney Center – Michael Sellitti Ransomware Attacks Franklin – Helen McLean and Bill Gruber Making Remote Work – Shana Ko Your Neighbor’s View – […]
A list known online resources of interest to the Franklin/Treadwell community. If you have links to online resources we should add to the list, contact us. On small screens, click on green circle with “+” to see additional links. Community Groups Online Franklin Area Businesses Online Coming soon… Franklin Area Political Groups Coming soon… Franklin […]
This video is about the Franklin NY Zoning Board of Appeals – October 3, 2019. Discussion of variances for the Dollar General application. Current zoning requires commercial presence to be at least 1000 feet from residences. Dollar General is requesting a variance from that zoning requirement, and additional variances regarding parking lot slots and lot […]
Video and minutes of the Town Board of Franklin, NY, October 1, 2019.
Minutes will be posted as soon as they are received from the Town Clerk.
A video recording of this meeting is below. The regular meeting of the Franklin Town Board was called to order by Supervisor Jeff Taggart at 7:34 p.m. Present were Jeff Taggart, Garret Sitts, Donnie Smith, Dwight Bruno, Paul Warner and Jamie Archibald. Also present were Earnie Cawley, Carl Lobdell, Chris Downin, Jan Mulroy, Roger Reed, […]
A video recording of this meeting is below. The regular meeting of the Franklin Town Board was called to order by Supervisor Jeff Taggart at 7:34 p.m. Present were Jeff Taggart, David Grant, Donnie Smith, Dwight Bruno, Mark Laing and Paul Warner. Also present were Chris Downin, Sara Andros, Brian Brock, Tony Breuer and Troy […]