Articles from The New Franklin Register
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 increase of $ 0.03 million (2.4%) over the 2018 budget. This levy is just under the state-imposed soft cap and similar to the increase in […]
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By Michael Sellitti The Sidney Center Improvement Group (SCIG) is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization formed over ten years ago with one basic idea – getting people together to clean up Sidney Center. We’ve come a long way since then. As volunteers working together, our mission is to improve the quality of life for those
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By Sarah Outterson-Murphy Many people worry about the cost of their own healthcare, but local business owners also worry about their employees. “I can’t afford to offer healthcare to my coworkers,” said Faiga Brussel, owner of Good Cheap Food in Delhi. “Years ago, I tried, and quickly ran into a brick wall of financial disaster
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By Lynne Kemen Like many of us, the famous photographer and American Progressive Lewis Hine visited Franklin and fell in love with the beauty of the landscape. Timothy J. Duerden has written his biography. Duerden is the director of the Delaware Historical Association in Delhi, NY, and is an adjunct lecturer in history at the
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Download a PDF copy of the New Franklin Register Issue #35 (5.2 MB) by clicking on the image. See the index of this issue, and links to all previous issues, on the index page. Issue #35, Vol. XII No. 2, Summer 2018
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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 not file an Annual Update Document of this accounting with the Office of the State Comptroller, required under NY Municipal Law. In 2014, after the
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Getting married this summer? Consider getting married in the Village Park on Main Street in Franklin, NY Mayor Tom Briggs can officiate at your ceremony. Flower arrangements can be provided by The Franklin Garden Club Vintage wedding attire can be found at: The Squire’s Tankard 173 Main Street Franklin, NY (607) 829-6885 The wedding feast
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By Charlotte Zoë Walker When I was growing up, my dad was in the Navy, and because we moved around so much – each time he was ordered to a new assignment – I ended up going to sixteen schools, including four high schools. My brother adapted to this by being gregarious, charming, and funny,
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Download a PDF copy of the New Franklin Register Issue #34 (6.6 MB) by clicking on the image. See the index of this issue, and links to all previous issues, on the index page. Issue #34, Vol. XII No. 1, Spring 2018
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By Christina Milliman Many people local to the Mohawk, Leatherstocking, and Catskill regions know that historically this area was known for the cultivation of hops. But when? Do we know when those seemingly wild hops that now grow on our properties, in our fields, and on our mailbox posts were planted? When were Otsego and
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Faced with declining enrollments and potentially massive repair expenses, the Unatego school board opted last spring to shutter the Depression-era building and move grades K through 2 to the Unadilla elementary building this Fall.
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By Brian Brock For many years now, the Town of Franklin has annually violated New York Town Law by the board not auditing the town books (Section 62) and by the supervisor not releasing the end-of-year accounting (Section 29(10)). How could their malfeasance bring trouble down on our town? Possibilities include ineligibility for state assistance
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