The Express Newspaper – November 21, 2013
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City Looking for New Fire Engine – By Harold Wessell
MECHANICVILLE. November 6 ñ The City Council will decide within a couple weeks whether to go in with another fire department to get the best deal on a needed new engine, or incorporate a financed purchase into the 2014 budget.
A resolution before the Council for the November 6 meeting had indicated that "The Mechanicville Fire Department is in desperate need of a new fire truck," and the Village of Hudson Falls is allowing the City of Mechanicville to piggyback with them to get a much better price, the current best deal being offered by Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. for the particular apparatus. The resolution proposed to purchase a fire truck now, using the NYS Revolving Loan at a fixed percent of 2.5% and a bond not to exceed $486,545.00.
Full Story in the Nov. 14th Issue
The Express Newspaper – November 14, 2013
Tentative Saratoga Co. Budget – By Harold Wessell
BALLSTON SPA, October 31 – Despite costs still rising, it will cost the owner of a $200,000 home in Saratoga County only a couple bucks more – literally – to keep the government going in 2014.
"For the past three years, Saratoga County has taken a very aggressive approach toward reducing the expense side of our budget," said County Administrator Spencer Hellwig III at a press conference Thursday presenting the 2014 Tentative County Budget. "We are now beginning to see the fruits of those labors. Our operating budget is stabilizing, and in 2014 we will have our lowest anticipated usage of fund balance in seven years. At the same time, our tax rates are still among the lowest in the state. The 2014 Tentative Budget will continue to implement a decisive program to restore Saratoga County's financial stability."
Read the full story in the Nov. 7 issue of the Express.
The Express Newspaper – November 7, 2013
The Express Newspaper – October 31, 2013
Stillwater Brown’s Beach Update – By Harold Wessell
Kinowski began by announcing, "Brown's Beach is ours. There's no contest, no petition, so it is 100 percent ours effective a couple of days ago [with the passing of a required 30-day waiting period]. "It's free-and-clear ours, to do what we want with it."
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The Express Newspaper – October 24, 2013
Brown’s Beach – A Work In Progress – By Harold Wessell
STILLWATER, October 14 --The Stillwater Town Board is looking for a few ... more ... good men – and women, to make the revival of Brown’s Beach the community’s accomplishment, says Town Supervisor Edward Kinowski. He envisions the same kind of effort that went far toward the creation of Hollow Town Park, where citizens made new things happen.
"Our Board is making progress with the Brown's Beach restoration," Kinowski told the Express in a conversation this week. "Over the past four weeks, following the final purchase on 16 Sept., a variety of tasks was accomplished by volunteers and contractors. Most of the work to date
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The Express Newspaper October 17, 2013
