A small town budget re-do at the very edge of a global financial crisis-a not so brief case study, of sorts. I ask for a bit of patience my friends, this is a long post – but you may have plenty of time to read right now, so onward…. Trickle down tax policies has long been an interesting theory of economics and partisan argument. We now have a 2020 version to debate- trickle down crisis … {Read more...}

Columbia County Board of Health Update As of 3 PM on April 25, 2020: - Columbia County has had 13 community members that have passed away from COVID-19 -149 positive cases of COVID-19 -74 of the 149 cases have recovered from COVID-19 - 13 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 3 of those hospitalized are in the ICU -We have received 1,129 test results completed for Columbia County … {Read more...}

We distributed most of our resources last week.   Thank you to all for our recent donations, we were able to fully restock the Gallatin Food Bank with non perishables, cases of hearty soups, household supplies and some paper goods. We encourage all residents and neighbors to please contact Town Hall (518-398-7519) for delivery needs or please feel free to stop by Monday-Friday-Saturday 9-12 to … {Read more...}

Columbia County Department of Health Update As of 3 PM on April 24, 2020: - Columbia County has had 13 community members that have passed away from COVID-19 -142 positive cases of COVID-19 -72 of the 142 cases have recovered from COVID-19 - 11 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 3 of those hospitalized are in the ICU -We have received 1,060 test results completed for Columbia County … {Read more...}

Columbia County Department of Health Update As of 2:30 PM on April 23, 2020: - Columbia County has had 13 community members that have passed away from COVID-19 -138 positive cases of COVID-19 -66 of the 138 cases have recovered from COVID-19 - 9 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 3 of those are in the ICU -We have received 1,018 test results completed for Columbia County … {Read more...}