Cobleskill’s old St. Vincent de Paul’s Church is coming down.
The parish’s Buildings and Grounds Committee made the decision Thursday, two days after the village board cleared the way for demolition.
The previous Tuesday, Mayor Becky Stanton-Terk and village board members overruled the Historic District Review Commission’s decision that the parish must apply for hardship to demolish the Elm Street church or repair it to make the building safe.
Unhappy with how it played out, HDRC members are upset with the village board’s action.
With the village ruling that a hardship designation was unnecessary, “the Buildings and Grounds Committee went along with demolishing,” ...

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Harvest Connection is an innovative service created to connect farms and agribusinesses with potential customers.
Harvest Connection provides an online directory of farms, farmers’ markets and the like throughout 10 counties in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, and Mohawk Valley.
With well over 100 farms and farmers markets in the searchable database, Harvest Connection provides a “one-stop-shop” for folks looking to find their next farm fresh product.
There is no charge for farms to participate in Harvest Connection
In addition to the website, the Harvest Connection app makes it easy to access information on the go.
Harvest Connection can be accessed a ...

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Legacy of Love, Schoharie County’s fundraising committee of The Arc Lexington, will host a Victorian Age-themed murder mystery theater dinner on Friday, May 10 at the Olde Tater Barn in Central Bridge.
Entertainment will be provided by Murder Café, and promises a memorable evening of interactive fun, laughter, music, theatrics, prizes and more.
Proceeds from ticket sales and a Spirits Raffle will benefit programs and services that support people with disabilities in Schoharie County.
Doors open at 6pm and a cash bar will be available. Tickets include a buffet dinner and show. Seating is limited. Guests are encouraged to wear themed-attire.
For more infor ...

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With the latest two dozen documents for the proposed 20-MW Rock District solar project in the Towns of Carlisle and Seward all uploaded on the Office of Renewable Energy Siting website on April 11--comes the question: what’s next?
Damned if he knows, said Carlisle Supervisor John Leavitt.
If ORES deems the application by Rock District LLC complete, that could start a period for public comment—though whether that means public meetings or just a chance to submit something online is a question he’s still trying to get answered.
It was a year ago that Rock District LLC pulled its project off Brown Road from local review and moved it instead to the then newly-created ORES.

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Not one dollar.
Not one dime.
With that made clear, supervisors Friday agreed to sign a letter of intent with developers CSD Housing—a first step in studying what it would take to turn the old jail into affordable and supportive housing.
Only Fulton Supervisor Phil Skowfoe voted against the measure, concerned “when all is said and done, the county won’t get a dime. We’re just giving it away.”
Better than continuing to throw good money after bad--$100,000 a year just to keep the old jail—vacant since Hurricane Irene—from collapsing in on itself, other supervisors said—plus it needs a new roof.
They could sign the LOI, said an angry Earlin Rosa, chair of the ...

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