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December 5, 1492

Today is the anniversary of the day Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, or in more simple terms, discovered the “New World”. This event was probably one of the most significant days of the last millennium, directly initiating the process of colonization which foreshadowed the general European colonization of the “New World.” He is widely considered to be the man who brought Christianity across the Atlantic. So today we salute Christopher Columbus; navigator, explorer and champion of “Western” Civilization.



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Email to the Editor

My Fellow Dresden Landowners:

I am sharing this below information so that you will be aware of the happenings at the Washington County Government level.

Some of you will ignore this email; some of you will read it and return to your every day pastimes; however, I am seriously counting on the fact that some of you will let the County Hierarchy know exactly how you feel about the use of your tax dollars and make great use of the phone numbers and e-mail addresses listed below, as well as passing this email on to others who you believe are as equally concerned about this cut to the Washington County Budget.

Of course, the present Supervisors are probably unaware that part of the reason the public park was put in Huletts Landing, years ago, was to curtail the public from going across private property to access the lake, so they have not added the extra expense to the line item of the Sheriff’s Department Budget yet.

Thank you for your time and efforts,
Very truly yours,
Sue Foster Ives

Phone#’ & Email Addresses:

Washington County Board of Supervisors: 518/746-2210
Chairperson Joanne Trinkle: 518/677-3324
Vice Chairperson Donald Wilbur: 518/692-7137
Budget Officer Gayle Hall: 518/761-4040; bricare@capital.net

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County Defeats Reduced Funding for Beach

Give Bob Banks credit for trying, but another attempt to fund the Washington County beach failed today. Washington County uses weighted voting based on population so the beaches were closed because larger towns voted against it. This does not mean that the beach will be closed this summer though. Many supervisors are still open to ways in which it can be kept open. We will keep you updated in the days ahead.

Read about it in the Post Star.

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Now for Some History – 1895

This is a fascinating picture showing the steamship landing in Huletts in 1895. It’s a little blurry, so click on the image to see it in larger scale. We apologize for the clarity of the image but this is how we found it. Remember it was taken in 1895.



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Technical Updates

We wanted to thank the many people who have emailed and made suggestions during our initial period. We wanted to give a technical update here.

We are working on improving our front-page load time. For our techies out there, the pages being served are dynamically created and access the database every time a page loads. We have been experiencing 8 – 13 seconds of “waiting time” before our first page loads. This will be our priority over the next few weeks. While our address is www.hulettscurrent.com, you may be able to save a few redirection seconds by going to: http://www.hulettscurrent.com

We have not enabled comments at this time; we understand that some people are waiting to comment. We are establishing our policies and testing the code but comments will ultimately be enabled once our policies are set. We will update you as we progress.

We understand that our contact form is a bit slow after you hit the submit button. Once again, we are working on it and expect this to be resolved in the weeks ahead.

Remember we want the Current to grab you!

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Total Sewer Taxes Decrease

Lower Taxes Mean Vibrant CommunitiesThis is another good sign of fiscal responsibility by the members of our Dresden Town Board.

The 2009 adopted budget for the Huletts Landing Sewer District # 1 shows a very slight increase in the amount to be raised by taxes of $400. Spending in 2008 was $42,000, spending for 2009 is budgeted at $42,400. For the Fredericks Point Sewer District # 2, the amount to be raised by taxes decreases by $1,300. Spending in 2008 was $25,500, spending for 2009 is budgeted at $24,200.

Thank you Dresden Town Board for “getting it”.