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Dresden Town Meeting – Monday Night

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Dresden Town Board was relatively quiet on Monday night (12/8/08). Supervisor Banks did reiterate that even if funding for the Washington County Beach was cut from the Washington County Budget, the Town would find a way to keep the beach open.

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Beach Vote – More Facts

We thought you would find the following information useful. On the recent vote to approve some funding for the Washington County Beach (which was defeated), out of the 17 Supervisors, 11 voted for the Beaches, 5 voted against the Beaches, with 1 member absent. Fort Edward, Kingsbury and Granville (Towns with the most weighted votes) all voted “NO”.

We will continue to update you on this issue in the days ahead.

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Saturday Quote

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

Abraham Lincoln

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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.