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Update: County Fair Board to Meet March 18

(Brookfield, NY) The regular monthly meeting of the Madison County Fair Board of Directors will be held on Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Den Diner in Brookfield.
Visitors are welcome to attend, and visitors who can volunteer to help out or to suggest events and exhibits for the 2010 fair are especially [...]

Brookfield Comprehensive Plan Committee to Meet

The Brookfield Comprehensive Plan Committee Regular Meeting will start at a new time, 7:30 p.m. on Thursday March 11 at Brookfield Town Hall.
All interested parties are invited to attend. We’d love to have you join us.

Committee Debates Fair Funding

Supervisor Opinions Clash on Amount, Use of Money
By Martha E. Conway
(Wampsville – Feb. 23, 2010) Madison County Fair Board member and Fair Co-Director Mary Lou Thall pleaded the Fair’s case for county funding at the regular meeting of the Madison County Board of Directors Planning Committee last week.
Thall, accompanied by Supervisor John Salka (R,C,I – [...]

Madison County Courier To Be Used As Movie Prop

M3P Media, LLC, has signed a release for its new publication, Madison County Courier, to be used as prop or set dressing for the highly anticipated movie “Knockout.”
“We are thrilled to be a very small part of a very big movie,” said Mike Bova, publisher of M3P Media, LLC.
According to promoters, the film stars mixed martial [...]

Help a Private Matter

Food Bank Not Bounded by Set Hours
By Martha E. Conway
(Brookfield – Feb. 21, 2010) Jan Birch is upset that town officials didn’t seem to know that Brookfield has a food pantry for those in need – a service she said has been in existence for 26 years now – and she is baffled as to [...]

Many Heads Better Than One

Supervisors Talk Shop Specific to Southern Geography
By Martha E. Conway
(Hamilton – Feb. 12, 2010) Town supervisors from the southern end of the county have formed a group to better tackle the issues faced by those mostly south of Route 20. Supervisors John Salka (R,C,I – Brookfield), Robert Kuiper (D – Hamilton), James Goldstein (D,C,I – [...]

Budget, Natural Gas at Issue

Supervisor Reports on State Association of Counties Conference
By Martha E. Conway
(Brookfield – Feb. 15, 2010) The news relayed during the two-day state Association of Counties conference in Albany Feb. 8 and 9 was not a positive one, said Supervisor John Salka (R,C,I – Brookfield).
“The predominant message is that the state is in trouble,” Salka said. [...]

Madison County Youth Visit Albany

Youth Seek a Voice in their Future
Pictured left to right are Lindsey Plows, Assemblyman William Magee, Mikayla Manner and Breanna Rogers. Students visited Assemblyman Magee in Albany on Feb. 9 during the Association of New York State Youth Bureaus Youth Leadership Forum.
Three Madison County youth traveled to Albany to attend the Association of New York [...]

Leonardsville Volunteer Fire Company News

Department Gets Grant, Reminds Residents About Carbon Monoxide
Submitted by Michael Jones
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a $35,053 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program award to the Leonardsville Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., Feb. 13. The grant will allow the fire company to purchase a backup generator for the fire hall, two small portable generators, a [...]

State of Confusion

To the Editor:
Recently I attended a legislative conference in Albany sponsored by NYSAC, the New York State Association of Counties. There were a host of issues that were covered and there was very constructive dialogue amongst the many elected officials from around the state. The common theme there was that our state is in dire [...]

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