Counties Consider Tightening Bar Hours

Pat Bradley — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:30:00 +0000

Essex County, New York is joining a number of counties and communities considering reducing the number of hours bars can stay open.

County Grapples With Budget Gap

Pat Bradley — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Officials in Essex County, New York have been working to close a 13-million dollar budget gap in the 2013 budget. While they hope a pending sale of the county-run nursing home will make a difference, they say mandate relief from the state would be more helpful.

The rural Adirondack County has one of the lowest tax rates in New York State and has been using their fund balance to hold the line on property tax increases. Essex County Manager Dan Palmer says that may not be possible much longer.