Follow this link to search the Greene County Tax Rolls for local public tax information.
Once there, click the All Counties drop down (upper right), click on Greene County, then choose Margaretville.
Canning at the Grange
Members of the Halcott Community Garden had a great class in the Boiling Water Bath method of preserving fresh vegetables on Sunday, September 14 in the Grange kitchen.
Janie Greenwald from the Cornell Cooperative of Ulster County Extension conducted the class. Janie was assisted by volunteer Chantal Forger, who is working on her Master Food Preserver Certification.
Each participant took home a can of tomato sauce they helped prepare in a step by step demonstration and a lot more information on the canning process in general, including a few basic rules to always keep in mind:
* Canning recipes are scientifically derived in a laboratory and must be followed to the “T” to ensure food safety first.
* Canning is not cooking but preserving food for future cooking, not an end product out of the can.
* Grandma’s methods may be of interest to compare with, but the modern science of food preservation has progressed and new utensils and methods provide the levels of food safety we can depend on to ensure what we put on our tables is safe for our families to eat.
Please follow this link to the USDA website to find many recipes for canning.
National Center for Home Food Preservation | USDA Publications
Property tax exemptions
For anyone who is not yet aware, there are a number of exemptions available on property tax assessments that may help lower your property taxes if you qualify. If your home in Halcott is your primary residence, there are exemptions available based on age, income, agricultural and forestry use of land, veterans status and solar power. If you think you might be eligible for any of these and would like more information, please contact the assessor for the Town of Halcott at mmdneves67@gmail.com.
Learn More about Land Use and Zoning!
Dear Town Members: Take a look at the training described in the attached flyer that Karen Rauter is trying to organize here in Halcott. It will take place at our Grange Hall from 4 to 8PM on March 20th (snow date March 27th) and is open to all those in the area who are interested in planning. Dinner will be served! It would be a good opportunity to learn more about the do’s and don’t’s of zoning, the principles behind it, and how it protects a community. Please let Karen know at krauter@rondoutneversink.org (phone: 845-985-2581) if you are interested in coming. And we send a special plea to those of you who think of others who might be interested, but who don’t have email access. Bring them!
Sign up for Code Red
Code Red is a notification system that Greene County uses to alert citizens of impending weather-related or other emergencies. Each person who is registered, receives a call on his/her landline and/or cell phone whenever there is an upcoming potentially hazardous event. If you would like to be put on the list of those who are called, please visit the website of Greene County, www.discovergreene.com and look for the Code Red box on the Home page. Take a moment to register your contact numbers so that you can be notified by your local emergency response team in the event of emergency situations or critical community alerts. Examples include: evacuation notices, bio-terrorism alerts, boil water notices, and missing child reports.
Code Red is a minimally invasive system that will help prepare us for any forecast event, as well as equip us with necessary information to deal with any aftermath of disaster. We hope that you will take advantage of this service as well as help anyone in Town to sign up, who might not have the internet themselves.
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