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Franklin County

Franklin County
  • Nursing Home may add clerk

    Administrator Mary Palmer says the facility Franklin County owns can afford to add the position to attend to visitors and help with a backlog of therapy-related paperwork.

    May 25, 2012

  • Franklin County to study bed tax

    Committee will be appointed to assess possible revenue.

    May 4, 2012

  • Bright spots seen in 2013 county budget

    Projections show Franklin County will have easier time meeting tax cap.

    May 4, 2012

  • Bed-tax effort reawakens

    After slashing its Tourism Office in the 2012 budget, Franklin County plans to seek state permission to impose a 3 percent lodging fee on overnight visitors.

    April 14, 2012

  • Village won't back I-98 idea

    Malone trustees cite lack of government funds for the proposed Rooftop Highway in response to a St. Lawrence County request for support.

    April 12, 2012 1 Link

  • Town of Malone names review committee

    Micro-enterprise funds will be available for new businesses once questions about the administrator's employment contract are settled.

    April 3, 2012

  • Malone paid EMS service to start

    A full-time EMT will be hired in Malone to respond to some of the 1,000 to 1,100 rescue calls made in the Town and Village of Malone each year.

    March 26, 2012

  • Franklin County to lease bus

    Legislators await delivery of three new public-transportation vehicles while the transportation director considers the impact of increasing fuel prices.

    March 21, 2012

  • Franklin County concerned about more casinos

    Legislators are afraid slot-machine revenue from the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino could end if gambling facilities are added through a constitutional-amendment referendum.

    March 16, 2012

  • Audit seeks Wind Park revenue plans

    The State Comptroller's Office wants Chateaugay to develop long-term goals for the millions it's taking in as a host community for a 71-turbine energy-production site.

    March 16, 2012