By Holly Crocco Brewster Central School District Superintendent Dr. Michelle Gosh is proposing a $128.5 million budget for 2026-27, which is a budget-to-budget increase of 3.74 percent or $4.6 million. This represents a tax levy increase of 2.6 percent. According to Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Victor Karlsson, expenses are driven by increasing utility costs, as well as insurance and employee benefits, among other items. About $35.1 million in revenue w

Haldane Central School District Superintendent Dr. Gail Duffy last week presented a proposed 2026-27 budget that is impacted by an upcoming capital project and efforts to improve traffic conditions, as well as a plan to move toward an electric bus fleet. The $31.8 million spending plan represents a 5.77 percent budget-to-budget increase over 2025-26, and a 5.53 percent tax levy increase – the maximum allowed under the state-mandated property tax cap. This equates to an incre

After missing from the newsstands for several weeks and only printing digital versions of its newspapers, the Putnam County Courier and the Putnam County News & Recorder have announced that the papers have ceased publication as of April 1. In an email to customers attempting to place legal notices, staff say the papers are “hoping to relaunch at a future date.” According to its website, the first edition of the Putnam County Courier was published June 27, 1841, as the Putnam