Hoshino Resort ready to move ahead in Sharon Springs

11/26/2024

Hoshino Resorts is back.
And ready to go.
Not quite a year after the Japan-based hospitality firm got the zoning change needed to let it begin designing an exclusive spa on the site of the Magnesium Temple in the Village of Sharon Springs, reps brought their plans to the Joint Planning Board Wednesday.
Mike Ingersoll of consultant the LA Group, ran through the sketch plan for JPB members, asking for feedback as they move through the process.
“One thing we have learned over the past year is that our client is very serious about what they want to do here” and taking the time to do it well, Mr. Ingersoll said.
Under the timeline shared Wednesday, the prelimina ...

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Tell us: Who'll be our 2024 T-J Star?

11/26/2024

Thanksgiving is late this year, so we’re trying not to be late in asking for nominations for the 2024 Times-Journal Star.
Time to tell us what you think.
This will mark the 33nd year for the award, which recognizes someone who’s positively impacted the community, especially over the past year.
Past T-J Stars have come from agriculture, history, the arts, economic development and flood recovery.
Tell us who you think deserves the honor this year.
Deadline for nominations is 5pm, Wednesday, December 18.
• Email them to tjournalnews@yahoo.com and put TJ Star in the subject line.
• Call them in, (518) 234-2515.
• Fax them, (518) 234-7898.

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Heavy, wet snow batters southern Schoharie County

11/26/2024

The first storm of the winter was a doozy, dropping as much as 15 inches of heavy, wet snow on Gilboa and Conesville Thursday into Friday, taking down dozens of trees, and leaving more than 21,966 customers in NYSEG’s Oneonta Region without power.
County EMS used reverse-911 to call Gilboa and Conesville residents, alerting them that the Conesville Fire House was open as a warming shelter during the multi-day event.
There was also water and dry ice available at the FD.
The Jefferson Fire Department was also opened as a warming shelter.
What started out as rain changed to snow in the higher elevations beginning at about 1pm Thursday; by morning, Summit was reportin ...

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Comptroller shares concerns over loss of farms

11/26/2024

Despite recording $8.5 billion in gross income in 2022, the number of New York farmers—and acres in farming—continues to decline.
That’s according to a report on the challenges facing the state’s family farms and food supply released by New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
The report shows that from 2017-22, 4,877 farms were shuttered statewide—a loss greater than nearly every other state and all of New York’s neighbors with the exception of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
“The critical role farms play in New York cannot be overstated, both as an economic engine for their communities and an essential part of our food supply system,” Comptroller DiNapoli said.
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Last of ARPA money goes to broadband

11/26/2024

Three and a half years after Schoharie County began looking at how to best invest $6,021,192 in ARPA monies, it’s down to nickels and dimes.
At what members hope will be their last-ever meeting, Thursday, the ARPA Committee moved the remaining $196,375.45—some of it from projects that never moved forward, some from those that came in under-budget—to broadband.
The rest—likely about $150 that will trickle back before the December 31 deadline—members also told ARPA chair Alicia Terry to add to broadband.
Most of that $196,375--$134,250--is coming back from work at the Cobleskill Reservoir, which came in under budget.
Another $4,750 is coming back from a partnership ...

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