A video update from the Town of Essex Supervisor Ken Hughes. Includes information about potential changes to water law, Town Council meetings, and upcoming clean-up/work day at the Boquet Octagonal Schoolhouse. … [Read more...] about Essex Supervisor Video Message: Volunteer Work Day at Octagonal Schoolhouse
Boquet Octagonal Schoolhouse
Boquet Octagonal School
The one-room, one-teacher school is the most well known and loved school structure in the United States. Reports of these schools go back to 1745 before we were a nation. It seems as if every town in the country had one or more. Many of our nation’s leaders began their education … [Read more...] about Boquet Octagonal School
Essex Community Fund Authorizes Over $15,000 in Grants
Eleven Essex organizations or those providing services to Essex residents will receive grants from the Essex Community Fund. For the twelfth consecutive year the Fund made grants in an effort to build the capacity of local organizations or to underwrite small capital projects. As … [Read more...] about Essex Community Fund Authorizes Over $15,000 in Grants
Essex Community Fund Receives 12 Applications
Organizations as diverse as the North Country SPCA, the Adirondack Shakespeare Company, and the Hale Historical Research Foundation met the May 15th application deadline for a grant from the Essex Community Fund and the Charlie Goff Memorial Fund. The North Country SPCA … [Read more...] about Essex Community Fund Receives 12 Applications
Essex Calendars for 2015
Essex Town Historian Shirley LaForest has produced and printed Essex Calendars for many years. Have you seen the 2015 calendar yet? I spoke with Shirley to find out more about these calendars and to learn how she chooses the photos that she includes. She told me that both … [Read more...] about Essex Calendars for 2015