Mortgage
Essex County weighing land bank
ELIZABETHTOWN | Essex County is considering creating a land bank to address problem properties and reduce blight. Read more
Reverse mortgage became a nightmare
Nine years ago, we purchased an older handyman home. Read more
Is federal shutdown affecting Vermonters?
MIDDLEBURY | According to anecdotal reports heard by The Eagle, few Vermonters working locally in the private sector, at this time, are being affected by the partial federal government shutdown. Read more
Essex County seeking judgment against slaughterhouse
TICONDEROGA | Essex County Industrial Development Agency is seeking judgment against the owners of the former Adirondack Meat Company. Read more
Stefanik’s financial planning policy hearings ‘naive’
I found The Sun’s article on Elise Stefanik’s committee’s work to help millennials make better long-range financial decisions. Read more
County departments still concerned over taxi program
ELIZABETHTOWN | County agencies are wondering aloud how patients and clients can be transported following a sting that took down Medicaid-funded taxi agencies last month. Read more
Cuomo leads assault against tax plan
ALBANY | Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t mincing words when it comes to the tax reform bill that cleared the U.S. Senate last week, calling it “trickle-down on steroids” and “a fraud” perpetrated on the American public. Read more
Vermont affordable housing: when a low-income housing loan is not a loan
VERMONT — A recent published statement by Vermont Housing Finance Agency Executive Director Sarah Carpenter to former state auditor Randy Brock on True North Reports... Read more
Ti nets $75K for zombie homes to get an antidote
TICONDEROGA – The Housing Assistance Program of Essex County is fighting zombie homes and other distressed places by aiding county residents in danger of losing their properties. Read more
Zombie homes targeted by town
TICONDEROGA – A state grant will help Ticonderoga clean up numerous vacant and abandoned properties in the town. Read more
New law taking bite out of ‘zombie homes’
State legislation is expediting the rehabilitation and sale of abandoned properties, say county officials Read more
‘Zombie home’ legislation a step in the right direction
“Zombie homes,” the abandoned properties left unmaintained during foreclosure proceedings, are a plague on neighborhoods. Read more