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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Zombie homes targeted by town
TICONDEROGA – A state grant will help Ticonderoga clean up numerous vacant and abandoned properties in the town. Read more
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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
