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Agriculture & Farmland Protection Plan
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New 2019 Information
Part I - Updated 2019 Plan
Part II - Appendices
Ancram's Bright Idea - Information and Climate Smart Initiatives
https://www.ancramsbrightidea.org/
2019 Ancram Kids' Camp Information
Ancram Town Pool - 2019 Hours of Operation
Columbia County Sheriff's Office - 2018 Annual Report
Public Notice - Updated Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing - April 18
2019 Comprehensive Plan Update - Part I (254 kb)
2019 Comprehensive Pan Update - Part II - Appendix (15.5 MB)
Public Notice - Berkshire Cable Corporation d/b/a Consolidated Communications Cable Franchise Application
Financial Process Manual
2019 Fee Schedule
Winterfest Holiday Boutique (pdf)
DEC information about the Doodletown Wildlife Management Area: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/112438.html
DEC Doodletown WMA Habitat Management Plan: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/yfidoodlehmp.pdf
Results of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Survey
2018 Columbia County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Management Plan
Background Materials for June 20, 2019 Town Board Meeting
Supervisor's Report
May financial reports
YE Financial projection
Background Materials Archive
Climate Smart Community Task Force Meeting
July 20 @ 9:30 am
August 17 @ 9:30 am
September 21 @ 9:30 am
November 16 @ 9:30 am
The Town of Ancram is located in the southeastern section of Columbia County. The City of Hudson is approximately 20 miles to the northwest, the City of Albany approximately 50 miles to the northwest and the City and Town of Poughkeepsie approximately 35 miles to the southwest. The town was founded in 1803, and was originally part of Gallatin. In 1814 Ancram separated from Gallatin and became an independent Town. The name was derived from the Livingston homestead in Anchoram, Scotland. Robert Livingston, first Lord of the Manor was the son of a Scotch clergyman, born in Anchoram, Scotland in 1654. The town comprises 27,000 of the total 160,000 acres the Livingston family had held from the initial grant by the English Crown in 1686. Philip Livingston, grandson of Robert, founded the first iron works in 1743, the only one of its kind on the banks of the Roeliff Jansen Kill and in the NY Colony. There were four forges, a blast furnace and a refinery forge that employed 75 to 100 men at full operation. Three iron mines and a lead mine supported the iron works.
Adopted 2019 Organizational Resolutions
Town of Ancram News – Summer 2018
Comprehensive Plan Newsletter, March 2018 (pdf) Ancram Comprehensive Plan Review & Accomplishments Newsletter, March 2018
Final Ancram Natural Resource Conservation Plan
Heritage Resource Plan
2018 Ancram Directory
Town Hall Directory
Town Budget
Assessment & Taxes
2018 Town Fees
Town Board Meeting Documents
Highway Department's Facebook page – News, pending weather alerts & road conditions.
Adopted Local Laws & Town Laws (incl. 414 Library Tax Disclosure Law, Right to Farm Law, Zoning Law, Unsafe Building Law etc.)
Manuals, Policies & Procedures
Protecting Scenic Ancram
Everything You Wanted to Know About Building Permits
Ancram Historic District Information
Applications (Dog license, Building Permit, Solar Permit etc.)
http://www.columbiacountyny.com – Columbia County NY Website
Photo by B. Docktor
The Ancram Freeground Cemetery, sometimes referred to on maps and the internet as the Ancram Old Cemetery, was established at the very end of the 18th Century. Because the cemetery was created before the 1803 incorporation of the town of Ancram, there are no town records of its establishment but it is widely believed that the one acre plot that comprises the cemetery was donated by the Livingston family. The Livingston's settled in the area in the late 17th century and received a royal charter land grant from King George I in 1715 for 250 square miles of land. Most of that land, known then as Livingston Manor, is now Columbia County. Read more >
Recent Public Notice
Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 6th, 2019
Date of Public Notice Event: June 6, 2019
Please take notice that the Town of Ancram Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 6th, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ancram Town Hall, 1416 County Route 7 Ancram, New York 12502. Under consideration is the application for a Special Use Permit for an auction house on parcel ID# 197.-1 …
Repaving on Four Corners Rd Rescheduled to 6/24
Have just been informed that our repaving project on Four Corners Rd that was scheduled for June … [Read More...] about Repaving on Four Corners Rd Rescheduled to 6/24
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