Millerton

NORTH EAST —  Just about a year ago, The Millerton News and The Lakeville Journal published their annual Towns and Villages edition with the theme being affordable housing or the lack thereof. Housing in this area is expensive for many of the people who work here, both in buying and renting homes.

MILLERTON —  In a sure sign that summer is on the way, the Millerton Farmers Market, sponsored by the North East Community Center (NECC), is moving back on Saturday, May 20, to its outdoor home in Veteran’s Park at the corner of Dutchess Avenue and Main Street after spending the winter months in the  hospitable shelter of the Millerton United Me

MILLERTON —  The Irondale Schoolhouse will open for the season on Saturday, May 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Built in 1858 and originally located in the hamlet of Irondale, the building was moved in 2013 by the Friends of the Irondale Schoolhouse to its present site at 16 Main St., at the head of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail.

MILLERTON —  According to Chief Joe Olenik, the Village of Millerton’s new police chief, the Millerton Police Department is back on the job. The weekend of Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7, the village was patrolled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the weekend days, and 5 p.m. to midnight on Saturday and Sunday nights.

MILLERTON —  At its meeting on Thursday, May 11, the North East Town Board voted to accept petitions for the formation of a town wastewater district and set a public hearing.

MILLERTON —  Village residents interested in the Tuesday, June 20,  election will have a chance to size up candidates on both Zoom and in person, as all those vying for mayoral and trustee positions will part in a forum at the NorthEast-Millerton Library Annex, 28 Century Blvd., on Wednesday, June 14, at 7 p.m.