Winter Photography Contest has begun!
https://www.townofstanfordphotocontest.org/home/#contest Scroll down to the bottom of the page to enter the Winter Contest.
Town News
Town Hall Closed February 1st due to Nor’Easter
Due to predictions of strong winds and heavy snowfall, Town Hall will be closed on Monday. If you have an emergency, please call 911.
Many of use will be working remotely from home so you can still email us with questions or problems.
We will decide tonight whether we need to close Town Hall tomorrow as well.
The emergency phone number for Central Hudson is 845 452 2700. Please stay safe.
County Executive Marc Molinaro to join our Feb 11th Town Board Zoom Meeting
Please join our Zoom meeting at 7:00 on Feb 11th [enter from portal on the Town Website Home Page]. Marc will discuss the benefits of becoming a Climate Smart Community [nothing scary involved] and will answer questions. I am so very pleased to be working with our County Executive so we can become educated on this program.
Stanford Grange #808 at 125 years!
Congratulations to the awesome Stanford Grange #808, carrying on the tradition of Community Service for 125 years!!!
Claire Eskdale Winner of our First Photography Contest !
Congratulations to the five winners of our First Stanford Photography Contest.
Claire Eskdale, First Place with Untitled
Frank Sellenberg, Second Place with One of Nature’s Gifts
and tied for Third Place, Curtis DeVito with Sunset after a Storm , Nancy Kryzak with Autumn in New York and Josh Nathanson with Buttercup Audubon Preserve
Comparative Tax Rate Schedule for all Towns in Dutchess County
Please note that we have the second lowest tax rate in the entire County. Just click on image to make it bigger.
Payment of 2021 Taxes
Following is a copy of a letter written by Charles Hanlon, Stanford Tax Collector, and printed in the Poughkeepsie Journal. It explains the procedures for paying taxes this year, with adjustments that had to be made due to COVID. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Charles directly, or Ritamary Bell [option 5]
TOWN OF STANFORD
OFFICE OF THE TAX COLLECTOR
26 TOWN HALL ROAD
P.O. BOX 436
STANFORDVILLE, NY 12581
(845-868-7250) Ext. 9
Office Hours: NO OFFICE HOURS DUE TO COVID-19
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF TAX ROLL AND WARRANT IS HEREBY GIVEN.
Charles F. Hanlon, Tax Collector for the Town of Stanford, has received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes for the 2021.
*DUE TO COVID-19 NO TAXES WILL BE COLLECTED AT THE STANFORD TOWN HALL. All tax payments must be mailed to TAX COLLECTOR P.O. BOX 436, 26 TOWN HALL ROAD, STANFORDVILLE, NY. 12581
Cash payments are discouraged. If you must pay cash please contact the Stanford Town Clerk, at (845-868-1366 option 5 to set up an appointment.
CASH PAYMENT MUST BE TO THE PENNY.
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Taxes may be paid on or before March 1, 2021 without penalty. Penalties will be levied on all taxes received as follows: 2% through March 31st, 3% through April 30th, 4% through May 31st. An additional TWO DOLLARS ($2.00) handling fee will also be assessed on all unpaid taxes from May 1st through 31st, 2019. Take further notice, that pursuant to State law, the tax rolls will be returned to the Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance on June 1, 2019.
Sincerely
Charles F. Hanlon,
Tax Collector, Town of Stanford
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COVID QUARANTINE UPDATE
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Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Updates Quarantine Guidance Following Change by New York State Department of Health Quarantine time period adjusted from 14 days to 10 days IF YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC DURING QUARANTINE Following a guidance change for COVID quarantine requirements from the New York State Department of Health, the Dutchess County Department of Behavioral & Community Health (DBCH) has amended the quarantine time period for individuals exposed to COVID-19 from 14 days to 10 days following the last exposure if no symptoms are reported during the quarantine. This change is effective immediately. Quarantine for individuals exposed to COVID-19 ends after 10 days, without a test required, IF there are no symptoms reported during the quarantine period. Additionally, exposed individuals must:
An “exposed” individual, or “close contact” are individuals who were within six feet of a person who tested positive for COVID -19 for 10 minutes or more total in a 24-hour period when the person was contagious. Contagious is defined as two days before symptoms began (or two days before positive test if there are no symptoms). “This is an important change that aligns New York State guidance with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidance and will help end confusion on quarantine timelines,” said Dr. Anil Vaidian, DBCH Commissioner. “Though the quarantine period is now shorter, individuals exposed to COVID-19 should remain vigilant. Anyone who develops symptoms while under quarantine OR through day 14 from the last date of exposure, should assume they are infectious and immediately isolate themselves and seek a diagnostic test,” said Dr. Vaidian noted. Quarantine documents and other information on the Dutchess County Government website will be updated this week. New York State and local contact tracers are also being advised of the guidance change.
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A Poem for the New Year
CONTINUE: a poem
By Maya Angelou
My wish for you
Is that you continue
Continue
To be who and how you are
To astonish a mean world
With your acts of kindness
Continue
To allow humor to lighten the burden
Of your tender heart
Continue
In a society dark with cruelty
To let the people hear the grandeur
Of God in the pearls of your laughter
Continue
To let your eloquence
Elevate the people to heights
They had only imagined
Continue
To remind the people that
Each is as good as the other
And that no one is beneath
Nor above you
Continue
To remember your own young years
And look with favor upon the lost
And the least and the lonely
Continue
To put the mantel of your protection
Around the bodies of
The young and defenseless
Continue
To take the hand of the despised
And diseased and walk proudly with them
In the high street
Some might see you and
Be encouraged to do likewise
Continue
To plant a public kiss of concern
On the cheek of the sick
And the aged and infirm
And count that as a
Natural action to be expected
Continue
To let gratitude be the pillow
Upon which you kneel to
Say your nightly prayer
And let faith be the bridge
You build to overcome evil
And welcome good
Continue
To ignore no vision
Which comes to enlarge your range
And increase your spirit
Continue
To dare to love deeply
And risk everything
For the good thing
Continue
To float
Happily in the sea of infinite substance
Which set aside riches for you
Before you had a name
Continue
And by doing so
You and your work
Will be able to continue
Eternally