Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

We are now a month into spring, and the week ahead culminates with Earth Day. Before that, here is what's happening.

• On Monday, April 17, the Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners holds its monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. It is expected that at this meeting the development partner that has been selected to assist HHA is its ambitious plan to replace Bliss Tower and Columbia Apartments will be announced. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person in the Community Room at Bliss Towers, 41 North Second Street, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.

• On Tuesday, April 18, Hudson Community Development and Planning Agency holds a special meeting at 9:00 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to renew the agency's insurance policy. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.  
• Also on Tuesday, April 18, the Common Council holds its regular monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. Among the resolutions on the agenda is one accepting the gift of park furniture for Charles Williams Park from Canvus, a company that "upcycles retired wind turbine parts into sustainable street furniture." The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.
  

• On Wednesday, April 19, the Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 6:00 p.m. The public hearing on the amended application for a use variance for the boutique hotel proposed for 601 Union Street will continue at this meeting. The meeting takes place in person only at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street.

• On Thursday, April 20, at 7:00 p.m., Hudson Hall, as part of its series "Movies on Main Street," presents the 1959 film noir classic Odds Against Tomorrow. The screening of the movie, much of which was filmed right here in Hudson, is hosted by the History Room at the Hudson Area Library, and it will be accompanied by a special exhibition of photographs, provided by the History Room, taken on location during the filming of the movie. Gary Sheffer, chair of the History Room committee, and Elizabeth Sheffer-Winig, New Lebanon town historian, will be sharing stories of the filming of the movie in Hudson. Click here to purchase tickets.

Screen capture from Odds Against Tomorrow

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