Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

In this week that sees the end of October and the beginning of drizzly November and culminates in the return of standard time, here's what is happening.

• Early voting continues this week. Here are the hours:
• Monday--Noon to 8:00 p.m.
• Tuesday--9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Wednesday--Noon to 8:00 p.m.
• Thursday--9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Friday--9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Saturday--9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Sunday--9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• On Monday, October 30, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment is scheduled to meet at 2:30 p.m. The meeting is in person only at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street.
• On Tuesday, October 31, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) is holding the first of two public meetings, one virtual and one in-person, to discuss developing a Draft Master Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Taghkanic State Park. The two meetings will have the same content. OPRHP staff will provide an overview of the master planning process, followed by an open discussion with participants about the park. Tuesday's meeting is virtual. An in-person meeting will take place on Thursday. To participate in the virtual meeting, send an email to LakeTaghkanic.Plan@parks.ny.gov to receive the registration link.
• On Tuesday, October, 31--Halloween--it's Mrs. Roper Run, organized by Trixie's List. Dress up as Mrs. Roper (or some other character from Three's Company), go to the Public Square (a.k.a. Seventh Street Park) at 7:00 p.m., and join a Halloween Bar Crawl down Warren Street.

• On Wednesday, November 1, the Hudson Industrial Development Agency (IDA) meets at 9:30 a.m. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at 1 City Centre, Suite 301, and on Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.
• At 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 1, there is a virtual Columbia County Housing Forum. Click here to register and receive the meeting link.

• Also on Wednesday, November 1, the Common Council ad hoc Truck Route Committee meets at 6:00 p.m. 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 Thursday, November 2, the Common Council Legal Committee meets at 6:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting has not yet been made available. The meeting is a hybrid, taking place in person at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street, and in Zoom. Click here to join the meeting remotely.
• Also on Thursday, November 2, at 6:00 p.m., the in-person version of the meeting about developing a Draft Master Plan/Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Lake Taghkanic State Park (see listing for Tuesday above) takes place at the Taghkanic Fire Co. #1, 631 Old Route 82, in Taghkanic. No registration is required for this meeting.
• On Friday, November 3, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment meets at 2:30 p.m. The meeting is in person only at the Central Fire Station, 77 North Seventh Street.
• On Saturday, November 4, my beautiful Freddy and I celebrate six months together. The celebration will take place, in person only, at an undisclosed location.

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