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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Supply Influences Cost

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Not long ago, a reader sent me the link to this article that appeared on  Vox : "How Austin's stunning drop in rents explains housi...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Returning to the Superintendent Search

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The recent budget crisis at the Hudson City School District budget has distracted attention from the superintendent search, but at last nigh...
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HHA and the Planning Board

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Spenser Walsh has an article today in the Register-Star about the Planning Board review of the project being proposed by the Hudson Housing ...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

The Outcome of the BOE Meeting

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At tonight's Hudson City School District Board of Education meeting, the board was presented with two options: adopting a budget that in...
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Charter Change Revisited

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A year ago, inspired by the  Citizens' Initiative for Charter Change , the idea of revising the city charter, enacted in 1921 and amende...
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Frederic Church and Olana in the NY Times

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This year not only marks the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence, it also marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of  Fre...

Additions to the Weekly Calendar

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For those watching the dysfunctional drama of crafting the 2026-2027 Hudson City School District budget unfold, there are two relevant event...
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Monday, April 20, 2026

On Reopening Harry Howard

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At the Common Council Code and Infrastructure Committee meeting last week, Rob Perry, superintendent of Public Works, reported on the status...
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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Meetings and Events in the Week Ahead

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Last week, we got a taste of summer, but this week, we're plunged back into more typical April weather. While we put those Bermuda short...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

About that $105,000 National Grid Bill

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Last night, Gossips published the link to a  Times Union article about the City's current predicament with National Grid, which is threa...
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Celebrating Ellen Thurston

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Ellen Thurston, one of Hudson's great treasures, died in early January. On Saturday, May 9, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the Hudson Opera ...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Money Woes Everywhere

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It's curious that the residents of Hudson are hearing about this first from the Times Union, but so it goes. The City owes National Grid...
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Who Is Getting the Money?

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Yesterday, the Common Council Finance Committee met to decide how to divvy up the $30,000 allocated to support "events, event series, o...
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More About the HCSD Budget Crisis

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Roger Hannigan Gilson reports on Tuesday's school board meeting in the Times Union: "Hudson school board balks at cutting 33 positi...
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Carole Osterink
This blog takes its name from the 1848 novel by Hudson author Alice B. Neal. The original Gossips of Rivertown cast a gimlet eye on Hudson society in the mid-19th century. Two centuries later, the new Gossips carries on the spirit of the original, but in a different genre and with a different focus.
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