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🌱 Wawarsing board overrides tax cap, moves to revive business fund

Wawarsing, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Wawarsing board overrides tax cap, moves to revive business fund
  • Kerhonkson man charged with DWI in Wawarsing
  • Wawarsing trooper shoots man during Rochester domestic dispute, police say

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Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A sun-and-cloud mix, with a high of 59 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain, temps: high: 48, low: 39.
  • Friday: Rain, with a high of 43 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Town Board Takes Up Taxes and Business Funding (newsatomic.com) — Wawarsing's Town Board voted to override the state's 2% tax cap for the 2027 budget, allowing—but not specifying—an increase above the limit. The board also approved outreach to revive a local business funding program with approximately $330,000 remaining, aiming to make it a more active source of support for small businesses.
   

• Mid-Hudson Valley arrests report: Nov. 10, 2026 (dailyfreeman.com) — A Kerhonkson man faces a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge after state police arrested him in Wawarsing late Monday, Nov. 9. Jared Roy Conklin, 46, was released with an appearance ticket for Wawarsing Town Court. The charge is an allegation, not a conviction.
   

• Trooper shoots armed man during domestic dispute in town of Rochester, state police say (dailyfreeman.com) — A state trooper responding from Wawarsing shot a man during a reported domestic dispute on Berme Road in neighboring Rochester, police said. Authorities said the man was armed and refused commands. He remained in critical but stable condition after transfer from Ellenville Regional Hospital to Westchester Medical Center, and the investigation continues.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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