A house on Holley Street is paying about $756 a year too much.
The town says 19 Holley St is worth $153,500. But not long ago it sold, in a normal sale, for $100,000. So the owner is being taxed on about $53,500 of value that is not really there.
That overcharge comes to roughly $756 every year.
Why it matters: if the town's value for your place is higher than what it would actually sell for, you may be paying too much too. You are allowed to ask the town to fix it, and I will walk you through it.
A quarter of this year's sales went to buyers from away.
I added up every 2026 sale in the county: 258 of them, about 1 in 4, went to out-of-area buyers, from the city, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, even Florida and California. They took $45 million of local real estate, a full third of all the money that changed hands.
On top of that, New York City quietly bought 662 acres to protect its water, taking it off the local tax rolls.
Why it matters: outside money pays more and buys bigger, which pulls prices up and turns homes into rentals. Nobody announces it. Now you can see it, town by town, on a map.
The state filings show a brand new nonprofit, The Common Room Community Arts, registered on Fair Street on September 25. New arts groups usually mean classes, shows, and another reason to leave the house on a cold night.
Why it matters: if you are looking for things to do, or just to meet a few people, a group this new is a good door to knock on early, before everyone else does.
Saturday morning the library runs Cereal Cinema, a family movie that starts at 10. Friday there is Storytime at 10:30. Not a packed weekend, but both are free and good if you have little ones.
Why it matters: I will keep a running list so the weekend never sneaks up on you with nothing planned. Soon I will add the forecast and a plan or two, so you can make a good day of it.
