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The Ancram Town Hall is open to the public.  It is recommended you call ahead to make an appointment with the town official you want to see. To set up an appointment at Town Hall, call 518‐329‐6512. Masks Required Again at Ancram Town Hall Effective April 18.

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2022

  • Ancram Town News Summer 2022
  • Ancram Historic Banner Project

Documents related to Local Law # 6 of 2022:

  1. Memo to the Town Board introducing LL #6 of 2022 -a proposed Local Law Amending Miscellaneous Provisions of the Ancram Zoning Law.
  2. Resolution of the Ancram Town Board Introducing Local Law #6 of 2022 - scheduling a public hearing on Local Law #6 at 6:45 pm, 21 July 2022.
  3. LL for Update of Zoning - This is the actual proposed local law.
  4. Updated Zoning - This is the complete zoning law marked up in red to show proposed amendments embedded in text.

  • Local Law #4 of 2022 - ANHNA Financial Support
  • Local Law #5 of 2022 - Virtual Public Meetings
  • Zoning Law - Amended 2022
  • Attorney's Report - Investigation of Disrespectful Behavior
  • Ancram ARPA Investment Plan
  • 2022 Summer Camp info (PDF)
  • Ancram Town Pool - 2022 Informaton and Schedule
  • Updated Ancram Directory (2022)
  • 2022 Budget Overview
  • 2022 Budget
  • Revised 2022-2026 Capital Plan
  • 2022 Employee Handbook
  • 2022 Organizational Resolutions
  • 2022 Fee Schedule
  • Short Term Rentals - Application and Information

2021

  • Cover Letter - Zoning Petition - Iron Star Zoning Map Amendment
  • Petition for Zoning Map Amendment with Exhibit
  • Fall 2021 Newsletter
  • Abstract of Local Law #1 of 2021 (Solar Law) Local Law # 1 of 2021 (Solar Law)
  • Local Law # 1 of 2021 (Solar Law)
  • Standard Workday Resolution
  • Solarize Ancram Information
  • The Forests of Ancram - New CAC Document
  • Updated 2021 Policy Documents (Fee Schedule, Employee handbook, Policies, etc.)
  • Climate Smart Community Task Force 2020 Annual Report, January 7, 2021
  • Town Court is Closed to the Public
  • Conservation Advisory Council 2020 Annual Report

2021 Budget

  • 2021 Final Budget Overview
  • 2021 Final Budget
  • 2021-2024 Capital Plan

  • Zoning Law, Amended 2020
  • Abstract to Local Law #2 of 2020
  • Local Law #2 of 2020
Town Of Ancram Reopening Plan 
  • Town Hall Reopening Plan
  • Reopening Plan Summary
  • Health Questionnaire
  • Sign In log

  • 6/15/2020: A Message from Ancram Judges Redlich and Wittlinger; Phase II reopening protocol
  • Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee Meeting June 6 Agenda & Info
  • 2020 Grievance Day - May 26 - Information & Procedures
  • 2020 Ancram Town Hall Directory
  • Boston Corner Hamlet Planning Group
  • Resolution proposing Local Law #1 of 2020
  • Proposed Local Law # 1 of 2020
  • CAC - Year End Report for 2019
  • Significant Habitats in the Town of Ancram
  • Snow Operations Plan

  • 2019 Comprehensive Plan
    Part I - Updated 2019 Plan
    Part II - Appendices
  • Columbia County Sheriff's Office - 2018 Annual Report

2018 Information

  • DEC information about the Doodletown Wildlife Management Area: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/112438.html
  • DEC Doodletown WMA Habitat Management Plan: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/yfidoodlehmp.pdf
  • Results of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Survey
  • 2018 Columbia County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Management Plan
Background Materials for July 21, 2022 Town Board Meeting
  1. Agenda
  2. Supervisor’s Report
  3. Proposed Resolutions
  4. Local Law #6-Zoning Revisions
  5. June 2022 Financial Reports
  6. Year-end 2022 Cash Projection
  7. Updated Capital Plan
  8. ARPA Investment Plan
  9. Zoom Link

Meeting Details / Background Materials Archive

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  1. Town Board Meeting

    August 18 @ 7:00 pm

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Recent Public Notice

The Town of Ancram will be accepting bids
Date of Public Notice Event: August 16, 2022

Town of Ancram Public Notice The Town of Ancram will be accepting bids for the following: One 2022 or Newer crew cab 3500 srw 4×4 with 149” wheel base. Truck to be equipped with specified equipment. Bid specification packets may be picked up at the office of the Ancram Highway Superintendent, Town o …

Public hearing on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Date of Public Notice Event: August 4, 2022

TOWN OF ANCRAM PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town of Ancram Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 4th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the public hearing will be a hybrid public hearing accessible both in-person and vi …

Public hearing on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Date of Public Notice Event: August 4, 2022

TOWN OF ANCRAM PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town of Ancram Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 4th, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the public hearing will be a hybrid public hearing accessible both in-person and vi …

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  1. 2021 Organizational Resolutions
  2. Ancram Town Newsletters
  3. Comprehensive Plan Newsletter, March 2018 (pdf) Ancram Comprehensive Plan  Review & Accomplishments Newsletter, March 2018
  4. Comprehensive Plan
  5. Agriculture & Farmland Protection Plan
  6. Final Ancram Natural Resource Conservation Plan
  7. Heritage Resource Plan
  8. 2020 Ancram Town Hall Directory
  9. Emergency Services
  10. Town Budget
  11. Assessment & Taxes
  12. 2020 Town Fees
  13. Town Board Meeting Documents
  14. Highway Department’s Facebook page – News, pending weather alerts & road conditions.
  15. Adopted Local Laws & Town Laws (incl. 414 Library Tax Disclosure Law, Right to Farm Law, Zoning Law, Unsafe Building Law etc.)
  16. Manuals, Policies & Procedures
  17. Protecting Scenic Ancram
  18. Everything You Wanted to Know About Building Permits
  19. Ancram Historic District Information
  20. Applications (Dog license, Building Permit, Solar Permit etc.)
  21. http://www.columbiacountyny.com – Columbia County NY Website
  22. Updated Ancram Directory (2022)

The Town of Ancram is located in the southeastern section of Columbia County. The City of Hudson is approximately 20 miles to the northwest, the City of Albany approximately 50 miles to the northwest and the City and Town of Poughkeepsie approximately 35 miles to the southwest. The town was founded in 1803, and was originally part of Gallatin. In 1814 Ancram separated from Gallatin and became an independent Town. The name was derived from the Livingston homestead in Anchoram, Scotland. Robert Livingston, first Lord of the Manor was the son of a Scotch clergyman, born in Anchoram, Scotland in 1654. The town comprises 27,000 of the total 160,000 acres the Livingston family had held from the initial grant by the English Crown in 1686. Philip Livingston, grandson of Robert, founded the first iron works in 1743, the only one of its kind on the banks of the Roeliff Jansen Kill and in the NY Colony. There were four forges, a blast furnace and a refinery forge that employed 75 to 100 men at full operation. Three iron mines and a lead mine supported the iron works.
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Ancram Historic Banner Project, video by B. Docktor

Published on August 5, 2022

Ancram Historic Banner Project Thanks go to Lynne Perrella for the designing Historic … [Read More...] about Ancram Historic Banner Project, video by B. Docktor

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The Ancram Freeground Cemetery, sometimes referred to on maps and the internet as the Ancram Old Cemetery, was established at the very end of the 18th Century. Because the cemetery was created before the 1803 incorporation of the town of Ancram, there are no town records of its establishment but it is widely believed that the one acre plot that comprises the cemetery was donated by the Livingston family. Read more >

Photo by B. Docktor
The Livingston's settled in the area in the late 17th century and received a royal charter land grant from King George I in 1715 for 250 square miles of land. Most of that land, known then as Livingston Manor, is now Columbia County.

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