It will be a banner day this spring when the Village of Stillwater unveils along its streets the artistic creations of nine students studying at Stillwater High School. The students are part of two classes of 28 in teacher Samantha Brennan’s Digital Media and Graphic Design course. The students, who are learning introductory visual design …

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In conjunction with the New York State Conference of Mayor’s (NYCOM) Winter Legislative Meeting, mayors and municipal leaders from across the state held a news conference rejecting the Governor’s proposed consolidation mandate and calling for an overdue increase in AIM funding. View More Information on the Call for More AIM Funding

Stillwater Village Historian Linda Sanders has submitted her annual report for 2016. In accordance with New York State Department of Education section 57.17 of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law: “He or she will make an annual report in the month of January to the local appointing officers or officer and to the State Historian …

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Stillwater Senior Time was held on Friday, Jan 27th at the Stillwater Community Center. For January, we celebrated birthdays. We had three birthdays this month. A very special birthday this year for Judy Wood-Shaw’s dad, who turned 90! Donna Bove, Beth Chromey, Diane Marshall  and Judy were also surprised with beautiful flowers and chocolate covered strawberries as a token of …

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Changes are in the wind as the village prepares to hold its local elections in March. Village Trustee Timothy Campbell announced last week he is not seeking re-election this year, leaving an open seat on the five-member Village Board. At the same time, the village will ask voters through a special ballot proposition for permission …

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The village Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on a proposed budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year and the possibility of exceeding the New York State property tax levy cap to generate more budget revenue. The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., at Village Hall, 1 School St. …

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Stillwater Senior Time celebrated the holidays with a party on Dec. 22 at The Stillwater Community Center.  Holiday games, a grab bag, cookie exchange and festive lunch was enjoyed by all. The Stillwater High School band and chorus put on a wonderful instrumental and singing performance  for the group. Thank you for joining us … …

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The Village of Stillwater is decorating for the Christmas holidays like never before thanks to donations for more than two dozen residents, local merchants and organizations. The donations have enabled the village to decorate its signs with festival bows and wreaths and set up new holiday figures at various downtown locations. Thank you to the …

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Stillwater Senior Time ce,ebrated Thanksgiving on Nov. 18 at The Stillwater Area Community Center. The event featured a homemade traditional dinner with desserts. The group also played BINGO, and made wreath holiday ornaments from old sweaters. The ornaments will be decorated on our Senior Time Christmas tree at The Festival of the Trees at SACC in December.  …

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The Village Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 20, to solicit pubic feedback on its newly-updated Comprehensive Plan. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the village board room. A village committee has been working over the last several years to update the plan, first adopted in 2004, …

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