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The B.O.A.R Needs You

The Town of Dresden is currently looking to fill positions on the B.O.A.R. (Board of Assessment Review)

Must be at least 18 years of age
Citizen of the United States
Resident of Dresden
Pays $100 for 1 day a year

Please contact Laura Chadwick at dreassessorlc@gmail.com

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Top News Story of Huletts: 2023

As we complete another circle around our sun, it’s my habit to reflect on our past year. I’ve always believed that it’s good to reflect on what happened over the last year and what might shape the future. I also like to move into the new year by taking one last look back at what I consider the top “news” story of Huletts Landing from the past year.

I have been posting and writing here on the Huletts Current since November 2007. I have done this annually since then and I usually get feedback one way or another.

So here it is for 2023. While it may have happened on the other side of the mountain, I am naming the actual installation of the Champlain Hudson Power Express cable down Route 22, through our beautiful Town of Dresden, as the Top News Story of Huletts for 2023. My rationale is below.


Seen here in June 2023, the cable bringing power from Canada to New York city was actually installed along state Route 22 in Dresden during 2023.

The project has been in the works for many years, but during 2023 the actual cable was installed along state Route 22 here in Dresden. It will carry electricity that will be generated almost exclusively in hydroelectric plants in Canada down to the New York city metropolitan area. It will not carry gas, oil or other hazardous materials. It will carry a lot of power though. The CHPE is expected to be fully operational in the spring of 2026, delivering 1,250 MW of renewable power directly into the New York Metro area. This $6B project ensures that generations of New Yorkers will benefit. Wide support exists from communities up and down the line, as well as labor and environmental groups. The buried line also ensures reliable power delivery in extreme weather.

It will have an an enormous future impact on Huletts in that it will bring revenue to Dresden, the Whitehall school district and Washington county for many years. The developers of the project estimate that it will bring $1.4 billion in tax revenue to communities throughout New York State over 30 years. The payments to local jurisdictions are expected to start in 2025 in the form of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements. The early estimates are that the Whitehall Central school district will receive combined payments of $750,000 for the first year, growing to about $2 million in the 30th and final year. The Town of Dresden is estimated to receive $3.27 million in total PILOT funds over 30 years. Our locally elected office holders will decide how these funds will be appropriated. Every voter should ask; “how is this money going to benefit us?”

There will be much more on this in the years to come, making the installation of the Champlain Hudson Power Express cable down Route 22, through our beautiful Town of Dresden, as the Top News Story of Huletts for 2023. Happy New Year!

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Storm Raises Lake Level Significantly


This picture, taken on December 19, 2023, shows the water surface level of the lake reaching its highest peak in the last year after the storm at the beginning of the week.

This week’s storm has passed and things are beginning to dry out. At approximately 1:00 pm on December 19, 2023, the lake reached its highest level during the past year.

I use the USGS site here to check every once in awhile.

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Huletts Sewer District #1 & #2 October Committee Minutes & Future Meeting Update


The minutes from the Town of Dresden (Huletts) Sewer Committees October 2023 Meeting, have been posted on the Town’s website here.

I know concerns have been raised about the sewer committees meetings and I would suggest anyone with property in Huletts in sewer district #1 or sewer district #2 read the minutes. There are plans to spend a good deal of money (which will be borne by the users of the district) and I would suggest all users read the minutes to become familiar with the issues involved.

I will be doing a longer post in January before the next meeting giving my analysis and more of the back story. These minutes were only provided to me on December 19, 2023 – almost two months after the meeting – after I emailed the committee members directly.

I have always been a proponent of open government and believe the more people know about how their municipal government works – the better our community is. The out-of-control spending by all levels of our government is not sustainable. We all need to know who the elected and unelected individuals are who are proposing borrowing and spending and where that money is going. Government spending gets passed along in many ways.

Please note that the joint Sewer Committee meeting for Huletts Sewer Districts #1 and #2 is usually held the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00 pm as necessary at the Town Hall. There was no meeting in November and the December meeting has been canceled due to the Christmas holiday. The next scheduled meeting of the sewer committees is scheduled for January 24, 2024.