Ten years after the town moved a historic barn across Route 85A to save it from demolition, the project faces a looming impasse: The exterior is finished, the money is gone, and fully half of the 7,200 square-foot building remains an unfinished shell sitting on bare ground with no heat, no plumbing, no electrical systems, and no floor.
The tax-levy increase is up 3.42 percent, which is under the state-set limit, requiring a simple majority to pass. Guilderland gets about two-thirds of its funds from local property taxes.
Without being able to get a marker through the Pomeroy Foundation, Haluska, an officer of the Guilderland Historical Society, set about raising funds. Twenty-five donors, with contributions ranging from $25 to $200, gave a total of $2,500.
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