Plain-language guide that defines terms, processes, or systems. Usually evergreen.
WCSD
Classes start Wednesday, Sept. 2, and the first week is only two days long. Bell times, a coming traffic change at Willink, the paperwork that will bite you, and what is actually new this year.
Government
Bills go out this week. Full payment runs penalty-free through Oct. 1, the installment plan disappears if the first payment misses Sept. 20, and installments two and three go to the county, not Town Hall.
Government
What needs a permit in the Town of Webster, what it costs, and who inspects the work.
Public safety
One county dispatcher takes every Webster 911 call. What arrives next may be a town department, one of two independently elected fire districts, or a nonprofit ambulance corps.
Government
A follow-up to our May primer on town and village government, focused on the concrete places the two actually meet: a tax fund that splits by law, a wastewater permit that split in 2024, a five-party economic development partnership, and a summer vote that put a boundary change to Village voters.
Government
The correction window on Webster's revaluation mailers is closing soon, per the town. Here's what the mailer covers, how to fix it, and what the 2027 timeline looks like from here.
Recreation
Webster has two public parks on Lake Ontario, plus nearby options for a lifeguarded beach and a boat launch. Here's what each spot offers, and where to call about camping or rental reservations.
Government
Three boards, three different jobs. A plain-language guide to which one rezones land, which one approves a subdivision, which one grants a variance, and who to petition for what.
Environment
A five-member board most residents have never heard of just pitched Tree City USA to the Town Board. Here is what Webster's Conservation Board actually does, and how it landed real say over development review.
Government
Two county legislators, one state senator, and one assemblyman whose seat is turning over: a guide to who represents Webster right now, and how to reach them.
Government
Webster has authorized about $132 million in capital borrowing across eight projects. Here is what it paid for, and which taxpayers and ratepayers repay each piece.
Government
Webster homeowners get two tax bills a year, and each is a stack of separate governments. Here is how the town, county, school, and special district pieces fit together, and the math behind every line.