Plain-language guide that defines terms, processes, or systems. Usually evergreen.
Planning & development
Sketch plan, SEQR, lead agency, negative declaration, special use permit. A plain-language walk through how a development moves from application to final approval in Webster.
Government
Every Webster homeowner has a yearly right to challenge the value the town places on their property. The Board of Assessment Review is where that challenge starts.
Government
Webster's first townwide revaluation since 2004 is underway. Data-verification mailers are landing at all 17,003 properties, and now is the moment to correct your property record before new values are set.
Planning & development
A development moratorium sounds sweeping. Webster's is narrow and precise, and on the ground it has frozen essentially one active project. Here is how the law actually works.
Local elections
New York's June 23 primary is closed, so what's on your Webster ballot depends entirely on your party. Unaffiliated voters get nothing, Republicans one race (their statewide contests drew lone candidates), Democrats three. Here's what each group will see.
Local elections
A special election Tuesday, June 16, decides a contested Village trustee seat and a proposition moving part of a vacant Xerox industrial parcel into the Town. Only registered Village voters may vote.
Planning & development
You may have heard the ZBA mentioned at a town meeting or in a neighbor's permit dispute. Here is what it actually does, and how you can get involved.
Planning & development
Webster Local Law No. 2 of 2026, enacted June 4, pauses commercial development approvals across every commercial zone in town. This explainer covers what's frozen, what's exempt, and which projects are already affected.
Environment
Lake Ontario has reached its seasonal peak at approximately 247.4 feet, about 13 inches above the long-term May average. Here is where the lake stands, what changed since the 2017 and 2019 flooding years, and what Webster built for the next high-water event.
Government
Webster has two separate municipal governments sharing one name and one ZIP code. Here is how they divide power, who you elect, and when.
Business
A plain-language guide to Payment In Lieu Of Taxes agreements, how COMIDA approves them without a school-board vote, and what that means for Webster taxpayers.
Planning & development
A plain-language guide to the review statuses on Webster's property notices