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What is the Tug Hill Commission?

The NYS Tug Hill Commission is a small, non-regulatory state agency charged with “helping local governments and citizens shape the future of the Tug Hill region.” The Tug Hill region includes 41 towns and 18 villages in portions of Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and Oswego counties. Click here to learn more.

About The Tug Hill Region

The Tug Hill region lies between Lake Ontario and the Adirondacks. Larger than Delaware or Rhode Island, its 2,100 square miles comprise one of the most rural and remote sections of New York State and the Northeast. A scattering of public lands covers a tenth of the region, with most of that land used extensively for timber production, hunting, and recreation. The rest is privately owned forest, farms, and homes, all of it working land that supports the region’s way of life. Tug Hill’s total population is just over 100,000, with two-thirds of those people concentrated in villages around its edge. Its densely forested core of about 275 square miles is among New York’s most remote areas, with a population of just a few thousand and few public roads. Click here to learn more.

News Spotlights

An overview of New Local Government Retention Schedule 400 Plus Pages of Changes, Updates and Ensuring You Can Throw Things Away Legally

01/19/202101/19/2021

FREE webinar on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 2:00 – 3:30 p.m Michael Martin from the office of New York State Archives will present on the new Retention and Disposition Schedule for New York Local Government...

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Conservation on Tug Hill Webinar Series

01/11/202101/11/2021

Wednesday January 13, 2021 at 7:00 p Register at  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZFv0H5U4SPGqoYYMLTTV9A A three-part webinar series from the Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust and the NYS Tug Hill Commission, Conservation on Tug Hill is geared towards municipalities...

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Letters from a Tug Hill Logger Webinar Series

01/06/202101/08/2021

We hope you will join us for this three-part series narrated by Leona and Peter Chereshnoski, the granddaughter and great-grandson of John Clemens and keepers of his treasured scrapbooks of memories. They will read letters,...

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NYS Public Employer Mandatory Emergency Plans Webinar December 29

12/22/202001/06/2021

The Tug Hill Commission is providing a free webinar on the new NYS Public Employer Mandatory Emergency Plan requirement on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. On Labor Day, Governor Cuomo signed legislation requiring...

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Letters from a Tug Hill Logger webinar series

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WATERTOWN — The Tug Hill Commission will offer a series of webinars called “Letters from a Tug Hill Logger”.

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Association of Towns of the State of New York

Thank you AOT for this update!

We've got a quick, at a glance update on the NYS Executive Budget unveiled earlier this week. We will continue to monitor and advocate for our members on the biggest issues affecting towns.

To check out the overview, visit https://www.nytowns.org/images/Documents/Announcement/Executive%20Budget%20at%20a%20Glance%20FY%202021%20-%202022.pdf ... See more

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Lee

We assume that refers to 1904!

Old photos labelled "3/1/04 W. of Lacona". A lot of manpower to let the train keep on schedule

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Tug Hill Commission to hold archives webinar on new records retention on Jan. 27

CORRECTION: To register for this webinar, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1-FbQK-XTtqs4GQE_bW0Tw

Informative webinar coming on January 27. If you have responsibilities for records management at your town or village, you don't want to miss it! ... See more

WATERTOWN — The Tug Hill Commission will host a free webinar on new records retention guidance for local governments from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27.

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