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Welcome to The Founding Farmers Project
Making Local Government Clear and Accessible Founding Farmers is a free and open community information forum founded in Marlboro, NY. With the rapid decline in printed news and media, many news articles are paywalled or not local enough to be of value. Many residents have turned to social media to keep up with the local…
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Marlboro Fire District Voters to Decide on $11.5M Firehouse Renovation and Expansion, and Tax Increase
Voters in the Marlboro Fire District will decide on Tuesday, November 25, whether to approve a major renovation and expansion of the district’s 50-year-old firehouse. The building, constructed in 1975, has not undergone significant upgrades since it was built. The proposed project would renovate the existing structure to meet ADA, NFPA, OSHA, and building code…
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Readers Who Write: Letters to the Farmers — October 2025
October marked the close of our second month publishing Founding Farmers, and we’re grateful for the growing engagement from our readers. Our mission remains straightforward: to make public information easier to access and understand. Much of what we report is already available through official channels, but collecting, reviewing, and interpreting that information takes time that…
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Nominations Open for Town of Marlborough Citizen of the Year
The Town of Marlborough is accepting nominations for its annual Citizen of the Year award. Established in 2024, the award honors residents who demonstrate exceptional service and commitment to the community. Last year’s recipient was Tom Schroeder, the Town Historian, veteran, and active member of the American Legion. Residents are invited to resubmit nominations from…
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Family Matters: Law Firm Hired Regarding Alleged Corruption in the Town of Marlborough
At its October 14 meeting, the Town of Marlborough Board voted to retain the law firm Thomas, Drohan, Waxman, Petrigrow & Mayle LLP to handle personnel matters related to alleged corruption and abuses of power by the Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Officer, Thomas Corcoran. The approved referendum can be referenced in the agenda for…
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Do Your Research: How to File a FOIL Request in New York
This week the Daily Freeman ran an article called Do Your Research which featured a letter from a citizen encouraging the community to avoid the political noise online and to do your own research and come to your own conclusions. We agree! Let’s do it. The Freedom of Information Law, known as FOIL, is a…
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Marlborough Supervisor Acknowledges Cease-and-Desist Notice to Online Group
Updated: 10/21/2025 5:08pm: minor edits. At this week’s Town of Marlborough Town Board meeting, Supervisor Scott Corcoran admitted that a cease-and-desist letter threatening legal action which had been sent to two resident admins of the local Facebook group Marlboro/Milton Moms & Dads was his decision and may have been a mistake. The letter, first reported…