The Placid Baker

Let’s start out our first blog entry with a little eatery in Troy called The Placid Baker on 250 Broadway. On this particular day, earlier in April, I was just getting finished off of a commercial job in the area and was looking for a quiet place to grab a cup of...

Residents bracing for assessment battles

Residents bracing for assessment battles Author(s): KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter Date: February 26, 2010 Section: B: Local It has been nine months since 500 city residents stood in line all day –and through the evening — to grieve their property...

Finding Comps for your Tax Grievance

Daily Gazette Archives Author(s): KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter Date: April 17, 2009 Section: B: Local Thousands of city residents are scouring sales data and studying theirneighbors’ houses in the hopes of proving that their own home is notas valuable as the...

Good grief! My assessment is too high!

Good grief! My assessment is too high! Cathy Woodruff The Advocate Updated 11:14 a.m., Monday, May 23, 2011 If you’ve had a nagging feeling that the property taxes youpay on your house are higher than they ought to be, at leastwhen compared with other similar...

Around Tech Valley

Around Tech Valley Published 12:00 a.m., Thursday, April 14, 2011 C.W. Worldwide Meetings Inc., Burnt Hills, won a $82,080contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command,Seaside, Calif., for lodging services. grab bag C.W. Worldwide Meetings Inc., Burnt Hills, won a...