The annual St. Patrick's Day parade got rained out in Halcottsville last week. No worries: The tiny village's doughty citizens celebrated yesterday instead. Erin go bragh!

Photo courtesy of the Halcottsville Fire Department. More where that came from on the H.F.D.'s Facebook page.

Last week's public meeting about the Partition Street development project in Saugerties is still prompting reactions. Peter Solow of Saugerties has published a public comment on the Saugerties Citizens for Smart Development website in which he suggests that the project's developers aren't really concerned about security and privacy:

...the wealthy who the developers hope to attract are assumed to want to live in a bubble where they never have to deal with any of the hoi polloi (except the servants). They’d drive from HITS to the hotel, eat in the restaurant, and never have to be troubled with even seeing the “riff-raff” that comprises the Saugerties populace.

John Kavaller, a Jeffersonville real estate agent, has some tough advice for you: 

The fact that you renovated beautifully, sunk a ton of money into your Victorian, and are receiving mildly interested offers at 15% or more below your asking price is a common problem in today’s real estate market here in Sullivan County, NY ... Sitting at the poker table with your last $20.00 bill means one thing to an experienced player--you're out of the game next hand. If you cannot afford to keep your Victorian due to financial difficulties and telegraph this to anyone, you have a problem. In essence, you too are out of the game and will not get an acceptable offer on your terms.