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Let's Hear It - September 17, 2026

This Week

As summer comes to an end and the days begin to get a little cooler, signs of fall are starting to appear all around us. The leaves are beginning to change, the evenings are getting shorter, and a new season of activities and traditions is just around the corner.


What fall activities are you looking forward to?

Send your responses to social@lakevillejournal.com by Monday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. or comment on Facebook or Instagram.

We’ll publish a selection in next week’s paper.


Last Week’s Question

If you had $1 million to make a meaningful difference in housing affordability in your community, what. would you do — whether it’s a new idea, a different approach to something already being tried or a way to make an existing effort work better?


“Invest in a project to utilize shipping containers to make solar powered homes”

— Johnny Martin, Millerton

“Donate it to the Cornwall Housing group so they could put it towards a project.”

—Michelle Shipp Schatz-Mullins, Cornwall

“Help the Village build a sewer.”

—Beth Sherman, Millerton

“Fees, lawyers, local zoning meetings alone are a million.”

—Edward Matson, Kent

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