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Event Calendar
Every Monday
10:00AM
Storyhour with Miss Thea
Bring your children to the library for stories read by Thea.
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Pine Haven
Talking Points

Click on the PDF below to read facts about the proposed closure of Pine Haven...


Philmont, New York was incorporated in 1892. The community was also known as "Factory Hill" due to the number of wool factories. Philmont is part ...  Go to Philmont-at-a-Glance >>

News
Soup Sale Returns
Soup Sale ReturnsBrrrrr! It’s cold outside! The best thing to warm body and soul is homemade soup. Back by popular demand, the Philmont Public Library will be selling homemade soups starting January 6...


January Village Board Minutes
Village Board MinutesThe January Village Board meeting minutes are online. Keep up to date on Philmont village government in 2010...


Special Grant Opportunity for Philmont Library
Grant Opportunity for Philmont LibraryThe Philmont Public Library building fund could get a good boost from the Hudson River Foundation, if matching funds from individuals are donated...


The Philmont Labyrinth
Philmont Labyrinth Walking the dog Theater’s artistic directors hosted a reunion of alumni and their families from 11 countries and 5 continents, with the primary purposes of creating an eternal project for Philmont, a labyrinth...


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Land Use
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Recreation
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Public Safety
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Public Works
General Info., Recycling and Waste Disposal, Water and Sewer, Water Quality Report

Village Hall
Village Clerk, Building Inspector, Zoning Board of Appeals, Meeting Minutes

Village Regulations
Dog Licensing, Street Parking, Snow Removal

Get Involved
Volunteers are always welcome to become involved in all aspects of Village activities. Contact the Village Office for up-to-date chairpersons for the area that interests you:
  • Library Board of Trustees
  • Community Day Committee
  • Planning Board
  • Zoning Board of Appeals

Historic Philmont Column

American Legion
by Charles R. Nichols

The American Legion The National American Legion was organized in Paris, France in 1919, at a meeting known as the Paris Caucus and was attended by two representatives from Columbia County.

The department of New York was created with the help of Albert S. Callan of Chatham who was very active in the organization of the first five county posts and was appointed the first County Commander.

The Philmont post was organized in August of 1919, named after two men killed in action in World War I – Guy Minkler in France, and John Seery in Belgium, and numbered as Minkler- Seery Post 252...
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