Supervisors Message:

Dear Beekman Friends and Neighbors;

Welcome to the Town of Beekman! Our Town's name came from Henry Beekman. The Town of Beekman was broken off from a much larger tract of land that he had acquired and in 1788 became one of the original towns of Dutchess County when New York State was divided into Counties and Towns. Our town is comprised of three hamlets; Poughquag, Beekmanville and Green Haven, each with it's own personality and history.

As your Supervisor, I head a Town Board, which is responsible for all phases of our Town government. We have many different departments, each with it's own department head, that handle the day-to-day activities of town business.

In addition to our regular Town Hall business hours of Monday through Friday 9AM to 4PM, our Town Clerk's office and the Supervisor's office are also open on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 9 AM to 12 PM during the months of September through June. Our Town Clerk sponsors an annual rabies clinic, usually held in the fall, and she also plans our annual Memorial Day celebration, which includes a parade through Poughquag. My office, with the help of our Celebration's Committee and Recreation Department, plans and conducts our annual Community Day, held in July at our Recreation Center. It's a full day of activities and a good opportunity to meet your neighbors and local businesses, enjoy good food, music and a fireworks display at dusk.

Beekman has recently added a full time Recreation Director to oversee our ever-expanding recreation department. In addition to all our regular summer camp activities the Recreation Department also sponsors an annual Christmas party for our children, several senior citizen trips during the course of the year, and many other fun-filled activities held at the Rec. Center. Watch for the events flier, which is mailed to all residents in the spring and fall.

During the course of the next year Beekman has many projects we will be following up on. Our new Town Center will be designed and planned for the future. We hope to begin using our new Town Center fields this coming spring. Our library hopes to finish construction of their long awaited new home. We await the addition to our highway garage, with a bay designed to house our community ambulance service. We must address the issue of smart growth, designed to plan for the future and at the same time try to maintain our open spaces. As our town grows, so does the demand for services. We must attempt to provide these services at a reasonable cost while still striving to maintain our current tax rate.

We have our work cut out for us, but with a Town Board working in harmony and our team of dedicated Town employees we hope we can meet your needs and expectations of what you would like Beekman to be.

Hopefully you will find this web site useful in your search for answers to questions you may have. All of our Town Departments are listed here with explanations of the services they provide along with loads of other information you may find useful. We hope to add more information and news to this site often to assist you. In the meantime, if I can be of any help to you, please stop by Town Hall to see me or feel free to call me anytime at 724-5300 ext. 239 or drop me an email at jadams@townofbeekman.com.

Thank you.

John Adams
Supervisor Town of Beekman