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Hurricane UMP set for hearing By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com
RAY BROOK Ñ The fate of a pair of fire towers in the Adirondack Park will be the topic of public comment at the Adirondack Park Agency Offices March 12. The APA announced that the proposed final drafts of the Hurricane Mountain and St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area Unit Management Plans (UMP) would be the topic of a public hearing Wednesday, March 12, at 6 p.m. with attendees being able to review the document starting at 5 p.m. The UMPs for both fire towers were presented to the APA Board Feb. 14 after work done by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Westport unveils newest plans for DPW, fire site PAGE 3 REGION
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County seeks psychiatrist
United Way reaches campaign goal PAGE 5
By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com
SPORTS
Snowmobile riders drive through the trails on their way to the Westport Fish and Game Club open house which was held Feb. 22. Photo by Keith Lobdell
Annual benefit Fish Fry set for this Sunday in Lewis By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com
Patriots advance to Class B title game PAGE 12
LEWIS — The annual fish fry benefit to support the Elizabethtown and Lewis Fire Departments will be held on Sunday, March 2, at the Wooden Nickel Pub in Lewis. “We do this every year and serve a whole lot of food,” said Jim Olsen, the event’s organizer and owner of the Wooden Nickel. Olsen anticipates the raffle, an annual mainstay that sees firefighters and volunteers fanning out around town selling tickets, will generate $4,000. It will be split between
the two departments and used to help fund items not included in the annual department budgets like regular jackets, kitchen equipment and other materials essential to the departments’ operation. Fifteen-hundred dollars in cash will be awarded to raffle participants. One lucky winner will walk away $500 richer, a second with $250, four each with $100 and $50 and six with $25. Also on deck is an auction and sale of handmade items from area merchants, including quilts and furniture. “I go around to local businesses and col-
lect things,” said Olsen. This marks the event’s 26th year. “In the early years, we used to have people go out and get smelt. Then a bunch of us guys would get together, drink some beers and prepare the dinner,” said Olsen. Now, pollack is served — 160 pounds of it. “We also have a whole lot of fried dishes and a buffet for people who don’t like fish — you don’t even have touch one,” said Olsen. “It’s a really good thing and the community really looks forward to it. Everyone is involved — people come out and they really enjoy taking part.”
ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County has been without a full-time medical director and staff psychiatrist since the mental health department’s medical director, Dr. Kausar Chaudhry, resigned last December. Chaudhry was a staff psychiatrist who served as the department’s medical director. Patients are still receiving care, said Mental Health Services Director Stephen Valley, and residents are not being discharged. “When a patient comes, they have a primary counselor who works with them,” explained Valley. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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