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City approves trial paid parking permits

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Drivers now have option to pay for longer-term onstreet parking By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

PLATTSBURGH | The Plattsburgh Common Council voted last Thursday to move forward with a trial downtown parking permit system.

Saranac’s Jacob Nolan shares an embrace with father and assistant coach Sean Nolan upon winning the NYSPHSAA state title at 170 Feb. 23. Photo by Keith Lobdell

Under the temporary system, drivers that want to park for hours in on-street spaces will be able to purchase a day permit for $3, rather than be subject to a fine of $15 for overstaying the posted time limit. The permits will allow longer-term parking only in spaces with a posted limit of one hour or more, and will be available for purchase at the city’s Finance Office on the first floor of City Hall. “This takes nothing from anybody, it only offers more options,” said Mayor Colin Read, who repeatedly stressed Feb. 21 that the program would not impact the existing free parking regime.

JACOB NOLAN CLAIMS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Though the trial period for this new program is undefined — Councilor Peter Ensel (Ward 4) suggested that the council impose a definitive timeframe, but the council ultimately decided not to do so — the system is designed to be more of a fact-finding endeavor than an indication of a system the city hopes to ultimately make permanent. Councilor Patrick McFarlin (Ward 5), a member of the Plattsburgh Parking Advisory Committee (PPAC), characterized the “rather costly” program as a “fluid system for gathering data.” » Parking Cont. on pg. 2

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REPS RAIL AGAINST PROPOSAL

Filion places second, Dubuque fifth, Peryea sixth By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR

to shutter state prisons

ALBANY | Jacob Nolan’s 221st career win was the one he has been waiting for his whole life. The Saranac senior jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the second period on his way to a 6-4 win over Warsaw’s Sam Wolf in the 170 lbs. title match at the NYSPHSAA wrestling championships in Albany Feb. 23, earning the state championship he has been looking for since seventh grade. “Since I have stepped into wrestling, my goal has been to be a state champion — that’s been the goal since I was little — I’ve worked my whole life to do this and it finally came true.” Nolan started the championship match with a scoreless fi rst period against Wolf before starting the second in the down position and recording an escape early for a 1-0 lead. Nolan then recorded a takedown and two back points for a 5-0 lead heading into the third. “I knew he was not going to hold me down,” Nolan said. “I was able to get in on him and get him into a bad position.” “Jake was able to get Sam extended and when he gets you into a bad position he is able to capitalize,” said Saranac assistant coach and Jacob’s father, Sean Nolan. Wolf fought back in the third period, earning a pair of takedowns, once letting Nolan up as the score was 6-4 entering the final 20 seconds, when Nolan scored a reversal for two points and was able to ride out the last 15 seconds for the championship win. During the final seconds of the match, Nolan looked up and watched the time tick off the match clock as the smile on his face continued to grow.

North Country reps are up in arms about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to shutter three state prisons this year.

Jones, Stec, Little decry governor’s plan By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

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“The governor’s proposal to close three prisons in New York is cause for major concern,” state Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay) said in a statement. “While no prisons have been specifically named, communities statewide will have to wait with bated breath to find out if a critical part of their economy will be shuttered.”

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ALBANY | Citing a decline in the state’s crime rate and prison population, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Feb. 15 that his administration plans to direct the shuttering of up to three state correctional facilities this year. Though it’s unclear at this time which correctional facilities are at risk of closure, the North Country’s Albany delegation is up in arms.

Cuomo’s plan, which comes in the form of a budget amendment, would authorize the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) to evaluate the operations at each prison and expedite the closure of up to three facilities. The proposed closures could eliminate up to 1,200 beds and result in an annual savings of at least $35 million, according to the governor’s office. » Prisons Cont. on pg. 5

Officials take aim at youth vaping E-cigarette use rising among highschool students

» Wrestling Cont. on pg. 8

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ccording to the governor’s office, “more than half of teens falsely believe that e-cigarette use is harmless.”

By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

ELIZABETHTOWN | The use of ecigarettes in schools continues to increase, even as traditional smoking declines among students in New York state. A raft of legislation designed to curb that trend is currently making its way through the state legislature. Bills being considered by various state Senate and Assembly committees include measures that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and e-cigarette products from 18 to 21 statewide; impose a tax on the sale of vapor products; allow for the prohibition of the sale of flavored e-liquid; end the sale of tobacco and e-cigarette products in pharmacies; require certain warnings on e-cigarette packaging and advertising; and restrict the use of coupons to lower the price of certain products. The measures were proposed last month as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Budget proposal. State Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury), a member of the senate Health Committee

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Essex County Public Health Director Linda Beers briefed lawmakers on the proposed changes during her monthly report Feb. 11. » Vaping Cont. on pg. 2

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where most of the legislation is being discussed, said that vaping among high-school students continues to be a big concern. “A bigger problem is the vaping that’s going on in schools. They’re way under 18,” Little told residents during a discussion about statewide legalization of recreational marijuana at a forum in Plattsburgh this month. Little said that some students are even using e-cigarettes to smoke marijuana, which she said can go virtually undetected, apart from the smell. “That’s a huge problem right now,” Little said. The legislation currently making its way through the legislature will “further safeguard New Yorkers from the adverse health effects associated with exposure to tobacco products, especially among our youth,” state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in a statement last month.

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