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LONG-SERVING PERU PHARMACIST TO RETIRE
CADYVILLE STORYBOOK TRAIL OPEN
Pepper the Pup drums up support for kid-friendly attraction
PERU | Peru Health Mart Pharmacy is being rebranded as Kinney Drugs.
The pharmacy and retail outlet will officially close By Pete DeMola at the end of the business • EDITOR • day on Saturday, Sept. 30, announced owner Larry Shanley in a letter to patients, and will reopen under the Kinney banner the following day. The rebranding, announced last month, was sparked by Shanley’s decision to retire after 41 years.
“It’s just time,” Shanley told The Sun. “I’m 73, and I’ll be 74 in September.”
Larry Shanley Jr., who has served as supervising pharmacist for the past decade, wanted to change career paths and will no longer be involved with the family business. But Shanley wanted to make sure he could find a trusted company to which he could hand the baton off. “My foremost decision was to ensure » Pharmacy Cont. on pg. 2
Photos by Elizabeth Izzo
By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER
CADYVILLE | The Town of Plattsburgh on Sunday turned the page on Clinton County’s first storybook trail.
The 17-stop, family-friendly hike officially opened to the public on Aug. 27. The storybook trail offers a sort of respite, as if at a library:
Nearly 50 residents — kids and adults alike — showed up to take a peak at the new attraction on Sunday.
PEPPER PEPS UP THE CROWD
The first book featured on the Cadyville storybook trail is “Pepper Finds Her Way: A Blind Pup’s Tale” by Champlainbased mother-daughter duo Shelby and Suzanne Moore.
Released in February, the book follows the tale of Pepper, a real-life pup that kept wagging her tail through a series of tribulations that ultimately lead to blindness. Pepper, diagnosed with diabetes, suffered through glaucoma and cataracts before veterinarians said that the dog would need to have her eyes removed. » Trail Cont. on pg. 11
Much as one enters a different world when reading a book, visitors of the trail descend into the woods as the story progresses.
Visitors read a few pages at a time as they meander through the quiet forest, reflecting on each passage as the walk stretches onward.
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County officials endorse shared services plan
County-wide initiative will move forward for final panel vote on Sept. 15
PLATTSBURGH | The Clinton County Legislature last week endorsed the county’s proposed county-wide shared services plan. The plan, curated by a county administrator-led panel of town and city officials, will net taxpayers a savings of over $750,000, ac-
cording to a resolution passed by the legislature on Aug. 23.
“The Clinton County Legislature, having reviewed the draft Clinton County Shared Services Plan, supports the proposals contained within the plan,” reads the resolution.
Another proposal outlines county takeover of the City of Plattsburgh’s property assessment services, which would lead to an estimated savings of By Elizabeth Izzo $66,654 for the city. • STA FF W RITER •
The plan currently includes six proposals.
The largest would dissolve the Rouses Point’s Police Department (projected savings: $310,528) and forge an agreement with the Town of Black Brook to plow county roads,
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a $306,040 savings.
According to the plan, the cost to the county would be “neutral.”
Implementation of a county-wide dog control service under the jurisdiction of the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Office is also included in the plan. Those savings are estimated at $59,000.
Other proposals allow for greater town purchasing power through the county and possible city “piggybacking” on the county’s Excellus health care plan.
The plan will move to a final panel vote on Sept. 15, according to County Administrator Michael Zurlo. Each municipality will have an opportunity to opt-out of the plan if they choose to, he said.
Following submission of the plans to the state, a final public presentation must be held by the state-mandated Oct. 15 deadline. ■
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