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In OPINION | pg. 6

Head to the fair

Essex County Fair starts Aug. 10

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In NORTH CREEK | pg. 13

Reaching out

Non-profits conference together

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In REGIONAL | pg. 5

Accident leads to arrests Five cuffed in LG boating accident

EssexÊ CountyÊ dogÊ tetheringÊ lawÊ tabled Proposed legislation goes back to the drawing board for revisions By Pete DeMola

pete@suncommunitynews.com

ELIZABETHTOWN — It’s back to the drawing board for supporters of a proposed countywide dog tethering law. The Essex County Board of Supervisors voted to table the introduction of the proposed local law that would have imposed sweeping reforms on dog confinement in the county.

Indian Lake auction goes well, will return

Shaun Gillilland (R-Willsboro) said while he wanted to move forward with the legislation, community-driven feedback on several controversial provisions — including the statutes governing enclosures and keeping dogs outside overnight — made the current draft problematic. James Monty (R-Lewis), Michael “Ike” Tyler (R-Westport) and Tom Scozzafava (R-Moriah) voted against the table. “I think we need discussion on it,” Scozzafava said. To be considered in the future, the proposed legislation will now have to be reintroduced and make a second trip through the month-long parliamentary process. If the motion passed, lawmakers would have scheduled a

public hearing and fleshed out the ordinance based on subsequent discussion. “I’m not opposed to the dog law, per se,” said Ron Moore (R-North Hudson), “but I am opposed to over-regulation.” In recent days, Moore said he visited places like Tractor Supply Company to research standard kennel sizes. Enclosures tended to be 10 feet by 5 feet and 10 feet by 10 feet he said, far smaller than the 150-square-foot minimum contained in the original draft. Monty indicated he’d like to see the issue kept alive. “Do we have a timeframe, or is this going to be typical that we sit on it forever?” he said.

Dinner and a song

Date for next year to be set soon By Christina Scanlon

christina@suncommunitynews.com

INDIAN LAKE — If your shopping list included a fur coat, an office chair, a box of caulk and a set of golf clubs, you could have gotten them all in once place and for a great deal had you attended the Indian Lake Volunteer Fire Department fundraising auction Saturday. Those were just some of the hundreds of items donated by the public for the event, which raised about $2,200. Organizers were pleased with the amount raised, as well as the turn out of folks to purchase items. “We really didn’t know what to expect,” Fire Chief Berry Hall said following the auction. “For our first year, we think it went pretty well.” Since the auction, they’ve gotten a lot of feedback from people in the community who didn’t know the event was being held. “We’d like to set a date soon for next year’s auction, then the out-of-towners will know about it, too,” he said. Hall expects the date to be set later this week. He’s hoping this will give an opportunity for people to also start collecting or thinking about the items they can donate next year. >> See AUCTION | pg. 12

Michelle Howland and Tyler Peter performed at the Minerva Historical Society annual potluck dinner and meeting at Minerva Lake on July 27. Post-potluck, Diana Pacetta-Ullman shared her summertime memories in Irishtown with the crowd. Photo by Mike Corey


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