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October 31, 2009
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A St. Mary’s School teacher has left to pursue doctoral studies in Texas. See Page 2
Mountain Lake Services took part in events to mark the anniversary of NYSARC. See Page 16
Supervisor candidates are profiled in today’s Times of Ti. Election Day is Nov. 3. See inside
People demand action
Nov. 8 in Ti
Veterans to be honored Ti gymnasts score upset Ticonderoga closed its regular season with an upset of Champlain Valley Athletic Conference champion Beekmantown, 14.15142.9, in gymnastics actions Oct. 20. It was the first win the season for the Sentinels. See sports.
Ti fire auxiliary sets memory tree The Ticonderoga Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary is now accepting names for its annual memory tree. Cost is $1 per name. All names will be written on a wreath to be displayed in the fire house memorial in front of the station. The tree lighting will take place on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. at the fire station.The public is invited to attend. Names and payment may be mailed to The Ti Fire Auxiliary PO Box 127 Ticonderoga 12883. All monies received go toward scholarships at Ticonderoga Central School.
THIS WEEK Ticonderoga...................2-12 Opinions ......................6-7 Obituaries ....................14 Moriah ..........................16-17 Crown Point ..................18-19 Schroon Lake ................22-23 Calendar ......................27 Sports ..........................28-30 Classifieds....................31-35 Auto Zone ....................36-37
TICONDEROGA — A Veterans Day observance will be held on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cemetery on Alexandria Avenue in Ticonderoga. People are invited to join Bill Dolback and others for a walk through the cemetery with planned stops at selected sites where individual veterans from the Civil War up to the modern conflicts will be remembered and honored by friends and family members. The ceremony will close with the playing of Taps by Zech Yaw, evoking the final farewell to fallen comrades. The memory walk is the third annual celebration with Mount Hope and Chilson Community Cemeteries having been the locales in the past. The events are sponsored by the Ticonderoga Historical Society, the Town of Ticonderoga Historian and the Town of Ticonderoga Cemetery Board as a tribute to veterans, to honor them for the sacrifices they have made in their lives to keep our country free. Veterans Day is an annual American holiday, recognized by federal, state and local governments, set aside to honor and remember the military men and women who have served America, in any war and peacetime. President Woodrow Wilson first
See TI, page 9
Commuters want state DOT to move on Champlain span By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — After a shift as a police officer in Shelburne, Vt., Bruce Beuerlein used to relax during his hour drive home to Ticonderoga. No more. With the Lake Champlain Bridge in Crown Point closed, Beuerlein is now faced with worries about his route home. Will the lines at the ferry be shorter than the 90-mile detour through Whitehall? And what about the next day? He can’t afford to be late for work. “Betrayed,” Beuerlein said when asked his feelings on the bridge closure. “That’s how I feel.” He’s not alone. Bill Buell, a Crown Point resident who also depends on the bridge to get to and from work, has called for everyone associated with the span to be fired. Mark Alford of Port Henry, another commuter, has suggested people file lawsuits against the state for
Free ferry available, page 5
Glen Buell of Crown Point demands action on the Lake Champlain Bridge during a rally Oct. 25. The bridge was closed Oct. 16 when state Department of Transportation officials feared it could collapse. Photo by Nancy Frasier
See BRIDGE, page 18
Schroon Lake meeting Nov. 11
Tourism action plan to be unveiled SCHROON LAKE — The Schroon Lake Tourism Committee will discuss the community’s future with a consultant Wednesday, Nov. 11. The public is invited to attend the meeting at 5 p.m. at the Schroon town hall. “In May of 2008 a small committee of Schroon Lakers began meeting with Egret Communication,s who contracted with the Essex County Lake Placid Visitors Bureau to guide our committee in a planning project designed to engineer future
tourism for the town of Schroon,” explained Roger Friedman, town trustee and committee chairman. Friedman the process included some “dreaming” as well as facing the challenge of practical matters. The culmination is an action plan that includes the designation of responsible parties and timetables for action. The goals of the Nov. 11 meeting are to present and review the tourism blueprint that the com-
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