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May 25, 2019
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Ti school budget defeated Vote could mean deep cuts; other southern Essex budgets pass
The Boquet Valley Post No. 551 recently received a history gift from the Adirondack History Center, allowing this oversized black-and-white photo of Memorial Day 1942 to be placed on display. The image captured a solemn tribute paid decades ago at Riverside Cemetery. Boquet Valley Post charter
By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER
TICONDEROGA | Voters in Ticonderoga and Hague soundly rejected a school tax-cap override, falling well short of the 60 percent supermajority needed to pass a $23 million budget that would have raised the levy by nearly 10 percent. There was little drama elsewhere in southern Essex County, with budgets easily passing in other school districts. The Ticonderoga board said that if the levy didn’t pass, it would have to fire seven teachers and cut its advanced placement and college courses, along with many of its performing music classes and its sports teams. The vote was 747-558, reflecting one of the higher voter turnouts in recent memory. After the vote was announced, the board agreed to hold a special meeting Thursday to figure out what to do next. Most likely it will submit another budget to the voters that stays within the 2 percent tax cap, but cuts employees and programs. If that doesn’t pass, the board will be forced to adopt a contingency budget that maintains current spending, but requires further cuts and shuts down schools to outside events. Superintendent John McDonald Jr. said the negative vote was likely a matter of simple economics. » Budget Cont. on pg. 4
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This is the first in a series of stories honoring the 100th anniversary of the American Legion. The pieces will run periodically throughout the year, and they will run in each edition of The Sun, wherever you live. When these folks were sent, they just went; it didn’t matter where they were from or where they were going. They served us all. We salute their service. ■
Boquet Valley Post 551 is 91 years young 2019 marks century since American Legion founded nationwide By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
ELIZABETHTOWN | As the American Legion celebrates its centennial this year, Boquet Valley Post 551 marks 91 years of service to veterans and community here.
The Boquet Valley Post was the ninth legion to form in Essex County, and received its charter on May 5, 1928. As indicated by the post number, it was the 551st formed in New York State since summer of 1919 when the Legion began its work in every U.S. town or county, joining together to support veterans of the Great War and later changing its charter for veterans of all wars. The names of Boquet Valley Post’s founding members are neatly typed in columns on the original certificate kept framed under glass. » American Legion Cont. on pg. 2
Author feted for book set in upstate NY ‘War Calls, Love Cries’ earns international, national recognition
Mark Barie
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Adirondack Park Agency officials say there is no easy answer for a boat launch on Eagle Lake that is popular but technically illegal. Photo by Tim Rowland
BORROWED TIME No decision on Eagle Bay boat launch for at least two years By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER
RAY BROOK | A final decision on the Eagle Lake boat launch, which faced closure under a state management plan, will come in the next two to five years, an Adirondack Park Agency representative said last week. The agency gave final approval to the full Hammond Pond Unit Management Plan, which governs 45,500 acred of the state Forest Preserve that stretched from Ticonderoga
to Keene, but hedged on the boat launch, which became the most controversial part of the plan. “In a nutshell, this is a complex issue,” said environmental planner Walter Linck. He said the state will monitor boat traffic on the lake over the next two years as park of its ongoing study of carrying capacity on Adirondack Lakes. The land in question is classified as Wild Forest, which does not permit boat launches of lakes of fewer than 1,000 acres. Eagle Lake is less than half that size. Residents protested the proposed changes that physically limited the launch to small boats, saying may local residents were elderly and would not be able to negotiate the barrier. They also said first responders depended on the launch to reach camps of the far side of the lake. » Launch Cont. on pg. 7
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Barie’s book is available at amazon.com plus barnesandnoble.com. Signed copies with free shipping are available by contacting the author directly at authormarkbarie@ gmail.com. More information can be found about the Hoffer Award and Eric Hoffer at info@hofferaward.com. ■ “I never read fiction; I’m more of a historical guy,” Barie said by phone from his Florida residence. “I didn’t believe my book would be received as it was.” The Hoffer Book Award — one of the largest international awards — pays homage to American philosopher Eric Hoffer. It is bestowed to authors of noteworthy skill in several different genres. Of approximately 2,000 nominees, submissions from all over the English-speaking world, a handful are named finalists and grand finalist for each genre.
In addition to the Hoffer Award, Barie will be attending the Florida Authors and Publishers Association’s President’s Book Award 2019 in August, in which “War Calls, Love Cries” is a contender for a medal.
» Barie Cont. on pg. 7
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