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August 24, 2019
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New water plant comes online Ticonderoga’s new well system opens, over a decade in the making By Laura Achouatte STAFF WRITER
TICONDEROGA | If you aren’t from Ticonderoga and you drive north on Route 22 /9 from Ticonderoga to Crown Point, you might not even notice the new water plant that went operational last Aug. 14. Sitting on the right-hand side of the road, the “barn” says Ticonderoga Well Field Control in white letters, courtesy of an APA requirement to blend in with the farming community and surroundings. The new water plant, complete with two well pumps, updates the old system that has been in place since the 1930s. Housed in a barnlike structure, on about 60 to 80 acres of farmland, that the town had purchased from a private owner, the new water plant looks as if it is just another barn among the many on the route north. AES Northeast Engineering and Municipal Planning undertook the project just over a decade ago and was the first project that engineer, Greg Swart, began working on just out of college.
PRESCRIBING WELLNESS Local farmers including Bryan Briscoe of Bucksberry Farm, seen here at the Keene Valley Farmers Market, are enthusiastic about Wellness Rx and the local movement launched through Elizabethtown Community Hospital to prescribe fresh food. “We are happy to be a part of Wellness Rx and support the health of our community,” Briscoe said last Sunday. All Farmers Markets in Essex County and many in Clinton County are now accepting Wellness Rx program vouchers.
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chronic diseases like childhood obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure or diabetes,” ECH spokeswoman Elizabeth Rogers told the Sun in a recent interview.
ECH launches prescription program for farm market food
“ECH primary care providers refer patients to our diabetes educator or to a nutritionist. Once a patient completes an educational session, they receive up to four vouchers per monthly visit.”
By Kim Dedam STAFF WRITER
ELIZABETHTOWN | Medical personnel and nutritionists at area hospitals have a new prescription to use here: fresh, local produce. The University of Vermont Health Network - Elizabethtown Community Hospital and Essex County’s Well Fed project launched Wellness Rx this summer. The signed “prescriptions” are actually vouchers for fresh food from local farmer’s markets and area retail stores.
Supervisor Joe Giordano addresses the attendees at the Aug. 13 Ti Well Project dedication. The well that will provide more water for the town opened this day. Senator Betty Little and Assemblyman Dan Stec look on. Photo by Laura Achouatte
Patients redeem the voucher at an area retail market or farm stand and the card is then returned to the Wellness Rx program coordinator at ECH for reimbursement. “The program goal is to make fresh produce more accessible to patients with or at risk for
Launched four months ago with five patients, Wellness Rx has grown over the summer to include 32 patients. “Everyone that our program coordinator has spoken with is just 1,000 percent behind this program. Really, she has gotten amazing feedback from the farmers and the patients thus far,” Rogers said. Wellness Rx Program Coordinator at ECH is Amanda Whisher. “We want to help patients focus on wellness,” Whisher explained of her role. “And it’s clear our community supports that focus.” Mary White-Ferris is a diabetes educator for the hospital. See FOOD » pg. 11
NYSEG seeks rate increase Residents question 23% hike By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER
KEENE VALLEY | New York State Electric & Gas is asking the state for a 23 percent rate increase that company officials say is needed to ward off the effects of climate change and move the state toward greater reliance on green energy. At a public hearing at Keene Valley last week, officials said the increase, if approved, would add $11.30 a month to the average electricity bill. Even
with the increase, they said NYSEG’s power would still be the cheapest in the state. Consumers would also have a chance to recoup some of these costs due to a conversion to smart meters that will allow them to keep better track of their electricity use. NYSEG is also asking for a 2 percent increase in the price of natural gas, which would add about $2 to the average bill. NYSEG provides electricity to portions of Clinton, Essex and Hamilton County, and gas to parts of Clinton County, including Plattsburgh. At the hearing before state Department of Public Service Judge Michelle Phillips, NYSEG customers said they were concerned about how the rate increase would affect residents, particularly on the poor and those on fi xed incomes. See NYSEG » pg. 3
Panelists from NYSEG discuss a proposed rate hike with residents at a public hearing in Keene Valley. Photo by Tim Rowland
State appeals trail ruling Supervisors angered by courts claiming saplings as ‘timber’ By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER
The state’s plan to connect Frontier Town with the Adirondack Park interior was put on hold after a court ruled that connecting trails would destroy too many trees. Photo by Tim Rowland
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NORTH HUDSON | New York State will appeal a controversial court decision that counts saplings as “timber” and blocks further construction of a multi-use connector trail serving five east/central Adirondack towns.
The state and the towns are counting heavily on the network — 11 trails in all, spanning 27 miles — to bolster the economies of the towns, which have seen a drop-off in their traditional industries. The state recently completed a $25 million campground in North Hudson, right off Interstate 87, that was supposed to be a jumping off point for snowmobilers, equestrians and bicyclists to access four towns further into the interior of the park, including Minerva, Newcomb, Indian Lake and Long Lake.