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Mines hydro license near FERC sets hearing for proposed hydroelectric project for Moriah

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MORIAH – Licensing is getting close for the Moriah mines hydroelectric power project.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is holding a public hearing on the license request at 7 p.m. on Dec. 8 in the Moriah Central School auditorium.

“That’s the last step for the license from FERC,” Moriah

Zombie homes targeted by town

Town Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava said.

“Once the license is in hand, you’re probably looking at one year (to start of construction). They can construct and dewater (the mine) at the same time.”

Engineer and Albany Engineering Corp. President James Besha Sr. said they applied to FERC for an operating license for the Mineville Energy Storage Project in early 2015.

“Full environmental studies have been completed and they were submitted with the license application,” Besha said.

“During its review process, FERC will perform an environmental assessment of its own, under the National Environ>> See HYDRO | pg. 21

This marker is near the area where the Mineville Energy Storage Project is planned for the town’s old iron mines.

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Ticonderoga has a state grant to start cleaning up vacant properties

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TICONDEROGA – A state grant will help Ticonderoga clean up numerous vacant and abandoned properties in the town.

At one time, Ticonderoga Town Supervisor Joseph Giordana said they’d identified 60 zombie properties.

“We want to reduce the number of abandoned and vacant properties,” Giordano said. “Maybe we can find some way to help people fix up their properties.”

Now the town has a state grant for $75,000 to help deal with the problems of vacant and abandoned properties and to help families who can’t afford mortgage payments or taxes avoid foreclosure.

Ticonderoga was one of 76 cities and towns across the state to receive the funds from the new “Zombie Remediation and Prevention Initiative” from the state attorney general’s office.

The town was the smallest municipality in population to receive a grant from the new Local Initiative Support Corp. program.

Crown Point Central School 5th Grade teacher Jarad Andersen bet on the presidential election and lost his hair. Andersen told his students that he was confident Hillary Clinton would be victorious in the 2016 election, and if Donald Trump won, they could shave his head. He woke up to find out Trump was victorious, and the shaving ensued. Andersen said he won’t bet on politics or the election next time. Pictured is teaching assistant Peggy Patnode who is helping give him the haircut. See the finished result on Page 18.

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Plans for holiday events underway through chamber The 7th annual Ticonderoga Area Christmas Celebration begins soon

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TICONDEROGA – A whole host of events are planned between Black Friday and the first week in December for the 7th Annual Ticonderoga Area North Country Christmas Celebration.

The annual celebration starts on Black Friday, Nov. 25 and wraps up with the Hancock House Festival of Trees on Sunday, Dec. 4.

The Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce has coordinated events like Black Friday sales, Small Business Saturday, the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train, Holiday Wagon Rides, and the Rockin’ Tree Lighting.

In addition to the promotions and specials, live holiday music will be provided by the Ticonderoga Central School Music Department. Horse-Drawn Holiday Wagon rides will be available starting at the Ticonderoga Heritage Museum.

Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Matthew Courtright said many businesses, organizations, and volunteers are what make the celebration a success.

“We work hard to grow the event each and every year for the community, visitors and area businesses,” he said. “We hope people will join us during the celebration at the many events, and in particular Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26 and the Holiday Shopping and Dining Night on Friday, Dec. 2. Help support the many wonderful businesses in the Ticonderoga area who work diligently for the community and support all of us in so many ways.”

Schedule: Friday, Nov. 25 Black Friday Shopping with many local businesses offering specials.

Saturday, Nov. 26 Small Business Saturday, offering promotions and specials.

Look for “You’re Invited To #ShopSmall” signs. For a listing contact the chamber. Live music, Libby’s Bakery Cafe, 6:30 p.m., featuring blues. Donations accepted to benefit the North Country SPCA. Monday, Nov. 28 Make Your Own Bath Salts, Ticonderoga Natural Foods Co-Op 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Debbie Philp will hold a complimentary make your own bath salt station. She will also be available to answer questions about essential oils.

Tuesday, Nov. 29 Family Holiday Book Reading, Black Watch Library, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Library in Ticonderoga has family holiday stories. Families are welcome to attend and children are encouraged to come in their pajamas. Snacks will be provided to go following story time. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Wednesday, Nov. 30 Festival of Trees, Hancock House 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Over 30 trees, centerpieces, and gingerbread houses will be on display providing a magical holiday atmosphere. Visit the Festival of Trees from Nov. 26 to Dec. 3.

Thursday, Dec. 1 4th of July In December Chicken BBQ - Best 4th In The North Committee fundraising event at Knights of Columbus in Ticonderoga – Starting At 5 p.m. Take out available. $12.

Friday, Dec. 2 Holiday Shopping and Dining Night Participating businesses are open until 9 p.m. Offering specials and promotions participating businesses will have a Snowflake displayed. Live Christmas Music throughout Town provided by the Ticonderoga School Music Dept.

Holiday Farmers’ Market, Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, 5 to 9 p.m. Ticonderoga Area Farmers’ Market >> See FESTIVAL | pg. 3

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with farmers and vendors set up inside the Chamber office.

Horse Drawn Holiday Wagon Rides at Ticonderoga Heritage Museum, 6 to 8 p.m.

Museum and Arts Co-Op Holiday Gift Shop, Hancock House, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ticonderoga Historical Society, Ticonderoga Heritage Museum, Ticonderoga Arts and Fort Ticonderoga gift shops.

Saturday, Dec. 3 Holiday Movie Theater Night, Best Western Plus Ticonderoga, 5 p.m.

Wear pajamas and bring a blanket. The movie “North Pole” will be shown. Pizza, hot chocolate, and soda will be available.

Free movie and popcorn. Scarf and hat donations will be accepted for the Elks Program. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Museum and Arts Co-Op Holiday Gift Shop Hancock House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Holiday In Hague, starting at 10 a.m. Shopping, Christmas Tree Decorating Contest, Holiday Parade, Hague Tree Lighting, Christmas Party with snacks, and crafts.

Sunday, Dec. 4 Annual SantaFest, Ticonderoga Community Building, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Free music, games, crafts, photos with Santa. In coordination with Silver Bay YMCA Leaders Club, Ticonderoga Festival Guild, Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union, Glens Falls National Bank, Patrick Ida, CPA, Nancy Frasier Photography, Ticonderoga Arts/The Downtown Gallery and Kiwanis Club.

Complimentary refreshments sponsored by Walmart. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Festival of Trees Open House, Hancock House, 1 to 3 p.m.

Over 30 trees, centerpieces, and gingerbread houses will be on display providing a magical holiday atmosphere. Refreshments will be served.

For detailed information, a printed schedule of events, or a list of participating businesses for the Shopping and Dining Night and Small Business Saturday, visit the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce office or www.ticonderogany. com.

Santa Claus visits the Annual Ticonderoga SantaFest each year. Children can get their free photo with Santa at this event, which takes place at the Ticonderoga Community Building. Shown is Santa with Alyssa Courtright of Port Henry at the 2015 SantaFest.

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The money was part of the larger financial settlement agreement with Morgan Stanley, stemming from its allegedly offensive mortgage practices during the national financial crisis.

Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance Co-Director Lance Clark was instrumental in getting the grant.

“Like many small towns in upstate New York, Ticonderoga is plagued with many derelict and abandoned buildings, with many linked to the national mortgage foreclosure crisis of recent years,” he said. “These properties can create problems such as health, safety, use of the vacant properties for drugs and alcohol use, fire risks, and so on, and they seriously hurt efforts to attract new businesses and residents. Of special concern are so-called ‘zombie homes,’ vacant and abandoned properties that are not maintained during prolonged foreclosure proceedings.”

He said the new grant will provide funds to: - Increase foreclosure preventive actions, such as counseling services and providing legal advice to persons and families at risk of foreclosure, and to launch a community outreach effort to let people know more about these services.

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tools of the Town Code Enforcement Office.

- Increase the capacity of the Town Code Enforcement Office, Town Attorney and others to enforce relevant code actions, including bringing cases to Town Court.

- Increase the town’s ability to enforce important new state laws, including the Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act, which goes into effect in January 2017, requiring mortgage companies to secure and maintain abandoned properties during the foreclosure process.

- Explore relevant new policies and mechanisms, such as how the town might better be able to recover its expenditures on cleaning up derelict buildings.

Clark said the Elizabethtown-based Housing Assistance Program of Essex County helped with development and writing of the successful funding proposal. He said the Housing Assistance Program will assist with counseling and other foreclosure prevention actions, and Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance with community outreach and other implementation and reporting.

Giordano said he was very happy the town got the grant money.

“Where folks take pride in their properties, towns flourish,” he said. “In Ticonderoga, the number of vacant and aban-

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Ticonderoga has dozens of so-called “zombie properties” that no one will take responsibility for and need cleanup. A recent state grant to the town is expected to help do that.

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Elections have consequences

ery few of us saw this one coming. Watching the voting go down to the wire made for an exciting and historical election.

Glad I lasted until 2:30 am and still made it to work by 7:30 am last Wednesday.

So many points to comment on with regard to this election, but one thought occurred to me as I was drifting off to sleep.

That thought was about our two flawed, less than perfect candidates.

Like many of you I worried and prayed about this election with so many major issues at stake, but when it appeared clear that Mr. Trump would indeed be the next president, it came to me that so many times throughout history God has placed an imperfect person — that none of us would have selected — into a role to perform an unimaginable task.

Could this be one of those times?

After listening to Secretary Clinton’s concession speech; Mr. Obama’s speech welcoming the President-elect, and watching as Speaker Ryan and Congress fell in step, followed by the stock market’s sudden rise, one can’t help but be optimistic about our future.

Since President Bush-41 said, “Read my lips, no new taxes” in the 1988 campaign and then ended up compromising with the Democratically-controlled House to pass a bill that grid locked partisan politicians, we’ve seen our country grind to a halt. Neither party would give ground for fear of losing votes from an unappreciative constituency. No matter how important the legislation was to the country, retaining seats was always the highest priority.

President Obama gave us hope with his election speeches but failed to deliver. He and the Republicans never even tried to get on the same page for fear of crossing party faithful. This election demonstrated the error of those ways and why party compromise is the only way forward.

I believe this election holds a great deal of promise. Trump is a deal maker beholden to no one and his personality will drive him to be successful beyond what any president before him has ever done. Combine that with the fact that he was a Democrat for many years and as a non politician who ran with little support from the established Republicans, he is not susceptible to lobby pressure.

His focus appears clearly based on the American people who crossed party lines, overcame political correctness and risked ridicule to place him in office.

The course is now set, it’s up to all of us to support the new president and those charged with making this government work for the citizens of the country. Our united focus must now be one nation under God with liberty and justice for all.

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Marching in the streets

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nti-Trump protests have been roiling the streets since the underdog’s shock election last week.

The gatherings have erupted across over a dozen American cities, a coda to one of the most fractious political cycles in modern history.

Protesters have painted this as an existential crisis facing the nation.

Critics, newly empowered with a victory, have called them “rioters” and said they should be rounded up with the same vigor used to stamp out invasive species.

Both sides are misguided. Here’s why.

Diving into the post-election data is a crapshoot, and Hillary Clinton’s shock loss can be spun by any number of reasons — and will be, relentlessly.

At its most fundamental level, Clinton was an uninspiring candidate, and didn’t inspire the level of enthusiasm that propelled Obama to victory.

Seven million fewer voters turned out for Clinton than President Obama in 2012.

Meanwhile, Clinton had blinders on when it came to recognizing the raw anger of Rust Belt Americans felt after years of being left behind and fed platitudes by professional soothsayers.

Instead of listening to their concerns, Clinton instead focused on expanding the electoral map.

Where do Millennials fit in? The numbers are still murky. But early raw numbers indicate there were simply more 18-year-olds eligible to vote in 2016 than there were in 2012.

But numbers were anemic in the battleground states that delivered Trump his victory, a sign of depressed turnout.

While we never thought Trump would be headed to the Oval Office, we did forecast problems with Clinton generating this same type of excitement following the bruising Democratic primary with Sen. Bernie Sanders.

If voters turned out with the same intensity in which they’re marching in the streets, maybe she would have won.

That’s not to say that the protestors don’t have valid concerns.

Like them, we can’t help but feel certain elements of Trump’s election herald a return to a more retrograde time — particularly when it comes to progress made on social issues. And the reports of an increase racially-tinged incidents since last week, widely shared on social media, certainly hasn’t helped us warm to Trump.

But they’re simply stoking the fires of division with these meaningless protests.

While his start is shakey — Trump labeled the protesters as “professional protesters, incited by the media” just hours after winning the election, which certainly doesn’t seem very presidential — we’re optimistic about his prospects.

He’s a builder at heart, and has shown during the primary process that he has low regard for both major parties.

We really do think he’s going to do whatever it takes to make deals to get the nation’s problems solved, from jumpstarting the economy to straightening out our still-abysmal health care system.

But those condemning the dissenters and dismissing their viewpoints need to tamp down their rhetoric, as well.

No, they’re not rioting. They’re not un-American, and most, we assume, are very nice people.

But some advice for Trump — Give up the Twitter account.

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LETTERS

TheÊ powerÊ of Ê words To the Editor: Journalists, more so than the rest of us, should understand the power of words and take that into consideration whenever they’re reporting the news.

That’s why, when I read your article on Plattsburgh’s mayor race (11/12/16), I was surprised by the description of Mayor Calnon’s election night party as, “a flock of tough-looking blue collar workers...”. I don’t live in Plattsburgh, and I don’t really care who won or who lost, but I do have a problem when factual reporting stoops to subtle (or not so subtle) biases like this. You should be better than that.

The same goes for your editorial “What a wild ride” in that same issue, where you described Trump as “sweeping to victory.” Yes, whether by luck or

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strategic planning, he swept the Electoral College vote. But I’d like to remind folks that the popular vote, which was won by Clinton, tells a different story.

This cannot be called a sweeping victory for Trump; the reality is that most voters voted against him. This certainly is not a mandate from the people, as Trump and others would like to label it. Trump and his supporters must recognize this, not ignore it, in order to bring the country together and deal effectively with the challenges we face.

Again, we come back to the power of words. In this age of social media, the tweet is mightier than the sword. All of us, the media and the President-elect included, need to be more aware of how we use (or abuse) that power. Hopefully we’ll find the words to unite, not divide.

Sandy Sexton, Morrisonville

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AuÊ SableÊ ForksÊ ChristmasÊ traditionÊ continuesÊ throughÊ KoC To the Editor: For the past several years, Au Sable Forks resident Kelly Murphy has led an effort to provide Christmas meals to Town of Jay residents who are experiencing financial difficulties, enduring health crises, or facing other difficulties.

This year, Knights of Columbus Council #2301 of Au Sable Forks is assuming responsibility for this worthwhile cause.

Our council hopes area residents will consider contributing to this year’s drive, and respectfully requests monetary donations and/or the following items for inclusion in the food baskets: Frozen turkey (whole and/or breast,) ham, cornbread stuffing, potatoes (5-lb bag), turkey gravy, packaged dinner rolls, canned vegetables, cranberry sauce or baked apple pie.

Those wishing to donate food may arrange for pickup of the items by contacting Jack Dirolf at 578-0360.

Alternately, donors may drop off non-perishable food items any day of the week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., in the foyer of Holy Name Church in Au Sable Forks.

Monetary donations may be made payable to “Knights of Columbus Council #2301”, and sent to K of C Council #2301, P.O. Box 719, Au Sable Forks, NY 12912.

The council hopes to collect all donations no later than Thursday, Dec. 15.

Those who may know someone in need of a Christmas meal are encouraged to contact Jack at 578-0360.

K of C Council #2301 thanks area residents for their thoughtful consideration, and wishes everyone a very blessed Christmas.

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ThurmanÊ sagaÊ continues...

To the Editor: In response to a recent letter from Paula Hubert: I was amazed, reading your story concerning your time as deputy town clerk. The town clerk must have thought very highly of you and your abilities, to ask you to be her deputy.

Before I could or would comment on the events leading up to your removal from the position of deputy town clerk, I would first talk to every one involved. At which point I would be able to offer a comment! But as a resident of the Town of Thurman, before I started investigating I would say ‘this is none of my concern.’ I would only hope that the town supervisor and the town board would ensure that nothing was done improper. Did you make a complaint at the time?

Now since you have found it necessary to speak for me, you could have called me, or talked to me at a board meeting. You did not.

The reason I have written these letters started because the Town Supervisor Ms. Wood refused to let me speak. I guess you missed that! I started to see that some could speak, others could not. This should bother everyone, not just me!

You say the reason I have written these letters seems to be in revenge.

Again you are wrong. A few letters does not represent revenge. I have not written about any town highway position, perhaps in a future letter.

Now a few thoughts about my letters: you wouldn’t believe how many people tell me “nice letter” or “great job” or “boy, you really tell it like it is” and “keep up the good work!

Now if my letters have upset the folks on the other side of the aisle, I say too bad. Why are you so worried about another one of my letters. They need a thicker skin.

Keith L. Parent Sr. Thurman

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TheÊ electionÊ isÊ overÊ Ñ Ê timeÊ forÊ theÊ hateÊ toÊ subside To the Editor: Now that we have a new president perhaps the climate of hate will subside.

My candidate didn’t win, but America has decided. As an American, I will honor our new president.

I do have fears for what will happen to things like Social Security and health care for those who can’t afford it.

As a fairly wealthy person, I know my wife and I will have no problem making it through what the Republicans in Congress are planning to do. It is my hope President Trump follows through with his promise to change how Washington works and I am willing to help in any way if he asks.

The next four years will be challenging as America will be at the brink of nuclear war and its sons and daughters may have to go into battle once more if there is anyone left after the bombs fall.

My prayers are for President Trump to back off some of his talk of “bombing the hell out of them,” whoever “them” turns out to be.

Speaker Ryan has said on numerous occasions that he wants to privatize Social Security and do away with Medicare and he now has the votes to do it and a President to sign and make it law.

I will be writing to President Trump asking him to ask for God’s guidance and veto any legislation that would do this. He will be our President and we owe him the respect due. God Bless America.

Gary Philip Guido Ticonderoga

HealingÊ necessaryÊ followingÊ brutalÊ election To the Editor: This presidential election season was brutal.

We all feel disenchantment with the state of the country. We all dream for reliable answers to chronic and generational problems that have no easy answers – despite what politicians on both sides promised us.

Unfortunately, we were forced to pick sides, which does nothing except accentuate differences. Party politics forced us to become like schoolyard gangs – hurling names at each other, plotting to win. Instead we should have been working together to help a country that, despite its rhetoric, has clearly not met the needs of millions of its citizens.

In a land called “opportunity” this is unacceptable.

There now needs to be healing, reconciliation. Keeping sides won’t work.

Turning to government won’t work. The only thing that can heal is reaching out with compassion to folks who disagree with us and get to work.

Maybe the reconciliation could start with our neighbors in our rural hamlets, small cities and towns, and city neighborhoods. Neighbors help neighbors, regardless of their political leanings. If they experience a fire, a flood, a job loss, or the death of a loved one, we do not ask how they feel about immigration, climate change or even abortion. And we will not ask them how they voted in this election. We will simply help.

Let us all hold out a healing hand.

Katharine M. Preston Essex

ObamaÊ shouldÊ useÊ NationalÊ GuardÊ toÊ quellÊ protests To the Editor: To President Obama, I ask: Why have you not called out the National Guard to put down these riots?

These anti-Trump riots are not demonstrators. They are rioters who are destroying public and private property. Yet you sit on your butt with your head in the sand and do nothing.

Peaceful demonstrations are, of course, allowed in our country. But these rioters, destroyers of property, assaulters of men and women, and attacks on our police are being ignored by you.

I insist you take immediate action to end these riots. Arrest the leaders and those performing robberies, busting into stores, damaging property, assaulting people, etc.

Bring law and order back to our cities. If necessary, order the National Guard to help put an end to these riots.

Don Sage Schroon Lake

TrumpÊ electionÊ aÊ throwbackÊ toÊ 50s To the Editor: This election was ultimately about returning America to the 1950s, when men were “men” and women and minorities knew their place.

On Jan. 20 an appallingly ill-informed and gullible segment of the electorate will have installed a mean-spirited, demagogic miscreant in the presidency.

Prediction: if Trump is not impeached due to flagrant executive improprieties during his term in office, in four years a massive bipartisan “Dump Trump” movement will ensue.

A dark day dawns over the country as our national nightmare commences... and the ultimate Trump reality show begins.

Jim Haig Jay

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A millennial’s perspective Generational gap widening Elizabeth Izzo

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hen I was six, my parents pulled my brother and I out of school on a September morning.

I jumped on the pull-out couch where my family sat, happy that my day had been cut short.

As I jumped higher and higher, images of the Twin Towers burning flashed across the television.

My mother watched in horror as newscasters recounted the day’s events.

We were safe, but our country would never be the same.

Much like many people in my generation, I was raised by two Democrats in post-9/11 America.

When things seemed dark — as it often did in the years following the national nightmare — my mother would tell me that though we may disagree with our president, it’s important that we always respect and support him.

Ours was a patriotic household, even during the tenure of a president from the opposing party.

Since then, I have always upheld my mother’s advice: I have respected each president as the elected leader of our nation.

But on Nov. 9, my lifelong respect died a swift death.

I am now faced with a president-elect who I cannot respect as a man, much less ideologically support as the face of my country.

This isn’t unique in my generation: Politico reported that Donald Trump had a 74 percent unfavorability rating among millennials.

This, coupled with the numerous protests around the country, seems to imply that my generation largely agrees with me.

Frankly, most of us would’ve chosen Bernie Sanders. But the fact that Trump was elected despite a majority of millennials voting blue is perhaps indicative of an ever-widening generational gap, the likes of which were seen with Brexit earlier this year, where a staggering 75 percent of Great Britain’s youth voted Remain, and 61 percent of Baby Boomers voted Leave.

Much of my generation has been engaged in politics for the first time this election cycle.

We’ve spent months listening to the hateful rhetoric that Trump has popularized, and now that he has been elected — we’re terrified.

We’re inheriting this country — and along with it, the aftermath of mistakes that were made before our time.

This was the first election where we could finally speak up for ourselves and choose our destinies.

With this in mind, you can understand why we’re upset.

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TICONDEROGA

Ti Chamber offers health coverage Businesses and individuals have until Dec. 15 to make changes

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Ticonderoga and Crown Point High School Spanish students recently began a new collaboration called “Spanish Café.” Teachers Lynne Lenhart and Alana Gaddor developed the project. The goal of the program is to afford language students the opportunity to speak Spanish with other language students from other schools outside the confines of the classroom. The first session took place with 30 students on Oct. 26 at the Ticonderoga Knights of Columbus Council 333. Additional language teachers who participated and guided the first session include Stephanie Gregory, Heather York and Kari Trudeau.

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Third graders in Joanne Cook’s class at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Ticonderoga presented a Halloween safety course to the younger grades this morning. Here they are with wise owls with their safety tips.

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TICONDEROGA – The Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce is working on health insurance needs for its small businesses and individuals during the current open season.

That includes reviewing current coverage, with scheduled for Jan. 1, 2017 and assisting with the identification of options, whether a different plan structure with the same insurance company or a move to another company’s plan.

Changes for Jan. l, 2017 need to be made

by Dec. 15 this year.

Access is offered to all major plans in the market including Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Shield of Northeastern New York, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Fidelis and MVP. Access to the Healthy New York Program is also available, as are group rates on stand alone vision and dental plans.

The North Country Chamber of Commerce and its licensed health insurance agency, the Plattsburgh-North Country Service Corp. has health insurance advisory and enrollment services without cost to clients.

For more information or to make an appointment to review coverage, contact Lisa Bedard Dupee at 563-1000.

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Local residents react to historic election President-elect Donald Trump generates strong emotions from divided county

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TICONDEROGA — Defying all expectations, Donald J. Trump won the presidency last week, and will become the 45th president of the United States.

The upset victory over Hillary Clinton sent shockwaves across the country — including Essex County, where residents have been absorbing the results over the past week.

Interviews with over a dozen local residents suggested a degree of fear mixed with cautious optimism.

Monique Clague, 79, is one of the four in 10 Americans who described their reaction to the election as “afraid,” according to Gallup.

“I fear for the future,” said Clague.

The retired college professor from Keene cited “the whole package” when it came to her misgivings with Trump: The tough-talking businessman’s personality is erratic, she said, and she is concerned that the president-elect will follow through on his campaign promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act, deport illegal immigrants and roll back international agreements, including the Paris Agreement, the landmark climate change treaty that went into effect earlier this month.

The world depends on the U.S. for its leadership, said Clague.

“If America gets out of those international agreements, then the rest of the world can go the same way.”

Jim Haig, of Jay, said he was “appalled” by Trump’s victory.

Haig, a lifelong independent, said he was “beyond concerned” about Trump’s ascension to the leader of the free world.

“I was not surprised at the result, but I was shocked because I felt all along that Trump was a totally undesirable candidate, and my trust was in the American electorate that sensibility and reason would prevail,” he said.

Haig, 68, said both parties did a “lousy job” of outlining approaches that would benefit working class Americans, he said, including those in the North Country, whose residents he said would be negatively impacted by ACA and environmental protection rollbacks.

As left-leaning protesters continued to roil the country, Haig expressed skepticism over Trump’s ability to preside over a divided country.

Clinton won the popular vote, with a vote margin projected to eventually reach 2 million, or 1.5 percentage points, according to the New York Times.

“Given what we’ve seen about his temperament, I think he’s set the stage for ongoing polarization,” Haig said.

Don Austin, who described himself as a lifelong Democrat, echoed those sentiments, and said values played an important role in his skepticism toward Trump, a political novice who has never held elected office.

“We don’t get to determine a lot about life, our own or that

of others,” said Austin, 72, a professor and engineer. “We can work for the good, though, and the good is seen through the filters of what we value. It appears that Trump is very narcissistic, meaning he values mostly himself. I don’t know that he values anything that directly relates to the North Country, per se.”

Austin voted for Clinton, and said she was treated unfairly during the campaign.

“I wish that people didn’t look at Hillary Clinton the way they do, so negatively,” Austin said. “She’s been pretty much smeared, and people were gullible and accepted it.”

Eighty percent of Trump supporters said they were “excited” by the election results, according to Gallup.

Austin is too. While he has concerns about his temperament, cutthroat business tactics and possible cabinet picks, Trump’s election also carries a small degree of excitement, he said, because his lack of detailed policy positions mean anything can happen.

“I feel sick and I feel excited,” Austin said. “It’s sick of what Trump seems to be. But excited. At least it’s something different.”

‘I’M ECSTATIC’ In Essex County, where registered Republicans outweigh Democrats by a healthy margin, Trump’s victory also brought jubilation.

Don Sage awoke in the middle of the night, hopped online and was overjoyed at the results.

“I’m ecstatic,” said Sage. “It’s the most wonderful thing to happen to this country in years.”

Sage, 74, said he hoped Trump will clean up Washington, D.C. after eight years of Democratic leadership he said was marred by corruption, backstabbing and cozy attitudes toward Wall Street.

Doing so will help return the reins of power to the American people, he said.

“Hopefully, with Mr. Trump, we’re going to have a nice clean house,” said Sage, a Schroon town councilman. “I expect he’ll have different people in his cabinet with different ways of doing things.”

Sage, a Republican, said issues like gun rights were important to him, as was the return of manufacturing jobs from China and the repeal of the ACA. After years in the political wilderness, is it important for Republicans to work with Democrats to craft legislation?

“It’s always nice, but we don’t need them right now,” said Sage, citing pending GOP control of the White House, Senate and House. “It’s probably not necessary right now.”

While Trump lost the Empire State by 21 points, the lopsided victory reflected the upstate-downstate divide.

Trump bested Clinton by 3.3 percentage points in Essex County, which has trended purple in recent years, and won all but 16 of the state’s 62 counties.

Across the North Country, the real estate developer won sweeping margins as high as 39 points, where he ram-jammed Clinton in Lewis County. The average spread was 19.4 points, with higher margins in the Watertown area, and slimmer gaps

toward Glens Falls and Saratoga.

Gun culture runs deep across upstate, where many remain bitterly opposed to the SAFE Act, the controversial state gun control legislation passed after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.

“I believe he’ll hold up his right hand and obey the Constitution, which I don’t believe Hillary was going to do,” said Richard Johndrow, a retired International Paper worker and avid outdoorsman, who voted for Trump, in part, over gun rights.

Johndrow, 84, said he was not concerned about questions over Trump’s volatile personality.

“I’m not concerned about him having a tantrum,” he said. “I don’t think he’s going to do that.”

Rob McDougal expressed confidence that Trump will get out of the way of commerce, and clear away some of the regulations that have stymied economic growth, he said, particularly for small businesses.

“It just crushed a lot of economic opportunity for those not living in the city,” said McDougal, who described himself as a public school teacher in his 50s.

McDougal hoped a new tax plan would encourage U.S. companies to repatriate back to U.S. soil, which would put American workers back to work.

The Plattsburgh resident also supported Trump because he felt the candidate would protect Constitutional rights, which he said were eroding under President Obama, and would have continued under a Clinton Administration.

Appointing conservative judges is important, he said, noting the Constitution is not intended to be a living document.

McDougal said the ongoing protests reflect a double-standard. And like others interviewed for this story, McDougal said he was disappointed in the national media, which he said was biased in favor of Clinton, and did not accurately convey the support enjoyed by Trump, nor capture their voices, in their coverage.

“We weren’t given a voice anywhere for us,” McDougal said.

To the reporter writing this article: “Just be fair,” he said.

Claque, the Keene academic, said she truly wants to understand the other side, especially because the country appears more divided than ever.

“A lot of people are afraid to talk to each other right now.”

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Boreas Ponds state-wide public hearings begin First meeting at APA and DEC headquarters brought a busload of Wilderness defenders up from Albany

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NORTH HUDSON — The first round of public comments on numerous proposed Adirondack Park Agency land-use actions drew a crowd that spilled from Adirondack Park Agency to state Department of Environmental Conservation headquarters next door.

A webcast shared the meeting live online.

Some 85 people signed up to weigh-in on state recreational use options.

Their commentary focused largely on Boreas Ponds.

New York purchased the 20,543-acre Boreas Tract last spring and began environmental review for inclusion in the Adirondack State Forest.

Former timberlands owned by Finch, Pruyn & Co., the wooded acres had been logged for a century.

A sea of green shirts marked a few dozen people brought here on a tour bus by Be Wild NY, a coalition of environmental lobbyists that includes the Adirondack Council, Sierra Club and the Adirondack Mountain Club.

The green team shirts spread across APA and DEC’s board room last Wednesday, its big white bus from Albany parked outside.

Buzz words culled from Be Wild’s letter-writing campaign were recurring in comments, citing a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” that the green groups say is endangered by the four classification alternatives developed by the APA. In repeated commentary, the green message asserted that “current plans ...would threaten some of the purest waters and wildest, rarest and most fragile wildlife habitat in the (Adirondack) Park.”

Tyler Socash parked a map of the park on the easel by the microphone. His illustration of park lands and roadways meant to show what he considers an “alarming disappearance of wilderness.”

Socash, of Tupper Lake, said only five percent of Adirondack forest lands are more than five miles from a roadway or travel infrastructure.

“We don’t need another unsuccessful compromise like Essex Chain (Lakes plan). We need Wilderness.”

His urgent tone drew a loud applause.

But for Chuck Parker, president of the New York State Conservation Council, Wilderness use excludes access for all but the physically fit.

Without Wild Forest pressed closer to the ponds, it would be about a seven mile hike into the ponds.

Parker is working with Access the Adirondacks, a coalition of sportsmen and local officials representing the towns surrounding the Boreas tract.

They hope to create a recreational link from North Hudson to Minerva, Newcomb, Indian Lake and Long Lake.

Their preferred land use plan is encompassed in APA’s Boreas Alternative 1 with a Wild Forest area of 9,913 acres below a 10,621-acre swath of Wilderness protecting the northern half.

“Are these parcels with bridges and roads best described as Wild Forest or Wilderness?” Parker asked.

Supervisors from North Hudson, Minerva and Wilmington were among several elected officials who shared comments at this first public hearing.

“This land has two dams and multiple culverts. What (Gov. Andrew Cuomo) was buying is Wild Forest. It’s the people’s

land and we want to use it. People in my community are getting older and we want everybody to enjoy this,” Minerva Supervisor Steve McNally said.

Greg Cunningham of ADK Community Works called this classification decision an historic event and compared Boreas to federal land held in the National Park system, which he pointed out is subject at Congressional will to mining, grazing and timber use.

The 20,000 acres at Boreas, Cunningham suggested, “are unchanged since the park’s beginning.”

But as the meeting wound into a third hour, Jason Kemper, who is chairman of the New York State Conservation Fund Advisory Board, shared about a dozen two-by-three foot photos taken at all edges Dozens gathered at the Adirondack Park Agency headquarters in Ray Brook on Wednesday, Nov. 9 for the first public hearing on the classification of the Boreas Pond Tract. of Boreas.

Photo by Kim Dedam Common information “is misleading about what exists “A 25-foot cut was made through that mountain to conin and around the Boreas parcel,” he said, sharing his view struct that road,” Kemper said. from four days spent on the property.

The manmade infrastructure sits at the heart of the State “There are 53 miles of road, 17 of which would be used in Land Master Plan contention.

(APA) Alternative 1,” he said.

The State Land Master Plan requires Wilderness classificaIn addition, there are over 20 gravel borrow pits in and tion applied to an area where the lands are “untrammeled by around the roads, “and 23 culverts underneath the road to man.” make the drainage work.”

But environmentalists think the roads would be absorbed He flashed a photo taken at the top of Moose Mountain of a

by Wilderness if protected over time. road one-quarter mile from White Lily Pond.

Besides the logging roads, two dams impound waters that “It’s a highway going down the side of it,” Kemper said, raisform three Boreas Ponds. ing another picture.

For Adirondack Mountain Club Executive Director Neil “This is the road to slide park — pristine isn’t it? Here’s Woodworth, the wetlands and shorelines at Boreas “should Boreas looking north — again a major road right down the be protected fully by Wilderness.” center of it.”

From the Sierra Club’s Adirondack Committee, Roger Gray Three to four feet of gravel were used to construct the lograised concerns that the Boreas hearing scheduled for New ging roads, Kemper said.

York City has been cancelled.

He flashed a photo of the top of Moose Mountain.

The meeting, set for Dec. 6, has been relocated to Tomkins Cove, according to APA’s website.

Gray said the city cancellation “disenfranchises a huge porUPCOMING HEARINGS tion of (Adirondack Park) users.”

Nov. 16: Newcomb Central School, 5535 NYS Route 28N, NewLike the Council, the Sierra Club believes APA should decomb, 7 p.m velop an all-Wilderness option for Boreas.

Nov. 21: Schroon Lake Central School, 1125 NYS Route 9, SchPresumptive Chairman-elect of the Essex County Board of roon Lake, 7 p.m., Supervisors Randy Preston, who is Wilmington supervisor, Nov. 28: Rochester Institute of Technology Golisano Institute said the county supports a 10,000 acre Wilderness buffer atfor Sustainability Sustainability Hall, Parking in Lot T, Rochester, taching the High Peaks to the northern Boreas Tract.

7 p.m., “The rest of the property does not fit into Wilderness desNov. 29: St. Lawrence County Human Service Center, 80 State Highway 310, Canton 6 p.m., ignation. The (APA) maps do not show the road system that’s in there now.”

Dec. 6: Bear Mountain Inn, 3020 Seven Lakes Drive, Tomkins Cove, 7 p.m.

And that is a problem, Preston said, because the maps “do Dec. 7: NYS DEC 625 Broadway, Albany, 2 p.m. not allow for a clear vision of what is on the property.”

Preston said Essex County officials and residents care dearWritten comments can be sent via mail or email to: ly about the environment in their towns.

“The people should be allowed to use it.”

Kathleen D. Regan, Deputy Director, Planning Essex County has 356,761 acres of state forest Wilderness Adirondack Park Agency and 167,665 acres of the less restricted Wild Forest state lands.

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Essex County races decided with all votes counted Voters also cast ballots for down-ticket local races across county

come down to absentee ballots.

By the time this story went to print on Tuesday, Mark Powers (D, Con.) remained locked in a tight race with Timothy Lawliss (R), with just 1,415 votes separating the two out of a total 357,363 cast.

Across the 11-county district, 30,000 absentee ballots were sent out.

The Powers campaign filed court action last week to impound all ballots.

UPTICKET RACES President-elect Donald J. Trump bested Hillary Clinton by 3.3 percent in Essex County.

Third-party presidential candidates received stronger supBy Pete DeMola port in the county than the statewide average: Libertarian Party pete@suncommunitynews.com candidate Gary Johnston received 4.2 percent of the vote; Green Party candidate Jill Stein, 2.4 percent.

ELIZABETHTOWN — Despite the fireworks at the top of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, easily won a fourth the ticket, voters in Essex County also cast ballots for a numterm, beating Republican challenger Wendy Long by 40 points, ber of local races in last week’s general election. a spread that narrowed to 12 points in Essex County.

Here are the results for Essex County races.

State Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury) cruised to David Bashaw ran unopposed as a write-in canvictory over Green Party candidate Steve Ruzbacki, didate for Chesterfield Town Justice. Bashaw reearning 75 percent of the vote; Ruzbacki received 10 ceived 800 votes, and a write-in candidate earned 1. percent. Those results were largely mirrored in Essex Ivan Macey bested write-in candidate ClayCounty. ton Menser, Sr. 454-162 in Crown Point to fill the Assemblyman Dan Stec, a Republican, bested three-year unexpired term for town council.

Green Party candidate Robin Barkenhagen in the Because the Crown Point Town Council did 114th District by 59 points, 71 to 12 percent. not fill the temporary vacancy after the death of Democrats did not run a candidate in that race.

Charles Mazurowski in September, Macey can be Stec’s margin of victory narrowed to 54 percent in Essworn-in prior to Jan. 1. sex County, where 21.4 percent of the electorate left In Lewis, Jeff Scott holds a narrow lead over the space blank.

Lawrence Hulbert 225-223 in the race for a town Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) soundly defeated council seat, according to the Essex County Board her opponents, earning a decisive 63 percent of the of Elections. vote — the highest of any congressional candidate in That race hangs in the balance, and will come the state. down to absentee ballots, of which Essex County Stefanik won all 12 counties in the district, insent out 1,900. cluding Essex, which she won by a comfortable 17.7 Boards of Elections across the district began remargin over Mike Derrick. Matt Funiciello scored 3 canvassing on Monday. percent.

Military ballots will be counted as long as they Despite the strong showing, Stefanik failed to are postmarked Nov. 8 and are returned no later sweep Essex County, according to unofficial results than seven days after the day of the election. from the county Board of Elections.

Richard J. Carpenter was elected town justice in Derrick easily took Essex 175-109. The margins Moriah, earning 1,317 votes to 1 write-in. were higher in Keene, where the retired army colonel notched 375 votes to Stefanik’s 188.

Also for town justice in Newcomb, Robert Ward garnered 122 votes to 13 for a write-in candidate.

And the candidate pulled off a narrow upset in North Elba, 1,369 to 1,247 — besting the freshman Barbara Darrah was elected town clerk in St. Arlawmaker by 122 votes. mand with 483 votes and one write-in.

Stefanik easily won her adopted hometown of A write-in candidate for town justice in Wilm- Ticonderoga St. Mary’s Catholic School 6th graders (from left) Riley Abare, Camryn Parrish, and ington received 35 write-in votes.

Kathryn Moran have been packing boxes for Operation Christmas Child. This program delivers Willsboro, where she beat Derrick 447-300.

Altogether, 62.3 percent of New Yorkers voted on The results of the state Supreme Court Fourth shoeboxes filled with small gifts to disadvantaged children all over the globe. Eighty-nine shoePhoto provided Tuesday.

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EyE ON THE ARTS

Close down but not forever “We’re always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who’ve closed down.

And there are times in one’s life when one has to close down just to regroup.” Leonard Cohen, who passed away this month, said that.

Following the tumultuous election cycle, and the subsequent result — which has a good number upset — it’s important to regroup and not simply fall into darkness. Close down, but not forever. There is work to be done on both sides.

Music, art, literature and entertainment can always help with any sort of healing process.

There’s a unifying factor there — a reminder that emotions are what tear us apart, but they also have the ability to bring us together.

As always, there are many events happening around the region this week. Each is an opportunity to reconnect and enjoy: A unique event for foodies will be hosted at the UpRiver Cafe in Lake Luzerne on Nov. 19.

Along with a variety of dishes to taste, the cafe will display food-themed art by local artists from 4-7 p.m. Admission will cost $25 in advance, $30 at the door. For more information, call 668-2616 or visit lakegeorgearts.org.

The Whallonsburg Grange will host a variety of events this week, beginning with a glutenfree cooking class on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. The class, taught by Christine Charbonneau, will focus on cooking fully gluten-free meals. Tickets are $15, and include ingredients, instruction and a completed meal.

On Nov. 18, 9 Horses will perform at the Grange. 9 Horses boasts a folksy, jazz sound. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12.

“Captain Fantastic” will be screened at the Grange on Nov. 19. “Captain Fantastic,” starring Viggo Mortensen, follows a family as they venture out from their woodland home into the modern world. For more information on these events, call Kate Ritter at 963-4170.

The Warrensburg High School Drama Club will perform “The Orphan Train” by Aurand Harris on Dec. 1-3. The play follows the stories of 11 orphaned children traveling from New York City to the midwest. Ticket are $6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors. The show begins at 7 p.m. For more information, call 623-2861.

On Dec. 7, Ti’coustics will return with a showcase featuring Lance Dolbeck, Ed Raquette and more at the Burleigh House in Ticonderoga. No cover charge is required. The show is slated for 7 p.m.

The Clinton Community College Drama Club will perform the controversial Broadway hit “Avenue Q” at the Stafford Theater in Plattsburgh on Nov. 17-20. “Avenue Q” is a raunchy, non-PC musical puppet show. Parents are strongly cautioned — the show is rated R for strong language and sexual humor. Showtimes are Nov. 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit facebook.com/clintoncommunitycollege.

Local thrash metal group Executive Order will co-headline a benefit show for ROTA Studio and Gallery with Tim Howl and Instant Narwhal on Nov. 18. The benefit for ROTA will be hosted at ROTA, which can be found on Bridge Street in Plattsburgh. Tickets are on a $3-10 sliding scale. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit facebook.com/rotagallery.

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The Science@30City series will continue on Nov. 21 will a presentation by Dr. Curt Gervich on “exploring the foodwater-energy relationship in Adirondack farming.” The presentation will focus on the difficulties of farming in the Adirondacks and sustainable agriculture. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free. All Science@30City events are held at the Champlain Wine Company in Plattsburgh. For more information, call 564-0064.

The Bookstore Plus in Lake Placid will celebrate Indies First Day on Nov. 26 with a book signing with New York Times bestselling author Kim van Alkemade.

The “Orphan #8” writer will autograph copies of her novel and talk with fans from 3-5 p.m. For more information, call 523-2950 or contact thebookstoreplus@gmail.com.

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Essex County files tentative budget for 2017 Spending plan comes with projected 3.75 percent tax increase

Total appropriations for the tentative budget are $97,715,744 — a 1.21 percent increase over last year.

The net budget is $23,985,468, slightly up from $23.7 million last year.

The plan calls for $1.9 million in appropriated fund balance, down from $2.03 million this year — a 6.1 percent decrease.

“I think that’s a good sign,” Palmer said.

The tax rate per $1,000 in assessed value is projected to be $3.25 — up 8 cents, which leads to an increase of $8 annually on a $100,000 home.

That number will be tweaked as county officials refine the budget, Palmer said, and is subject to chargebacks within the towns which would change town rates.

Prior to chargebacks, the allowable increase in the levy is 1.8 percent, a number that drops to 0.67 after chargebacks.

Either way, the county has surpassed the state’s property tax cap.

By Pete DeMola But the increase is not a surprise, and comes as part of the pete@suncommunitynews.com county’s five-year financial plan, implemented after a state audit that criticized the county on an over-reliance on fund ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County tentative 2017 balance. spending plan carries a tax levy increase lower than initially The 2017 spending plan, which was filed Monday, marks anticipated. the fourth year.

“We are filing the tentative budget with a projected increase Palmer said the county is on target to meet the plan’s objecin the tax levy at 3.75 percent,” Essex County Manager told tives. lawmakers on Monday.

“I think it’s a good budget,” he said.

Palmer projected a 5 percent increase last month.

Funding for contract agencies, subject of lastminute wrangling over the past several years, has been kept at current levels.

A breakdown will follow, Palmer said, and lawmakers can adjust the allocations during the upcoming budget workshops, the first of which is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 21 at the Government Center in Elizabethtown.

“If you fail to get something to pass, than it remains at the tentative level,” he said.

James Monty (R-Lewis), a first-time supervisor, said he was pleased with the spending plan, and said Palmer’s planning aided him at the town level.

“I think we are on the right path, and kudos to you and (Purchasing Manager) Linda Wolf,” he said.

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CROWN POINT

Crown Point churches will serve holiday feast The churches of Crown Point united to offer a before-Thanksgiving meal

By Lohr McKinstry

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CROWN POINT – Churches in Crown Point are again uniting to make sure no one goes without a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

The free community meal, consisting of all the traditional foods, will be served at the United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall on Creek Road in Crown Point on Wednesday, Nov. 23, with continuous serving from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

First Congregational Church Pastor David Hirtle said he

realized that with the economy struggling, there are blessings can be shared to ensure that they look to each other’s needs.

“The meal is designed to rekindle friendship and promote fellowship in our community,” he said. “This is a total community effort that will ensure fellowship and a traditional hot meal for those who might not have one, otherwise, here in Crown Point.”

He said the meal will be served with locally-grown and prepared items as much as possible.

The meal is a collaborative effort between Sacred Heart/St. Patrick’s Catholic Churches, Crown Point United Methodist Church and the First Congregational Church.

Hirtle said they’re getting help from Debro’s On The Way Café, Crown Point Telephone, Crown Point Citgo, Hap’s Market, Village Auto, Crown Point Teachers’ Association, the

Macey elected C.P. councilman

By Lohr McKinstry

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CROWN POINT – Ivan Macey has been elected to a threeyear unexpired term on Crown Point Town Council, defeat-

ing a write-in candidate.

Macey, a Republican, got 454 votes to 162 for write-in challenger Clayton Menser Sr. Macey was the choice of the Essex County Republican Committee’s executive committee to replace Charles Mazurowski, 91, who died recently.

It was too late to get on the general election ballot by petition, but was permitted by recommendation of party committees. The Democrats did not run a candidate.

Mazurowski, a Republican, passed away on Sept. 10 with three years left on a four-year term.

Menser, a Republican, also asked for the committee’s support, and when it went to Macey, he decided to run as a writein candidate.

The term officially starts on Jan. 1, 2017, but Macey is expected to be appointed to the post sooner by the Crown Point Town Council.

Crown Point Post Office team, Champlain National Bank, Gunnison’s Orchard, Torri’s Hair Dresser, the Knapp Senior Club, Avery Energy, Crown Point Central School, and the Hammond Library, as well as many individual Crown Point residents.

“They’re joining us to make this a true community time of fellowship and thanks giving,” Hirtle said. “We are gratefully looking for staff to help us ensure the success of our community meal. If you are able to help carve turkey, mash potatoes, cut pies, set up, serve or help clean up, please contact us.”

Hirtle is at 597-3398, or call Yvonne DuShane at 597-3212.

Hirtle said their meal delivery volunteers are few this year, but if a Crown Point resident wants a meal and can’t join them due to physical problems, and has no one to pick up a meal for them, call him and someone will be sent to deliver a meal.

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MORIAH

Post Henry Fire Department will be spun off

By Lohr McKinstry

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PORT HENRY – The municipal boards of Port Henry and Moriah have agreed to spin the Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department off into its own entity.

Ar a joint session recently, the Moriah Town Council and Port Henry Village Board both voted unanimously to create the Port Henry Fire District, which will allow the fire company to continue to exist after the village dissolves on March 31, 2017.

Village Attorney Robert Hafner provided an overview of the process of forming the joint Fire District.

Hafner said the formation will occur after the required public hearing, and at that time the five fire commissioners

should also be appointed. The Moriah Town Council will appoint two commissioners and the Village Board will appoint three. For 2018, the fire commissioners will become elected positions.

Hafner explained that the process at the hearing has two parts: Fire District formation and appointment of five fire commissioners, and incorporation of the Fire Department as a not-for-profit fire corporation.

The Fire District will also be authorized to receive real and personal property, such as the village fire station on Church Street, and to transfer equipment and trucks from the village-owned Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department.

Port Henry Fire Chief James Hughes said he had provided his recommendations for the three fire commissioners from the village: Tom Edwards, Chuck Kolodzey and Janelle Jurkiewicz.

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ran suggested that Frank Slycord and Carl Gifaldi be considered, as they have also expressed interest in serving.

After a discussion, and Village Board members postponed naming the three fire commissioners to be appointed. Hafner asked the Village Board to provide him with the names and addresses of the three fire commissioners that they choose to appoint. as soon as possible, so that he can include them in the forms and documents that are required.

Moriah Town Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava said the town has asked Steve Pelkey and Dwayne Maye to serve as fire commissioners, as they reside in the south and north end of the current fire protection areas that will be incorporated into the joint Fire District.

The formation of the Fire District is subject to permissive referendum, and upon submission of a valid citizen petition, a vote would be held.

Hafner said that 5 percent of the registered voters in the town and village would have to sign the petition. Scozzafava said if a petition was submitted, and the vote was against forming the district, a Plan B would be required because the town would then become responsible for providing fire protection to the former village residents as of April 1, 2017.

“It would be a Catch-22 situation,” he said. “The (State) Department of State was consulted, and they told us that’s what would happen.”

Port Henry office to close for Thanksgiving holiday PORT HENRY — The Village of Port Henry office and all associated departments will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Joint Thanksgiving service on tap CROWN POINT — The community churches of Crown Point, Ticonderoga and Port Henry will once again join together to celebrate Thanksgiving with an Ecumenical Service on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. This community service will be shared at the First Congregational Church of Crown Point. The service will include traditional readings, music and a timely message by Rev. Jared Bolstridge from Chattanooga, TN.

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Moriah finalizes town budget with tax rate drop Moriah Town Council passed the 2017 budget with tax rate drop

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MORIAH – The final 2017 budget for the Town of Moriah was passed after no one spoke at a public hearing.

The town’s tax levy is up, Moriah Town Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava said, but the tax rate is down.

The Moriah tax levy rose from $2.13 million for 2016 to $2.22 million next year, a 4 percent increase. The total town budget increased from $4.1 million to $5.1 million.

The Village of Port Henry is due to dissolve on March 31, 2017, and town will assume most of its responsibilities and services.

“Taxes outside the village did not increase,” Scozzafava said. “They went down.”

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mental Protection Act.” That report will become part of the permanent record leading to the issuance of the final license, he said.

The hydroelectric project planned for the town’s old iron mines, which closed in 1972, could create six to 10 permanent jobs, according to Besha.

The $264.1 million project would be funded by private investors. Albany Engineering is the parent company of Moriah

The tax rate was $8.41 per $1,000 of assessment for 2015, and it will drop 4 cents, to $8.37 for 2017.

Scozzafava said that means someone with a home assessed at $100,000 will pay $837 in property taxes, compared with $845 this year.

That’s a savings of more than $7, he said. The tax rate dropped because the town’s tax base rose from $209 million to $211 million.

Village residents with a $100,000 home will pay about $927 in town taxes for 2017, which includes an extra $89 for village debt service. Village post-dissolution debt adds 89 cents per $1,000 of assessment to their taxes.

But their overall property taxes will decrease by $1,018, because village taxes will end with the village.

The town used all the state dissolution aid it is receiving, about $347,000, to reduce taxes, the supervisor said.

Because of financial uncertainties associated with dissolution, the town didn’t have to meet the state tax cap. The base cap was 0.6 percent for 2017.

“The tax cap was waived by the (State) Comptroller’s Office,” Scozzafava said.

The town and village are forming a Fire District to continue the village-owned Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department, but that won’t start taxing residents until 2018.

“For 2017, village residents will see no fire protection tax, as they have already paid this” in 2016-17 village taxes, Scozzafava said.

For town taxpayers in the fire protection district covered

by Port Henry Fire Department, the 2016 tax rate of $1.32 per $1,000 of assessment will be used in 2017. The new Port Henry Fire District will include the fire protection district.

Village Trustee Linda Smyth thanked Scozzafava and Budget Clerk Becky Gilbo for their hard work on the budget.

“It’s a good and solid budget,” Town Councilor Timothy Garrison said.

The Moriah Town Council unanimously passed the 2017 budget during a regular session after the hearing.

Hydro Corp.

The project would use underground mines in Moriah’s Mineville hamlet to pump water from a lower storage elevation during non-peak times for power usage to a higher elevation, then release it at peak times to generate electricity.

The project would sell the estimated 737.6 million kilowatt-hours of annual output to the Northeast power pool.

Construction would take 30 months and employ about 100 people.

Several hydroelectric pump turbines would be installed to

pump the water to the higher storage areas in the Old Bed, Bonanza and Harmony mines previously operated by Republic Steel Corp.

Each pump-generator would put out 260 megawatts of power, fed through underground cables to a National Grid 115-kilovolt high-voltage line about a mile away.

Scozzafava said people shouldn’t infer that construction will start immediately once the license is issued, because there are other administration matters after that.

“It’s down to the end,” Scozzafava said.

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Port Henry Village continues trash collection The Port Henry Village Board reversed itself on garbage pickup

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PORT HENRY – After citizens complained to the Port Henry Village Board at a heated public meeting, trustees reversed themselves and reinstated trash collection until the village dissolves in March.

At a previous meeting, the board had cancelled garbage and recyclables pickup after Dec. 31, but it will now continue until March 31, 2017, when the village ends its existence and the Town of Moriah takes over many of its duties.

Town officials have said they will not continue trash collection, so residents will have to either hire a private hauler or take it themselves to the Moriah Solid Waste Transfer Station on Joyce Road.

The board had voted to stop picking up garbage and recyclables after Village Highway Supt. Daniel “Digger” Laing said the Department of Public Works was short-handed and didn’t have enough trucks left.

The village has been selling equipment and trucks as dissolution nears.

But Monday night, the board was told the village might be able to borrow a truck as needed from either the Port Henry-Moriah Joint Wastewater Treatment Plant or the Moriah Town Highway Department to continue.

Deputy Mayor/Trustee Matthew Brassard said he didn’t want to vote to end trash pickup, but felt at the time it had to be done.

Many of those at the meeting asked that collection be reinstated.

“You should run the village until it’s not here anymore,” businessman Walter Wojewodzic said.

Acting Village Treasurer Janelle Jurkiewicz said trash pickup was not specifically included in village taxes, as many had believed, since the service is shown as line item in the annual village budget.

“The individual items (in the budget) are a general idea of what they’re (DPW) going to be doing,” she said. “You’re going to have a cash flow problem.”

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Resident Michelle Costello said ending trash collection is contrary to the Village Dissolution Plan jointly developed by the town and village to guide the process.

“The Village of Port Henry allocates $23,000 for garbage pickup,” she said. “That’s what the plan says.”

Trustee James Curran made a motion to continue garbage and recyclables pickup until the end of March 2017, and it passed, 4-0, with Mayor Ernest Guerin abstaining.

“I’m not going to vote at all,” Guerin said. “It doesn’t matter if I vote.”

Guerin had supported stopping trash pickup at the end of the year.

Trash has been collected every Monday in the village, and

ABOVE: Dozens of vendors were represented at the annual Port Henry Holiday Bazaar last weekend.

LEFT: Patty King (left) was one of the exhibitors at the Port Henry Holiday Bazaar recently. The annual event sponsored by the Sherman Free Library was held in the Knights of Columbus building.

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that will continue to the end, Brassard said.

“That’s settled,” he said after the vote. “Garbage will be picked up until March 27.”

March 22 will be the final day for recyclables pickup, which is every second and fourth Wednesday.

Residents voted last year to dissolve the village as a municipal body, and March 31, 2017 was set as the end date.

ABOVE: Citizens listen as Acting Village Treasurer Janelle Jurkiewicz (end of row) talks about finances at a Port Henry Village Board meeting.

Despite her pleas they were running out of money, the board reinstated trash pickup for residents until the village dissolves on March 31, 2017.

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Flora,Ê StacyÊ fareÊ wellÊ atÊ NYSPHSAA-XCÊ meet

Madison Flora

Levi Williams

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Sierra Stacy

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CHENANGO VALLEY — One year ago, the Lake Placid Blue Bombers were atop the state cross country stage.

This year, the Blue Bombers returned to the NYSPHSAA Cross Country Championships to retain their title.

However, Maple Grove had other ideas, scoring better in the top three positions to score a 58-61 win over Lake Placid Nov. 12.

In the Class D boy’s race, Levi Williams of Schroon Lake placed 72nd, while Madison Flora (77th) and Sierra Stacy (86th) ran in the girl’s Class D race.

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Local finishers - NYSPHSAA XC

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Sandra Kwasniak

FR - Tupper Lake

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115

Kasandra Sipler

SO - Tupper Lake

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Class D - Lk. Placid 2nd, NW-JCS 7th Section VII 4th

Girls - Class D - Seton 6th, Section VII 6th 40

Marli Damp

8 - Lake Placid

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Brandon Olden

SO NW/JCS

17:00.8

49

Gabby Armstrong

SR - Lake Placid

21:03.0

62

Seamus Tomb

JR - NW/JCS

18:11.3

52

Sara Rose-Mccandlish SO - Lake Placid

21:19.1

70

Kenneth Mulvey

SO - NW/JCS

18:24.7

55

Savannah Dejordy

8 - Seton

21:37.8

72

Levi Williams

SR - Schroon Lake

18:27.0

77

Madison Flora

FR - Ticonderoga

23:05.9

75

Hayden Smith

SR - NW/JCS

18:33.7

86

Sierra Stacy

JR - Ticonderoga

23:28.6

76

Matt Brown

SR - NW/JCS

18:34.2

93

Sophie Macner

SO - Seton

24:18.6

96

Harry Helinski

SR - NW/JCS

19:29.9

96

Tess Klossner

SR - Tupper Lake

24:36.0

103

Gabe Smith

FR - NW/JCS

19:42.5

100

Jade Zhang

SR - Seton

24:49.4

TiconderogaÊ footballÊ seasonÊ endsÊ withÊ lossÊ againstÊ Cambridge SCHUYLERVILLE — The Ticonderoga Sentinels and Peru Indians went into the regional championship games with tough tasks ahead of them in the form of Cambridge and Glens Falls, respectively.

In the end, it would be Section II sweeping the duo of CVAC schools out of the state playoffs Nov. 12.

Class D In a game with an eerily similar flow as the 2014 regional championship game be-

tween the two schools, Cambridge was able to build up a big lead early and hang on as the two teams exchanged points throughout the second half before second rank Cambridge scored a 55-28 win over the third ranked Sentinels.

Cambridge scored the first 21 points of the game with a 13-yard pass from Zack Rowland to Brenden Holcomb and runs of four and 66 yards by Maurice Seymore.

Ticonderoga got on the board in the second when Evan Graney found Sam DuShane on a 53 yard touchdown pass.

That is when the back-and-forth between

the two teams began, as the first half ended with one-yard runs from Colton Dean and Graney (extra point missed), to give Cambridge a 28-13 haltime lead.

The Sentinels opened the second half with Graney and DuShane connecting on their second scoring play of the night from 20 yards out, while Graney hit Jevyn Granger for the two point conversion. Cambridge responded with a Rowland touchdown pass to Brett Lemeiux from five yards out to end the third quarter at 35-21.

The Sentinels then scored on a three-yard run by Hayden Scuderi to cut hte lead to one

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Cambridge capped the scoring with less than two minutes left, when Rowland hit Holcomb for a 29-yard touchdown pass.

Graney finished with 155 yards and a score on the ground, while completing four-of-13 passed for 73 yards and two scores. Scuderi was able to gain 95 yards on the ground with a touchdown. Samuel DuShane had both touchdowns on 73 yards receiving.

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CATS hike to showcase new bridge Crowfoot Pond trail opens Nov. 20 NORTH HUDSON — Champlain Area Trails (CATS) will lead a free hike on Sunday, Nov. 20 to celebrate the new bridge on the recently reopened Crowfoot Pond Trail.

“Hurricane Irene washed out the bridge people walked across to hike NYDEC’s Crowfoot Pond Trail and since that time people have been unable to get to the trail,” said CATS executive director Chris Maron.

Maron explained that after receiving a call from nearby residents, Sandy and David Kerr, he drove down to take a look at the situation, and then enlisted the help of CATS volunteers Ed Wojcik and Kim and Nancy Gilbertson.

Wojcik, who also volunteers for the Adirondack Mountain Club, worked

to keep the trail from growing over by wading across the brook to cut back brush and the Gilberstons kept in touch with the DEC about replacing the bridge. Their efforts and the commitment of the DEC to reopen the trail led to the construction of the new footbridge that once again allows access to this popular trail.

“We really appreciate how the DEC was able to work on this project,” said Maron. “They have many projects begging for their attention, especially after Irene. The CATS volunteers emphasized the need for the bridge and we’re fortunate, that the local DEC personnel were able to make this as priority.”

“We are so pleased to have the bridge replaced,” said North Hudson Town Supervisor Ron Moore. “We thank the DEC for putting the new bridge in place. Crowfoot Pond Trail is a popular hike for local residents and tourists. It

and other outdoor activities bring visitors to the area.”

Evan George, CATS board chair said: “Crowfoot Pond Trail is an easy trail through nice woods to a beautiful lake.

With the High Peaks trails getting so many visitors that there is a push to promote other hiking opportunities, it’s important to ensure those places are open so people can visit other parts of the Adirondacks. That ties in with CATS’ goal of having trails promote economic vitality in the Champlain Valley.”

The public is invited to attend the 5-mile round trip hike to Crowfoot Pond and back. The group will meet at the trailhead on Tracy Road. It is about 6 miles west of Witherbee. Coming from the other direction, it is 1.6 miles east of NYS Route 9 and Exit 30 of the Northway.

Pearsall Foundation grants announced JOHNSBURG — Over 50 grant applications were submitted to the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation this year.

Of the applications received, the foundation either fully or partially funded 33 of them, including: • Moriah Central School to help fund their food backpack program.

• Adirondack Research Consortium to support Student Scholar Research programming.

• CanAdirondack Engineers 4H Club to help fund additional equipment so that they can compete in the annual FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition.

• Adirondack Public Observatory to help underwrite equipment for an interactive classroom.

• Seagle Music Colony to bring children’s opera curriculum and performance to 15 Adirondack schools.

• Adirondack Curriculum Project to support the annual Adirondack Day at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake.

• Ticonderoga Festival Guild to support expansion of free children’s performing arts offerings.

• Champlain Valley Outdoor Educators Cooperative to staff field classes and fund creation of educational materials for four Essex County schools to experience, study and draw conclusions about water quality and the aquatic biology of the Boquet River.

• North County Ministry to send 5 staff members and 7 key board members to “Bridges Out of Poverty” training sessions as well as help fund food for students attending the YMCA Adirondack Outreach Center in Brant Lake.

• Adirondack Marathon a one-time gift to help cover recent financial shortfalls.

• Fort Ticonderoga Association to provide outreach programs to four Adirondack schools.

• Ticonderoga Central Schools to support their student food backpack program.

Additional information on past grant recipients and the grant application process is available at pearsallfoundation. org.

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Salvation Army in search of bell ringers TICONDEROGA — The Salvation Army is seeking volunteer bell ringers for its Red Kettle Campaign in Ticonderoga.

The Red Kettles have become a tradition throughout the United States, raising money to assist the less fortunate. Volunteers are needed from the day after Thanksgiving up until Christmas Eve. Companies, organizations, schools, and individuals can sign up as volunteers.

Up to 90 percent of the money raised is available to help people in need in the local community.

If you have a friendly face, you don’t mind being out in the cold for an hour or two, and you would like to do something to benefit your community this holiday season, then consider becoming a volunteer bell ringer for the Salvation Army.

If interested, contact Site Coordinator Richard Buell at 5973270. If you need assistance from the Salvation Army please call the Community Service Representative, Glen Buell, at 597-3222.

Fire District elections slated Dec. 13 CROWN POINT — The Crown Point Fire District will hold Fire District Elections on Dec. 13 from 6-9 p.m. at the AE Phelps Fire Company at 2764 Main Street.

The following offices are up for re-election and any interested should submit a letter to Cindy Bodette, Treasurer, Crown Point Fire District, PO Box 194, Crown Point, NY 12928 or districttreasurer@cptelco.net by Nov. 23.

Up for reelection: fire district commissioner and district treasurer.

Memory tree ceremony upcoming, donations still accepted NORTH HUDSON — The North Hudson Ladies’ Auxiliary will host their annual “Memory Tree” celebration in November and December. To purchase a $1 red ribbon in memory of a loved one, contact Brenda at 532-7914. The names of all the loved ones will be read at the tree lighting on Dec. 16 at 6 p.m.

Schroon library to host Alzheimer’s education program SCHROON LAKE — The Schroon Lake Public Library will host an educational program by the Alzheimer’s Association on Dec. 8. The program will focus on detection of Alzheimer’s, causes, risk factors and more. The event is slated for 1 p.m. For more information, call Tonya Garmley at 867-4999 ext. 200.

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ECHD: Help available for pre-diabetes ELIZABETHTOWN — More than 1 in 3 Americans, about 86 million, have pre-diabetes.

Nine out of 10 don’t know they have it.

Pre-diabetes is when your blood sugar is higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

The condition is still dangerous because it increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and progression to Type 2 diabetes. In fact, without lifestyle changes, 15-20 percent of people with pre-diabetes will go on to develop diabetes in five years.

There are factors that increase the risk of pre-diabetes – age (especially after 45), being overweight or obese, having a family history of diabetes, having a history of diabetes while pregnant or having given birth to a baby weighing 9 pounds or more, and being physically inactive.

The good news? If you have pre-diabetes, research shows that doing just two things can help you prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes: lose 5-7 percent of your body weight and get at least 150 minutes each week of physical activity – even brisk walking counts. Making these two changes can cut your risk of getting Type 2 diabetes in half!

The first step, though, is knowing your status.

That’s why the Essex County Health Department has part-

nered with Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH) to raise awareness of pre-diabetes and increase the collective capacity of our organizations to offer preventative programs in the area of chronic disease.

Over the last several weeks, both organizations have held or attended events to offer pre-diabetes screening – a simple paper test to assess an individual’s risk for pre-diabetes. When people are aware of their risk, they are then armed with information to bring to their health care providers. Simply discussing their screening results with their doctor can prompt testing to determine if pre-diabetes is confirmed.

“Knowledge is power,” said Linda Beers, Director of Public Health. “We know changes in diet and physical activity levels are some of the hardest changes to make, but small lifestyle tweaks made and sustained over time can lead to big results in terms of health. We don’t want people to think they have to change everything in their life or give up all their favorite activities – that’s just not practical. But, by slowly introducing healthier foods and increasing physical activity levels, better habits tend to stick.”

Speaking of sticks – a brief poke of a needle can prevent quite a bit of misery from the flu virus. Although it is true that the flu mist – a flu vaccine delivered nasally – is unavailable

this year, the CDC still recommends that everyone six months of age and older receive a flu vaccination. It’s the best way to protect against commonly circulating strains of the virus.

“Even if the vaccine isn’t perfectly matched to the strains floating around in a particular flu season, it’s still important to get vaccinated because the vaccine can shorten the duration and severity of flu symptoms,” said Beers. “The flu vaccine will not give you the flu – and most people who get the shot have no problems with it.”

Minor side effects include soreness or redness where the shot was given, aches, headache, and/or fatigue, which occur shortly after the shot is given and generally only last a day or two.

Community flu immunization clinics have been held in Willsboro, Keene, Elizabethtown, Moriah and Lake Placid and Schroon Lake so far this fall.

Flu vaccines will continue to be offered throughout the fall and winter at the Elizabethtown office on Mondays and Thursdays. For an appointment, call 873-3500.

ECHD and ECH are also preparing to offer more chronic disease prevention and self-management courses soon.

A

s we start thinking about the holiday season, why not give a loved one the gift of membership is one of the most active clubs in the Adirondacks - the Schroon Lake Senior Citizens Club?

The club has something going on just about every day of the week. There are shopping trips to Ticonderoga every Tuesday, bingo every Thursday and Wii every Friday, as well as special game nights.

The bus travels to Glens Falls on shopping trips, special trips to museums, the Christmas Tree Shop, the casino, the theater and thrift shops.

Gourmet Groupies dine out once a month at various area restaurants. There are adult coloring classes and a walking program to help seniors stay fit.

The club often has educational programs and lectures.

Throughout the winter months, seniors go to Ticonderoga for an afternoon of bowling.

Membership is $20 a year and seniors age 55 and older are welcome to join.

The Schroon Lake Senior Citizens Club has a 14-passenger bus which is equipped for the handicapped. Volunteers are always needed to join committees, cover phones, or drive the bus.

The club is also open for nutrition Monday through Friday, except on holidays and school closings. To sign up for meals, call Keisha Sprague 24-hours in advance at 532-0179.

For more information on membership, call 532-7755.

PFC Cody Huestis graduated Oct. 14, 2016 from Paris Island, SC. Huestis attended Ticonderoga High School.

His proud parents are Melanie and Philippe LaPerle of Ticonderoga.

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Crown Point Central School juniors and seniors attended the SUNY Plattsburgh Theatre Department’s production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” recently. Students posed for a photo outside the college.

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Retired teacher and military veteran Keith Barber came to Ticonderoga Elementary School as a presenter for Veterans Day activities. Barber, left, and veteran Craig Cassidy are with the 5th graders here. Other veterans at the school were Dave Connor and Nancy Pauquette.

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From page 7 above more monotonous issues like the country’s financial standing and GDP. My generation holds each of these social advancements as examples of how far our country has come in the fight for equality, acceptance and celebration of diversity.

With Trump — who is a demagogue — we fear that the progress we have seen will be rescinded.

Trump also appears to have activated a segment of the population who are proud to wear their prejudices on their sleeve.

The argument could be made that people my age didn’t try hard enough — that despite our willingness to knock on doors for Sanders, we brought only half-hearted support to Clinton.

The argument could also be made that we are too young to understand the deep-seated frustration of the older generations. This

is also a fair point, though I would argue that the idealism of youth is not always something born from ignorance.

With the completion of the new World Trade Center last year, a lot of us had hopes that the United States would be

moving forward.

To take a step back at this point is terrifying — and unacceptable.

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County approves outside vendor for title searches Move will expedite tax auctions, said lawmakers, who have long complained over glacial search process

By Pete DeMola

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makers have repeatedly expressed frustration over the lack of regular tax auctions designed to place the properties back on the tax rolls.

“This had nothing to do with the county clerk’s office,” said Randy Preston (I-Wilmington). “A whole batch got dumped into their lap that they couldn’t do.

“Let’s move forward.”

ELIZABETHTOWN — County lawmakers have approved using outside vendors to aid the county clerk’s office in the title search process for tax delinquent properties.

Four companies have been offered $110 per search at 25 searches per week.

“The fee of $110 is the lowest we’ve seen in this area,” said County Attorney Dan Manning.

Manning estimated 800 to 1,000 searches are required for the county to get caught up on 2013, 2014 and 2015 properties, leading to a minimum expenditure of $88,000. At 25 searches per week that will catch the county up on 1,000 searches in 40 weeks.

The county clerk’s office ordinarily conducts the searches in-house, a labor-intensive process that searches delinquent properties in chronological order based on year.

But the process has slowed to a crawl for years, and law-

$8 MILLION OWED Lawmakers approved the expenditure on Monday.

Stephen McNally (D-Minerva) said he was initially against the measure, citing the cost, but signed off after County Clerk Joe Provoncha said his office would not be able to handle searches for 2014 and 2015.

“Now I’m in favor,” McNally said. “I think once we get caught up, we’ll be fine.”

County supervisors have long said they aim to hold two tax auctions each year.

The county is owed $8 million in back taxes, reported Shaun Gillilland (R-Willsboro), citing a discussion with the county treasurer.

“When you’re talking about $8 million of money that is a phantom on our fund balance, personally I think we do what

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be sustainable, funding-wise.”

On a fiscal level, town budgets are now rising as municipalities struggle to maintain the services for an aging population in an era of permanent austerity.

And at least one squad, Crown Point, has been shuttered in recent years due to the lack of volunteers.

we can to get it back,” Gillilland said.

Compared to Essex County, neighboring Clinton County has just 30 or 40 tax delinquent properties up per year, Gillilland said.

County Manager Dan Palmer said he was in favor of the measure.

“It’s a self-perpetuating problem that doesn’t get resolved until we take steps to resolve it,” Palmer told lawmakers last week. “This is the step that takes care of it.”

WILL RECOUP FEES The title search process is required before the county can foreclosure on tax delinquent properties.

But the infrequency leads to continued deterioration of abandoned properties and lost revenue, lawmakers argue.

Once the search process is completed, the county attorney and treasurer send letters to delinquent property owners.

The county will recoup the cost for the search fee, which will be calculated into the amount of money owed for taxes once the property is sold.

The vote was unanimous, with Bill Ferebee (R-Keene), Michael “Ike” Tyler (R-Westport) and Wes Miga (R-Newcomb) excused.

County soliciting EMS input

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ELIZABETHTOWN — What are your expectations when you call 911?

It may seem like a no-brainer, but the county’s emergency services coordinator wants to hear from you.

For much of the past year, EMS Coordinator Patty Bashaw has been surveying emergency service squads across the county, discerning their concerns and needs as the municipality explores solutions to addressing the declining rate of volunteers.

One of the final steps in the data collection process is collecting input from county residents.

A new website has been launched, and the public is encouraged to share their insights.

‘CRISIS’ The county’s EMS concerns are well-documented: Squads are facing reduced volunteer rates. As such, officials are worried about a drop-off in service, leading to coverage gaps.

That, paired with a perfect storm of additional factors, have led officials to describe the situation as a pending crisis.

Additional factors include an uptick in state-mandated training that disincentivizes new recruits; there are demographic changes that see less young people raising families here, as well as a shift in how people view civic engagement in general.

All of this means what was once unthinkable is now within the realm of possibility: What happens if you call 911, and no one comes?

“We are very, very lean with the number of people we have, and the people we have are getting older,” Bashaw said.

“We have to have the volunteers, otherwise it’s not going to

STRATEGIC PLAN The county is taking a proactive approach. Alongside meetings with state officials, the county is in the process of drafting a strategic plan.

Using state grant funds, the county hired Rochester-based firm Centers for Government Research for the countywide study.

Alongside interviews with local squads and a constellation of other agencies, Bashaw has also interviewed her counterparts in Livingston, Albany and Columbia counties, who are also facing similar issues, and have created some form of a countywide system.

“It’s very clear this is not specific to Essex County,” Bashaw said.

Once the data is crunched, the county will create a strategic plan with lawmaker input.

Bashaw said it’s too early to say what a possible solution may look like, whether it be a countywide system or another arrangement.

She stressed the county does not want to take over agencies, but rather ensure a patient is getting an ambulance in a timely fashion.

Keeping stakeholders in the loop is crucial, she said.

“We’re trying to be as transparent as possible,” Bashaw said.

To take the survey, visit cgr.org/essex-ems/. Click on “Get Involved,” then select “submit comments or questions.”

St. Mary’s Catholic School of Ticonderoga held a “Name that Saint” program recently, attended by parents and the school community.

Eighth grader Corey Lender (seen here) was St. Patrick.

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TICONDEROGA - Free Opioid overdose responder training. Ticonderoga Community Building, 152 Montcalm Street, Basement Meeting Room. 2nd Tuesday of every month, 5 p.m. 6 p.m. Must call 518.563.2437, ext. 3403 to register. Must be at least 16 years of age to participate.

TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

CROWN POINT - Crown Point Board of Fire Commissioners will hold monthly meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month commencing at 7:00 pm at the Crown Point Fire Station 2764 Main St., Crown Point New York.

TICONDEROGA - American Legion Post #224 Monthly Meeting. Second Thursday

NORTH CREEK - The Baby's Place Play Group of North Country Ministry meets on the first 3 Tuesdays of the month from 10:00 to 11:30.

Children from newborn through age 3 and their caregivers are welcome to attend FREE of charge.

The Play Group meets at the Adirondack Community Outreach Center, 2718 Route 28, North Creek. For questions, call 518-2514460.

LONG LAKE - Nutrition Site serving lunch to our area seniors . Monday-Friday @ Noon Great lunch and social time. All are welcome, so come join us! Call Colleen Smith at 518-624-5221

BOOKS SCHROON LAKE – Schroon Lake Public Library's, Writers GroupMeets the 2nd and 4th Monday At 1:00 p.m., In the downstairs meeting room. New Members welcome!

For more info call 518-532-7737 ext. 13.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS SCHROON LAKE - Get Your Uke On! Beginners Ukelele Classes at the Schroon Lake Public Library Saturdays, October 8th -Dec. 10th 11:00 a.m. FREE. Ages 10 through Seniors welcome. Class size is limited, call the library to reserve a space. 532-7737 ext. 13. Bring your own Ukelele or use one of ours.

TICONDEROGA - Take Control Exercise classes. Ticonderoga Armory Senior Center. 9:30 a.m.

Free.

Details: 518-585-6050, rsvp@logocail.net. Every Wednesday.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH TICONDEROGA Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group monthly support group for caregivers InterLakes Health, Ethan Allen Library.

4 p.m. Details: 518-564-3370.

Second Tuesdays

TICONDEROGA - Nar-Anon Family Group A support group for family and friends of addicts. Location: Office of the Prevention Team 173 Lord Howe St., Ticonderoga, N.Y.Mondays at 6PM (excluding Holidays) beginning June 6, 2016 For more info go to nar-anon.org

DINNERS & SUCH

TICONDEROGA - Elks cook to order breakfast will start Oct. 23, from 8-11 every 2 and 4th Sunday each month any question please contact me at 518-585-1052

TICONDEROGA - The Champlain Valley Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association holds their Monthly Meeting on the 2nd Sunday of each month at the Ticonderoga American Legion, Montcalm Street at 1 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Please bring a dish to share.

SENIORS

SCHROON LAKE - Schroon Lake nutrition site. Monday-Friday, 11:30 a.m. Call Keisha at 518-5320179. Everyone is welcome.

TICONDEROGA - Free arthritis exercises. Ticonderoga Senior Center, 10 to 11 a.m. Details: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County 518-962-4810, mba32@cornell.edu. Second and Fourth Wednesday

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVthe Office of the Clerk of EN that the Town of NOTICE OF SALE the Board of Supervisors Ticonderoga was awardIndex No.: CV15-0485 in the Essex County ed a Community DevelIn pursuance of a JudgGovernment Center opment Block Grant ment of Foreclosure and 32 | November 19, 2016 • The Times Ti Sunbe inwww.suncommunitynews.com Published where theyof may (CDBG) Program adminSale duly made in the by Denton Publications, Inc. spected or procured by above action on the 7th istered by the New York any interested personLAND day of October, 2016, I, StateLAND Office for CommuHOMES CRUISE & TRAVEL HOME IMPROVEMENTS the undersigned Referee nity Renewal (OCR), for between the hours of in the Judgment the LAND Program Year 2013 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, CATSKILL MTN ABANDONED LAKEFRONT SALE! 5 acres ALL INCLUSIVE RESORT packages Handy Andy Home Repair and named, will sell atBaths, public auction Renewal at Sandals, Dreams, Secrets, Riu, Monday through FARM! Friday.

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OR RENT? tenwith questions or com- held 16 Supervisors at the Community FROM TIME TO TIME hereto and made a part www.NCPtravel.com Advertise us! We connect ments are3.3 welcome $18,762.17 each Building, 132 Montcalm WE MAKE CERTAIN hereof. you with nearly million and can (plus be directed to the FURTHER NOTICE IS CHANGES IN THE SERStreet,HOME Ticonderoga, The mortgaged premises IMPROVEMENTS consumers more online!)

Town Supervisor, HEREBY GIVEN, that the VICES that we offer with New York, on the 8th in a statewide will be sold subject to classified ad.

Giordano following is a summary day of Boiler December, order to better serve Advertise our Joseph (a) the rights of the pubyour property forat justthe Central certifiedatE-Classic and ad, phone of the tentative budget customers. The follow-$489address 6:00 p.m. to discuss the lic and others in and to for a 25-word OUTDOOR WOOD FURNACE. Buy number provided of Essex County for the proposed be- up to ing changes are sched-zoned any part of the mortads start at $229.at the NOW for contract instant rebate end of this Notice. fiscal year beginning tween the andVermont the uled to take place: gaged premises that lies Visit AdNetworkNY.com or The $1000!

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HeatJanuary 1, 2017: Total Ticonderoga UTV Movies will be call within the bounds of any Public Hearing will be 315-437-6173 ing AlternativesEmergency 802-343-7900 appropriations of dropped on or about De- held on Thursday, De- Medical Servics , Inc. street, alley, or highway; $97,715,744.00 less es- cember 07, 2016 and that an opportunity (b) covenants, restriccember 8th, 2016 at the timated revenues of RFD will be added to Va- Town of Ticonderoga to be heard in regard tions and easements of $73,730,276.00; the riety Pass on or about record, if any; (c) violaCommunity Building, thereto will then and proposed tax levy will be December 12, 2016 tions, zoning regulations 132 Montcalm Street, there be given to the $22,075,659.00 for fis- We will be dropping the Ticonderoga NY at 6:00 public. and ordinances of the cal year 2017, a 3.75% analog versions of NBC- PM to afford an oppor- Said contract provisions City, Town or Village in *Free Vehicle/Boat Pickup increase in the projected are not limSports Network, VH1, tunity to review the de- include, but ANYWHERE which said mortgaged 2017 tax levy. ited to, a description QVC, WE and SyFy in Al- tails of the proposed premises lie; (d) any *We Accept Allof Vehicles Benefiting All persons who wish to the services Running to beor probany, Not state of facts that an acprojects, related issues *Fully Tax Deductible ® the respective speak or submit written vided to Amsterdam/Gloversville, curate, currently dated and to comment before Make-A-Wish statements will be per- Canajoharie, districts, the compensasurvey might disclose; the construction phase Northeast New York mitted to do so. tion to be paid by the Cobleskill/Middleburgh, (e) the rights of tenants, of the project. The Town Dated: November 14, Glens Town for such services Falls, Pt. Offices are an accessible if any; (f) the right of reWheelsForWishes.org 2016 Judith A. Henry/Ticonderoga/Crow facility; other accommo- and the term of the con- PLEASE TAKE NOTICE demption of the United (518) 650-1110 Garrison, Clerk tracts. n Pt, Rensselaer, Sarato- dations for the personsCall: that, pursuant to a reso- States of America, if any; * Car Donation d/b/a Wheels For Wishes.

To learn more 10, about our programs Essex County Board of ga Springs, Schenec- with disabilities Dated: November may Foundation be lution adopted by the and (g) the present conor financial information, visit www.wheelsforwishes.org. tady, Schroon, Troy/Bat- made upon advance no- 2016 Supervisors dition of the mortgaged Town Board of the Town

By Order of the Town P.O. Box 217, 7551 tenkill, Hoosick and tice. Written questions of Ticonderoga on property, which shall be Queensbury on or about or comments may be Board Court Street November 10, 2016, a sold as is and without Town of Ticonderoga, public hearing will be any representations or Toggle Industries, LLC sent to Elizabethtown, NY December 13, 2016 LEGALS Arts of Org. filed SSNY 12932 We will be dropping the Joseph Girodano, Town New York warranties whatsoever. held by said Town Board 9/9/16. Office: Essex Co. ESSEX COUNTY (518) 873-3350 Tonya Thompson, Town on December 8, 2016 at Dated: October 27, 2016 analog versions of Supervisor SSNY design agent of NOTICE OF PUBLIC TT-11/19/2016-1TCClerk /s/ 6:00 p.m. at the Offices NECN, NBCSports Net- Town of Ticonderoga LLC upon whom proHEARING ON 2017 TEN- 136461 of the Town of Ticon- William Russell, Referee work, VH1, QVC and We 132 Montcalm Street, Town of Ticonderoga TATIVE BUDGET TT-11/19/2016-1TCBARTLETT, PONTIFF, cess may be served & deroga, 132 Montcalm in Lee/Lenox, North PO Box 471 mail to 273 Grand St Fl NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- NOTICE OF SALE Street, Ticonderoga, STEWART & RHODES, Adams and Pittsfield on Ticonderoga, NY 12883 136460 6 New York, NY 10002 EN, that the Budget Offi- SUPREME P.C. New York, to discuss the COURT- or about December 13, 518.585.6677 General Purpose. cer of the County of Es- COUNTY OF ESSEX RE- 2016 modification on an Order Attorney for Plaintiff TT-11/19/2016-1TCNOTICE TO BIDDERS sex has prepared and VERSE MORTGAGE SO- Automotive On Demand Mark A. Lebowitz, of TT-11/19-12/24/2016136436 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- Restricting Parking.

6TC-135940 filed a tentative budget will drop on or about Counsel By order of the Town LUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, EN that the Town Board NOTICE OF PUBLIC for the fiscal year 2017, January 2, 2017 AGAINST of the Town of Ticon- Board of the Town of One Washington St.-PO TOWN OF TICONDEROHEARING and that the Board of VIOLA LA ROSE AKA VI- WMHT DT4 will be Ticonderoga, New York, Box 2168 deroga, New York (the GA FIRE DISTRICT ANSupervisors will meet at OLA F. LA ROSE AKA VI- added on or about Jan- TOWN OF TICONDERO- Town) invites sealed Glens Falls, NY 12801- NUAL FIRE DISTRICT dated GA the Supervisors Cham- OLA RAYMO AKA VIOLA uary 17, 2017 2168 bids for the purchase of November 10, 2016.

ELECTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE bers at the Essex County 518 792-2117 Tonya Thompson F. RAYMO AKA VIOLA We will be providing you the following: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVthat, pursuant to Town Government Center on LA ROSE RAYMO AKA these notifications SCHEDULE A Unleaded Gasoline (Min- Town Clerk EN that a Public Election the 28th day of Novem- VIOLA F. LA ROSE RAY- whenever there is a Law section 184(2), a imum Octane 87) ALL THOSE LOTS OR of the Ticonderoga Fire TT-11/19/2016-1tcber, 2016, at 9:30 AM, MO, et al. Defendant(s) change in channel or public hearing will be E10 Ethanol PARCELS OF LAND, sit- District to fill the posi136552 for the purpose of hold- Pursuant to a judgment programming service. held at the Community Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel uate in the Town of tion of one (1) commising a public hearing on of foreclosure and sale You can also check our Building, 132 Montcalm Kerosene STATE OF NEW YORK Ticonderoga, County of sioner for the term of Street, Ticonderoga, the tentative budget of duly entered August 25, division website at Propane SUPREME COURT Essex and State of New Five (5) years will be New York, on the 8th the County of Essex for 2016 the undersigned WWW.TWC.COM if you York described as fol- held on TUESDAY DEFuel Oil (Heating) COUNTY OF ESSEX day of December, at the fiscal year beginning lows, viz: Lots #61, #64 would like more updated All such sealed bids Referee will sell at public DALE RAFFERTY, CEMBER 13, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. to discuss the January 1, 2017, and auction at the Essex and #66 of a survey and information. must be received by the Plaintiff, 6 P.M. to 9 P.M. at the proposed contract bethat at such hearing any map of Village Lots Town Board at the Town County Courthouse, TT-11/19/2016-1TCagainst Ticonderoga Fire House, tween the Town and the person may be heard in Front Lobby, 7559 Court 136249 made by D.M. Arnold in Offices at 132 Montcalm ROBERT L. FENIMORE, 60 Montcalm Street, Chilson Volunteer Fire favor of or against the Street, September, 1892, for Street, Ticonderoga, NEW Elizabethtown, YORK STATE Ticonderoga, NY. All tentative budget, as NY 12932 on December NOTICE OF PUBLIC Company, Inc. and that New York, on or before Celista Cossey which COMMISSIONER OF persons who have been an opportunity to be compiled, or for or 14, 2016 at 10:00 AM HEARING map is on file in the Esthe 5th day of Decem- TAXATION AND FION THE a resident of the Ticonagainst any items there- premises known as 901 AWARDED COMMUNITY heard in regard thereto sex County Clerks Office. will then and there be ber, 2016 at 1:00 pm; at NANCE, ARROW FINAN- Being the same premis- deroga Fire District for at in contained. such time and place, all CIAL SERVICES, LLC BRADFORD HILL ROAD, DEVELOPMENT BLOCK least 30 days and are given to the public.

Copies of said tentative sealed bids received will A/P/O HSBC CARD SER- es conveyed to Robert L. registered voters will be CROWN POINT, NY GRANT FOR THE TOWN Said contract provisions budget are available at 12928 Fenimore by deed from VICES, UNITED STATES OF TICONDEROGA include, but are not lim- be publicly opened and eligible to vote in this the Office of the Clerk of All that certain plot piece read.

OF AMERICA and JOHN Richard E. Slater dated STREET ROAD WATER election. ited to, a description of the Board of Supervisors or parcel of land, with July 31, 2003 and Candidates interested in Specifications, bid DOE, MAIN REPLACEMENT in the Essex County the buildings and im- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- the services to be pro- forms, proposed con- Defendants. recorded in the Essex being placed on the votvided to the respective Government Center provements County Clerks Office on ing ballot for the posithereon EN that the Town of districts, the compensa- tract and non-collusion NOTICE OF SALE where they may be in- erected, situate, lying August 6, 2003 in Liber tion of Fire Commissionstatements will be avail- Index No.: CV15-0485 Ticonderoga was awardspected or procured by and being in the Robert ed a Community Devel- tion to be paid by the able for examination and In pursuance of a Judg- 1369 at Page 57. er must submit their reTown for such services any interested person Grant Patent, Town of opment Block Grant procurement in the ment of Foreclosure and SUBJECT to covenants, quest in writing to: Paul and the term of the conbetween the hours of Crown Point, County of (CDBG) Program adminrestrictions, easements Town Clerk's Office, lo- Sale duly made in the LaRock, TFC Secretary, tracts.

8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Essex and State of New istered by the New York and rights-of-way of P.O. Box 127 Ticonderoabove action on the 7th Dated: November 10, cated at 132 Montcalm Monday through Friday. record.

York. Section 128.6, State Office for CommuStreet, Ticonderoga, day of October, 2016, I, ga, NY 12883 no later 2016 Pursuant to Section 359 TT-11/05-11/26/2016Block 5 and Lot 19 New York, between the the undersigned Referee nity Renewal (OCR), for By Order of the Town than Wednesday. of the County Law, the 4TC-135035 Approximate amount of the Program Year 2013 hours of 8:00 a.m. and in the Judgment named, November 23, 2016.

Board maximum salaries that judgment $80,474.24 will sell at public auction Community Renewal Town of Ticonderoga, 4:00 p.m. or by calling Paul LaRock, Secretary may be fixed and plus interest and costs.

(518) 585-6677 begin- at the front entrance of Fund offered by the New York Ticonderoga Fire Compayable during the fiscal Premises will be sold ning immediately the Essex County MunicNorth Country Regional Tonya Thompson, Town mission. year 2017 to members subject to provisions of Economic Development through December 5, ipal Center, ElizabethTT-11/12-11/19/2016Clerk of the Board of Supervi- filed Judgment. Index 2016. town, New York on the Council (NCREDC). The 2TC-135515 Town of Ticonderoga sors, the Chairman and #CV15-0391 Only such bids as are 6th day of December, THE MINEVILLE-WITHCDBG program provides NOTICE OF FORMATION Budget Liaison Officer BRYAN J. HUGHES, funding assistance for TT-11/19/2016-1TCmade and filed upon the 2016 at 10:30 o'clock in ERBEE FIRE DISTRICT 136438 OF LIMITED LIABILITY thereof, are hereby spec- ESQ, Referee, forms available in the the forenoon of that day, #2 BOARD OF FIRE certain Economic Develified as follows: Kozeny, McCubbin & opment, Public Facili- NOTICE OF PUBLIC Town Clerk's Office and the real property de- COMMISSIONERS An- COMPANY (LLC) Name: Trudeau Home Chairman of the Board are enclosed in a sealed Katz, LLP - Attorneys scribed by the Judgment ties, and Housing Activi- HEARING nual Fire District Election Improvements, LLC. Ar$23,762.17 for Plaintiff 40 Marcus to be sold, being that ties. The public hearing TOWN OF TICONDERO- envelope clearly marked Notice is hereby given ticles of Organization Budget Liaison Officer SEALED Drive, Suite 200, will provide an opportu- GA real property in the that a public election of filed with the Secretary $20,762.17 PROPOSAL/BID-FUEL Melville, NY 11747 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Town of Ticonderoga, the Mineville-Witherbee nity for attendees to ask of State of New York 16 Supervisors will be accepted.

TT-11/12-12/03/2016that, pursuant to Town State of New York, more questions and make Fire District to fill the po$18,762.17 each 4TC-132690 comments regarding the Law section 184(2), a The Town reserves the particularly described in sitions of One (1) Com- (SSNY) on June 4, 2016 Office Location: Essex FURTHER NOTICE IS right to reject any and all Schedule "A", annexed proposed project. Writ- public hearing will be missioner for a three (3) HEREBY GIVEN, that the FROM TIME TO TIME proposals/bids not con- hereto and made a part year term & One (1) County. The SSNY is ten questions or com- held at the Community designated as agent of following is a summary sidered to be in the best hereof.

WE MAKE CERTAIN ments are welcome and Building, 132 Montcalm Commissioner for a five the LLC upon whom of the tentative budget CHANGES IN THE SER- can be directed to the Street, Ticonderoga, interest of the Town, The mortgaged premises (5) year term will take process against it may of Essex County for the Supervisor, New York, on the 8th and to waive any techni- will be sold subject to place on Tuesday, DeVICES that we offer in Town fiscal year beginning order to better serve our Joseph Giordano at the day of December, at cal or formal defect in (a) the rights of the pub- cember 13, 2016, From be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any proJanuary 1, 2017: Total the proposals/bids customers. The follow- address and phone lic and others in and to 6:00 p.m. to discuss the 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at appropriations of ing changes are sched- number provided at the any part of the mort- the Mineville-Witherbee cess to the LLC at: 1035 proposed contract be- which is considered by $97,715,744.00 less es- uled to take place: end of this Notice. The gaged premises that lies Fire Station at 112 Ray- Wicker Street, Ticontween the Town and the the Town to be merely deroga, NY 12883. Purtimated revenues of UTV Movies will be Public Hearing will be irregular, immaterial or within the bounds of any Ticonderoga Emergency mond Wright Avenue, $73,730,276.00; the dropped on or about De- held on Thursday, De- Medical Servics , Inc. unsubstantial. street, alley, or highway; Mineville, NY. Candi- pose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. proposed tax levy will be Dated: November 10, (b) covenants, restric- dates interested in being cember 07, 2016 cember 8th, 2016 at the and that an opportunity $22,075,659.00 for fis- RFD will be added to Va- Town of Ticonderoga 2016 tions and easements of placed on the voting bal- TT-11/12-12/17/2016to be heard in regard cal year 2017, a 3.75% record, if any; (c) viola- lot for any of the Com- 6TC-135513 Community Building, thereto will then and Ticonderoga, New York riety Pass on or about increase in the projected

By Order of the Town December 12, 2016 tions, zoning regulations 132 Montcalm Street, there be given to the missioner Positions 2017 tax levy.

Board We will be dropping the Ticonderoga NY at 6:00 public. and ordinances of the must submit their reAll persons who wish to Town of Ticonderoga, analog versions of NBC- PM to afford an oppor- Said contract provisions City, Town or Village in quest in writing and speak or submit written Sports Network, VH1, tunity to review the de- include, but are not lim- New York. which said mortgaged state which position statements will be per- QVC, WE and SyFy in Al- tails of the proposed Tonya Thompson, Town ited to, a description of premises lie; (d) any they wish to be placed mitted to do so.

Clerk bany, the services to be prostate of facts that an ac- on the ballot for. Written projects, related issues Dated: November 14, Amsterdam/Gloversville, Town of Ticonderoga vided to the respective curate, currently dated and to comment before request will be accepted 2016 Judith A. Canajoharie, survey might disclose; until the construction phase districts, the compensa- TT-11/19/2016-1TCWednesday, Garrison, Clerk 136473 Cobleskill/Middleburgh, tion to be paid by the (e) the rights of tenants, November 23, 2016, to of the project. The Town Essex County Board of Glens Falls, Pt. Offices are an accessible Town for such services if any; (f) the right of re- Mineville-Witherbee Supervisors facility; other accommo- and the term of the con- PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Henry/Ticonderoga/Crow demption of the United Board of Fire CommisP.O. Box 217, 7551 n Pt, Rensselaer, Sarato- dations for the persons tracts. that, pursuant to a reso- States of America, if any; soners, PO Box 399, Court Street Dated: November 10, lution adopted by the and (g) the present con- Mineville, NY 12956. Atga Springs, Schenec- with disabilities may be Elizabethtown, NY tady, Schroon, Troy/Bat- made upon advance no- 2016 dition of the mortgaged Town Board of the Town tention: Secretary.

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By Order of the Town tenkill, Hoosick and tice. Written questions of Ticonderoga on property, which shall be TT-11/19/2016-1TC(518) 873-3350 Queensbury on or about November 10, 2016, a sold as is and without or comments may be Board 1TC-136462 TT-11/19/2016-1TCDecember 13, 2016 Town of Ticonderoga, public hearing will be any representations or sent to 136461 We will be dropping the Joseph Girodano, Town New York held by said Town Board warranties whatsoever. analog versions of Supervisor Tonya Thompson, Town on December 8, 2016 at Dated: October 27, 2016 NECN, NBCSports Net- Town of Ticonderoga Clerk 6:00 p.m. at the Offices /s/

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