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Cuomo leads assault against tax plan GOP-penned bill is “political retaliation,” say blue state governors By Pete DeMola EDITOR

ALBANY | Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t mincing words when it comes to the tax reform bill that cleared the U.S. Senate last week, calling it “trickle-down on steroids” and “a fraud” perpetrated on the American public. Cuomo reserved particular vitriol for the amendment that would end state and local tax deductions up to $10,000 annually. Rolling back the provision known as SALT is a deliberate attempt to target high-tax states like New York, he said, which sends $40 billion more in tax revenue to Washington, D.C. than it receives. “It’s political retaliation through the tax code,” he said Monday on conference call with reporters. “It will be devastating for the states that are affected. “It’s 40 percent of the GDP — you’re targeting the blue states.” The average deduction for taxpayers in the Empire State is more than $6,000 per year. But capping the tax break may also impact high-earners who would leave the state, he said » Tax Reform Cont. on pg. 8

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Time capsule from 1872 found Box was placed when Episcopal Church was dedicated By Lohr McKinstry STA FF W RITER

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PORT HENRY | Just 145 years after it was placed beneath the cornerstone, the time capsule from the former Moriah Episcopal Church has been unearthed. When the church on Henry Street was built in 1872, a copper box was used as a time capsule and sealed with lead solder by the congregation. The box was wedged under and behind the cornerstone of the church on the northeast corner of the building. On Saturday, a group of volunteers led by Thomas Trow excavated the earth around the pillar and James Curran dislodged and removed the time capsule with assistance from Trow’s son, Steve. “It took a lot of effort,” Trow said. “We knew about where it was, but not how

far back. It was in pretty good shape.” The group didn’t open the box, but will wait for a public ceremony at the urging of Moriah Town Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava. “This is a historic event,” Scozzafava said. “We wanted to give the entire community the opportunity to share in the opening of the time capsule.” The church had been owned by Essex County after it was seized for nonpayment of back taxes. At a tax sale on Nov. 29, it was purchased by Vince DuPont, who owns the Edgemont Bedand-Breakfast inn in Moriah. Trow and his group had received permission from the Essex County Board of Supervisors to remove the time capsule. Trow said he was alerted to the existence of the time capsule by a neighbor of the structure, Mary Considine, who was doing research on the church and discovered a mention of the capsule. “We think it contains Bibles and some other items,” he said. “We won’t know for sure until we open it.” » Time Capsule Cont. on pg. 15

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Local couple rescues girls from drowning Kyle Gregson and Amber Suba dove into pool in Jacksonville, Fla. to save two sisters

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SCHROON LAKE | A couple with local ties are being hailed in Jacksonville, Fla. for rescuing two children from drowning. Kyle Gregson, a Schroon Lake native, and his girlfriend, Amber Suba, were relaxing at the pool at their apartment complex on Nov. 29 when they heard someone yelling for help. Kenyatta Williams was at the pool with her daughters, Keziah, 8, and Kmiya, who is 9. “Everything just happened so fast,” Williams told News4Jax. “She came running to me and said, ‘(Keziah) is not breathing.’” Kmiya tried to rescue her sister, but quickly found herself in trouble.

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Essex County sheriff announces retirement Cutting not seeking re-election By Keith Lobdell STA FF W RITER

LEWIS | After over four decades of service to country and county, Essex County Sheriff Richard Cutting has decided it is time to move on. Cutting announced Monday, Dec. 4 he will retire at the end of his term after 40 years with the department. “When I was appointed to take Henry’s

place, the party asked me if I wanted to run,” Cutting said, referring to former sheriff Henry Hommes. “I thought about it and said I would give them two terms, and that is what I have done.” Cutting joined the department in 1977 after serving two years in the Marine Corps and a short stint in the county’s DMV office. “I think the Marines prepared me by instilling that sense of pride and duty that will always go with me,” Cutting said. “When I came back here from the military, I had always wanted to go into law enforcement because I grew up with Marshall Dillon and

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Cutting said he decided to take the position in August 2010 because of the “good things” that were happening in the department. “It took a lot of time in training as we built this building,” said Cutting, referring to the public safety building which replaced the old Essex County Jail and office. “We had all the good things that had started from the new building. We were now together with the state police, and that relationship has been excellent. When I first started, there

was so much competition between the law enforcement agencies and now there is a great cooperation between all of us.” Since its opening, Cutting said the jail has generated over $11 million in revenue for the county thanks to a federal inmate contract. “The jail was built to 30-year figures, so we had more beds than we need,” Cutting said. “We have become the feds go-to jail. We also have a great counseling system through St. Andrews that I always talk up and has been looked at by Vermont as an approach they would like to take.” » Sheriff Cont. on pg. 8

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LEWIS | With the retirement of Essex County Sheriff Richard Cutting now official, one candidate has officially thrown his hat in the ring, while another potential candidate will wait until the new year to make an official decision. The Sun asked both Undersheriff Michael Badger and Major David Reynolds if rumors of a potential run at the position were true.

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Reynolds, who has been with the department for the past 18 years, said in a statement he released Monday he was not ready to make an official announcement, but left the door open to a run starting at the beginning of the new year. “This is the time to focus on Sheriff Cutting’s long and distinguished career,” Reynolds said. “He has been part of the sheriff ’s office for over 40 years. His entire career has been focused on working for our county — something to be incredibly proud of. I know that I speak for everyone when I say that the office will not be the same without his presence. “It is also the time to focus on Christmas and New Year’s celebrations with friends and family. I will be happy to discuss ,' my plans in the new year, when CUMBERLAND 12,.;:::/:: ::::> Cinemast. ~ the time is more appropriate.”

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budget deficit, a number that could be doubled within the next two years. While tax reform at the federal level remains a dangling question mark, among the most troubling items contained within the bill passed by the U.S. Senate last week is the partial repeal of deductions on state and local income taxes. Repeal of the so-called SALT deduction would hurt high-tax states like New York the most. While middle-class upstate homeowners would still be able to write off up to $10,000 annually, passage may mean higher-income residents might opt to vote with their feet and leave the state altogether, which would increase the burden for the rest of us. Local governments may also be pressed to cut spending or lower taxes as a result. We all know there’s nothing left to cut in the North Country, a measure cast into even sharper relief by this year’s inane statemandated shared service panels. Cuomo has spent the past year fulminating against federal proposals, and has used nothing short of apocalyptic language to deride the bills and the lawmakers supporting them. But unlike the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, passage of tax reform is within sight, and Cuomo must now do more than use his bully pulpit and threaten lawmakers. He should put the state on a crash diet. The governor typically proposes his budget in January. While he has indicated he will keep state spending growth capped at 2 percent, we can think of a few additional

to cut taxes of low wage earners. Where are the cuts? For me, it is deplorable that the tax bill includes a provision that permits drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a place set aside for future generations of people and the preservation of endangered wildlife. As a resident of the Adirondacks, a protected park, I am disheartened. I am also a senior facing the possibility of a reduction in or elimination of Medicare funding. And I wish this was not so, but more importantly, I wish this bill didn’t eliminate affordable health insurance for millions of American children and their parents, many of which live right here in the North Country. Please join me in speaking out for our neighbors, friends and family. Submit letters by email to feedback@suncommunitynews.com Letters can also be sent to our oﬃces: 14 Hand Avenue: P.O. Box 338. Elizabethtown, NY 12932 Letters and guest commentaries do not reflect the editorial opinion of the newspaper and its owners. We’re always looking for guest columnists to offer extended commentaries. Contact pete@suncommunitynews.com to learn more. Endorsement letters for announced political candidates are not accepted and are considered paid endorsements. The paid endorsement notice can be purchased in three sizes — a quick 50 words or less for $15; a 51-175 word endorsement for $ 50 or a 176-300 word endorsement for $75.

ways to seriously curb spending. The first should be to reign in the state’s economic development programs. While we’re largely supportive of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative, which allocates some $8 billion to development projects across the state, many of projects being funded are little more than vanity projects with dubious benefit to the community. The state should curb refundable tax credits for the film industry, and seriously examine other economic development programs, many of which operate seemingly without proper oversight. Albany should also seriously explore curtailing waste in Medicaid spending. One in four state residents are program beneficiaries, costing the state some $60 billion annually, more than any state in the nation. The governor is fond of big ideas, and his tenure has been lined with an impressive litany of bold-faced policy proposals. But now that we’re at a decision point, we should also scale back some of these sweeping and bold ideas, particularly those that will carry an impact for local taxpayers illequipped to shoulder them. What the state should not do, however, is entertain drastic cuts to public education and aid to local governments, two areas that always seem to appear on the chopping block. If local governments are being put on a diet, then the state needs to swallow that same bitter pill. ■

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agency to keep the site open. The site was a collaboration with the Town of Lewis, and received support from the Adirondack and Cloud Splitter Foundations. The support for the site was amazing. We would never have been able to open the center without their support, and wish to thank them, the parents and our community. As a not-for-profit, the only way the agency can operate a center is if it is able to be selfsustaining and enrollment wasn’t enough to cover the cost of operating the program. Alan R. Jones, Executive Director/CEO, Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc. ■

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Hague shooting suspect may take plea As case makes its way through courts, Hague Market owner has set up crowdfunding campaign to aid with medical expenses

they went to apply for a marriage license. A security camera near the market had captured images of their car with unique decals that enabled state police to identify it. ■

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HAGUE | As the female suspect in the shooting of Hague Market owner James Rypkema nears a plea agreement, a fund has been set up to aid the injured shopkeeper. Rypkema must have additional surgeries to correct continuing neurological problems from a bullet wound to his arm, and his health insurance doesn’t cover the surgery in New York City. An online fundraiser has been set up for him at www.gofundme.com/JimRypkema. Rypkema was shot four times with a .22caliber rifle during an April 25 robbery at

Campano (right) and Tomko (left) the Hague Market on Route 8. He has since returned to work, but some bullets could not be removed by surgeons. The fund seeks to raise $35,000, and had garnered just over $7,925 by Friday afternoon. Co-defendant Christine W. Tomko, 27, of Thurman, was in Warren County Court recently to discuss a deal that would satisfy 11 charges against her for her role in the robbery and a burglary spree before the holdup. Her co-defendant, Vittorio “Vito” Campano, 26, of Thurman, allegedly shot Rypkema

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while Tomko stood by as a lookout. They stole less than $100 from the till at the store. Twelve charges were filed against Campano, including felonies of attempted second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and seconddegree burglary. Guns and other items were stolen during the burglaries in the spring. The plea offer would require her to plead guilty to attempted second-degree murder and receive a possible sentence of 12 to 20 years in state prison. Tomko and Campano were picked up in Queensbury two days after the shooting, as

TFCU chairman retires after 30-year leadership David Baird elected to succeed former chairman Ralph Corbo

TICONDEROGA | After serving as an active member for over 30 years, Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ralph Corbo, has retired. Elected to succeed him is David Baird, who served on the supervisory committee from 2004 to 2013, at which time he was appointed to serve as director. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the board, working with former and current directors and CEOs and I will miss the interaction and comradery,” said Corbo. “Even so, I am quite confident in the board, the leadership team and staff and in the direction the credit union is headed and I look forward to many additional good things to come.” In the decades of Corbo’s leadership, the Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union (TFCU) has seen significant growth by adding additional employee groups; and in 2005 a

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Solar seminar upcoming

PORT HENRY | A seminar on the benefits of green energy and solar power is slated for Saturday, Dec. 16 at the Adirondack Emporium in Port Henry. The class is set to start at 2 p.m. To learn more about the program, contact Joan Cunningham at Adirondack Community Works at 518-351-5012. ■ » Letters Cont. from pg. 6

Knights of Columbus seeking donors for holiday baskets To the Editor, Knights of Columbus (K of C) Council #2301 of Au Sable Forks hopes to provide Christmas meals to those in need in the towns of Jay and Black Brook. Due to the overwhelming generosity of so many, Council #2301

charter amendment. Additionally, TFCU opened its first branch in March 2007 in Port Henry to better serve its members in that community and its second branch in November 2008 in Elizabethtown in an effort to attract new members. Both included new construction of over 2500 square-foot buildings. Due in large part to Corbo’s leadership and his excellent working relationships with TFCU’s CEOs, the credit union has seen growth from assets of slightly over $21 million in 1986 to over $100 million today. Most recently, based on his commitment to ensuring a competitively relevant and viable future for TFCU, additional electronic delivery channels were introduced to dramatically improve accessibility for members and potential members alike. Richard Carpenter, chairman of TFCU’s supervisory committee, has been appointed to fill Corbo’s director seat until the annual meeting in the spring. “Ralph’s commitment to giving of his time is exemplary,” said TFCU President and CEO Shawn Hayes. “I join fellow di-

JPW Accounting Services to oversee Upstate Accounting

TICONDEROGA | JPW Accounting Services will oversee Upstate Accounting services clients for the 2017 tax season. JPW will host an open house on Tuesday, Dec. 12 from 2 to 7 p.m. at Upstate Accounting on 41 Montcalm Street in Ticonderoga. Upstate

last year delivered Christmas meals to 77 individuals and families, and made food and monetary donations to local food pantries in both Jay and Black Brook. 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 breasts, ham, turkey and/or cornbread stuffing, turkey gravy, canned vegetables (corn, green beans, carrots) and cranberry sauce.

TFCU Board Chairman Ralph Corbo recently announced his retirement after 30 years of service. Photo provided rectors in acknowledging this milestone of longevity and singular dedication to TFCU and its members. “I am personally grateful for his leadership, counsel and friendship over the years and wish him the very best in this new chapter of his life. I look forward to working closely with David Baird, Rick Carpenter and our remaining directors as we continue to focus on serving our membership in the years to come.” ■

Accounting Owner John Rayno is recovering from health issues. “When he returns, his clients can go back to him,” said JPW’s Jennifer Partch-Whitehurst, who added she looks forward to meeting Upstate clients at the open house. Her services include bookkeeping, pay roll and tax preparation. Operations will continue as normal at JPW, which is located in Schroon Lake. ■

Food and cash donations may be dropped off at the Holy Name Rectory, 10 Church Street, Au Sable Forks, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays. Alternately, checks may be made payable to “Knights of Columbus Council #2301” and mailed to: Knights of Columbus Council #2301 P.O. Box 719 Au Sable Forks, NY 12912 We hope to collect all food donations no later than Friday, Dec. 15. Should you or someone you know

in the Townships of Jay or Black Brook be in need of a Christmas meal, you are encouraged to contact Christmas Meal Chairman Jack Dirolf at 518-578-0360. Thank you very much for your thoughtful consideration. Knights of Columbus Council #2301 wishes you and yours a very blessed Christmas. John F. (Jack) Dirolf, Christmas Meal Chairman, K of C Council #2301 Au Sable Forks ■

Support from Schroon Lake community unbelievable, unforgettable By Emily Maisonville GUEST COLUMNIST

As a senior reflecting on my high school years in the North Country, I have been extremely blessed to grow up in a community whose members embody the relationship of both friend and family by pouring into the lives of the younger generation. As a result of your cheerleading for us at sports events, hugs in Tops, newspaper clippings saved and sent to us, generous donations, applause at concerts, and continual support, we feels deeply valued and loved on a personal level by our community. Despite not having extended family within a 1,000 mile radius, I have never once lacked for a “grandma” or “grandpa” to be present at any school function or special event. Through these seemingly small efforts, I can attest that my high school experience has been greatly enriched as I know many of my fellow classmates’ have, because you have chosen to play an active role in our lives. Whether it’s car washes, bake sales at Stewart’s, or door to door fundraising for our school clubs, your care for us through your donations is so evident and meaningful. We saw this so clearly during a recent fundraiser at the Schroon Lake town-wide garage sale, as the girls varsity soccer team walked around in our jerseys with baked goods. So many gave with such generosity, interest, and cheer. Whether you purchased a 50 cent melty cupcake, or donated $20 for a water bottle, we were unceasingly amazed by our sweet community’s enthusiasm and support. With your donations, we were able to purchase sharp jackets for each member of our soccer team that we now wear with Wildcat pride, but always remembering you — our community members who gladly gave so we could wear them. As we seniors prepare to embark on our life’s journey, we want to thank all of you who have shown us the way. You have modeled the power of care, generosity, and invested interest for us, by simply being this to us. As we pursue our dreams, we will always strive to remember that true success in life comes when we give back to others, like you have so kindly done for us. I am so blessed to be able to call the North Country home; where genuine and caring people are always found around every corner. On the behalf of our student body, we say thank you. ■ — Emily Maisonville is the student council president at Schroon Lake Central School.

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» Sheriff Cont. from pg. 5 Cutting also pointed out the animal cruelty and opioid task forces as major accomplishments during his tenure, but also talked about the members of the staff, who he said will be missed greatly. “We have developed such a dedicated group here,” Cutting said. “I will miss the opportunity to work with them and simply the chance we all have to help people.” The department Cutting entered in 1977 with 15-18 employees now stands at over 80 officers, civilians and staff members. He also spoke of Mighty Matthew, a child who the department spent a day with as part of the Make-A-Wish program. “That was a special event,” he said.

HIGHS AND LOWS

While overseeing many positives in the department, there were low points. “I remember the time three inmates escaped from the old prison and we had to track them down,” Cutting said. “I also remember the flooding in 1980 and walking along » Tax Reform Cont. from pg. 1 Cuomo was joined on the call with Gov. Jerry Brown of California and Gov-elect Phil Murphy of New Jersey. All three came out swinging against the bill. Brown said the measure exacerbates inequality, and would further divide an already-divided nation. “It is evil in the extreme,” said Brown, who likened Republican lawmakers to “mafia thugs.” “It’s going to divide the hell out of us and give crumbs to 40 percent of the people.” Brown also criticized the bill for increasing the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade, a measure Cuomo said was part of a calculated Republican strategy. “They are creating the debt that will then justify their second philosophical step, which is to cut government spending, and do it by hurting the poorest Americans,” Cuomo said. If signed by President Trump, the bill would give Republicans a much-needed legislative victory in a year largely devoid of them. The GOP-led House passed their version of the bill in November, and the two measures contain many of the same provisions, including doubling the standard deductions for filers. But unlike the measure that narrowly passed the House, the Senate bill contains deep changes to health care, including rolling back the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate re-

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the river for three days to find the men who were missing.” However, Cutting said it was the death of Deputy Eric Loiselle in 2005 which was hardest on he and the department. “It was a very stunning, shocking time,” he said, holding back tears. “I just remember showing up on the scene and all of the deputies were just — it was shock. I still can picture him sitting in the undersheriff’s office with a grin on his face. It took a lot to realize tomorrow was another day and getting through for all of us.”

MOVING ON

“It’s a little scary,” Cutting said as he thought about the final year of his time as sheriff. “You develop such a sense of ownership that it is hard to let go, but I know whoever is elected to follow me will have the vision and direction to take this department where it needs to go.” Cutting said he hopes to continue to work with groups such as Honor Flight, the American Legion and others in retirement, but also plans to spend more time with his family, including his wife, Lauri, a retired 30-year employee at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School, and his daughter,

quiring people to purchase health insurance. State officials have warned this may destabilize the state’s health insurance exchange. The Senate version would also let taxpayers deduct mortgage interest up to $1 million, and the House version would cap at $500,000. Both of New York’s senators, Kirsten Gillibrand and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have condemned the legislation, which passed 51-49. “In my long career in politics, I have not seen a more regressive piece of legislation, so devoid of a rationale, so ill-suited for the condition of the country, so removed from the reality of what the American people need,” wrote Schumer on Twitter. Trump praised Republican lawmakers. “Biggest Tax Bill and Tax Cuts in history just passed in the Senate,” he wrote on Twitter. “Now these great Republicans will be going for final passage. Thank you to House and Senate Republicans for your hard work and commitment!” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the Senate’s passage of its tax bill a “great day for the country.” House Speaker Paul Ryan praised his colleagues in the upper chamber, and said tax reform will lead to faster economic growth and trigger job creation. “For the first time since 1986, both the House and the Senate have passed a major overhaul of our nation’s tax code,” he said. “Now we will move quickly to a conference

Essex County Sheriff Richard Cutting speaks to members of the media about not seeking re-election in 2018, retiring after 40 years of service in the department. Photo by Keith Lobdell Krysta, a physical therapist in Maryland. “There may also be some time for some golfing and motorcycle riding, as well.” ■

committee so we can get a final bill to President Trump’s desk.”

STEFANIK SOUNDS OFF

Now that the bill has cleared the Senate, the two chambers will start the reconciliation process. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) broke with her party and voted against the bill, citing SALT. Following her vote last month, the lawmaker said she would continue to work closely with her colleagues from other highly taxed states to ensure that the final tax reform package in Conference addresses those concerns. The Senate plan maintained the same SALT language as the House plan that Stefanik voted against. “She believes we need to do more to protect taxpayers in high taxed states,” said Tom Flanagin, a spokesman. “She continues to have discussions on this issue with Members of the Ways and Means Committee as well as House Leadership.” Stefanik also harbors concerns about the elimination of key deductions, including those for student loan interest, health care expenses and the limits placed on mortgage deductibility. “In addition to SALT, these are important provisions she will be discussing with her colleagues as the House and Senate conference on the two bills,” said Flanagin on Monday. Stefanik also believes the individual tax rates should be made permanent in any final package. The lawmaker, however, is encouraged that both

plans lower tax rates and simplify the tax code. “There are many positive steps made in the plans, including lowering the corporate tax rate to make us more competitive around the globe,” Flanagin said. “Congresswoman Stefanik is also pleased that there is agreement on doubling the standard deduction and increasing the child tax credit.”

POSSIBLE LEGAL CHALLENGE

Cuomo has repeatedly called out the four members of the state’s Republican delegation who voted for the bill: U.S. Reps. Chris Collins, John Katko, Tom Reed and Claudia Tenney. “If they vote for this, they’re voting against the interest of their constituents, period,” he said. “A congressperson votes for this? There is no going home in my opinion.” The state, said the governor, was continuing to research their legal options. “This is double taxation, and I’m not even sure if it’s legal. We’re going to find out if it is,” he said. The governor suggested a “repeal and replace” effort would start the day after the legislation was signed into law. Murphy, too, said the Garden State is exploring legal options, which may become more evident as lawyers sift through the 500page bill passed early-Saturday. But Brown was more circumspect. “This is a quintessentially political challenge,” he said. ■

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS CHESTER- The Town of Chester Library is hosting "The Gingerbread Workshop" in conjunction with the Rotary Club Santa. Saturday, December 9th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be held in the Meal Site. Sign-Up is strongly urged, WalkIns welcome. One house per family. For more information, call 518494-5384. CHESTER- The Town of Chester Library Board of Trustees will be holding its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at 1:00 PM in the Library on the second floor of the municipal building. The public is invited.

MORIAH – Essex County 2017 WIC schedule at the Moriah Fire Department January 10, Feb 14, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, august 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12 9:30-2:45pm. Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

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Arts & Entertainment

Eye on the Arts Lake George’s Courthouse Gallery will close their current exhibit, “Open Immediately: Collages” by Sarah Nicole Phillips, on Dec. 15. Catch this unique collection on display during normal gallery hours: By Elizabeth Izzo Tuesday through Friday from noon to 5 • COLUMNIST • p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. To learn more about upcoming exhibitions at the Courthouse Gallery, visit lakegeorgearts.org. Classic rock troupe Just Us will perform at Fuzzy Duck’s in Morrisonville on Dec. 16 at 9 p.m. To learn more, visit facebook.com/fuzzyducks14.

and the Die Hard series. Admission is free. Vesco Ridge Vineyards in West Chazy will host the Fulton’s Folly trio for a special set on Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. The setlist includes holiday tunes. Call 518-846-8544 for more information. The Saranac Lake Free Library will host a group of local musicians, including Sue Grimm Hanley, Ginny West and Tom Techman, for a special holiday program on tap Dec. 14 at noon. The group will perform a variety of songs, from traditional carols to pop holiday music from the 1950s to now. Admission is free. For more information, call 518-891-4190. Psychedelic grunge-folk group Adrian Aardvark will perform at the Monopole in downtown Plattsburgh on Dec. 16 at 10 p.m. Experimental rock group Sam

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the performances or to purchase tickets, call 518-4804878 or visit woodtheater.org. A staged reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” to benefit local food pantries in Elizabethtown, Westport and Willsboro is set for Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. Doors open at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall at 3 p.m. Refreshments, carol-singing, a cookie-making and crafts workshop for children are scheduled. A donation of $10 per person is requested. Admission is free for children. For more information, visit thegrangehall.info. ■

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Market Street Brass is slated to perform at the Faith Bible Church in Chestertown on Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. This quintet is known to dabble in a variety of genres, from Dixieland jazz to classical and traditional music. In addition to performing Christmas music, the band is expected to play a few pieces written by the late Michael Kamon, arranger of music scores for Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Highlander, 101 Dalmations

Egan and the Perineal Excoriations and local grunge troupe TPR will open. The Adirondack Ballet Theater will land at the Charles R. Wood Theater in Glens Falls on Dec. 8-10 for a series of performances of the classic “Nutcracker Ballet.” Four performances are set: Dec. 8 at 7 p.m., Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Dec. 10 at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are 16 per person. To learn more about

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at Elks Lodge; 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Ticonderoga Elks Lodge at 5 Tower Ave. Hosts a “Paint & Sip” Lodge Fundraiser, $25 Donation, Bring a friend and have fun painting beautiful Winter scenes with local Artist, Deb Mackey. Please RSVP by calling 518-585-2277 or 518585-7659.

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at Johnsburg Central School; 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Johnsburg Central School Parent Teacher Organization (JCS PTO) is holding a craft fair in the Johnsburg Central School gym. Ticonderoga » The Noble Train Begins held at Fort Ticonderoga; 10:00 a.m.- 4:00p.m. In this one-day living history event, step into Fort Ticonderoga as if it were December 6, 1775, when Henry Knox rode into these storied walls. Watch as soldiers, days before their enlistment expires, work as

carpenters to maintain the fort. Experience the raw power of oxen as these thousand pound animals pull sleds of cannon tubes. Examine the science of gunnery, preserved in Fort Ticonderoga’s massive cannon collection. Stand inside the stone walls in the stark beauty of winter on the very spot where Henry Knox began his Noble Train of Artillery. Chester » Gingerbread Workshop held at Town of Chester Library; 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. The Gingerbread Workshop “ in conjunction with the Rotary Club Santa. It will be held in the Meal Site. Sign-Up is strongly urged, walk-ins welcome. $10 material fee. One house per family. Details: 518494-5384. Schroon Lake » Olde Tyme Christmas Celebration held at In & around Town; Schroon Lake’s 32 Annual Olde Christmas Celebration Daytime Events & Evening Events, Go to schroonlakeregion.com or call 518-532-7675 for a full listing of events. Schroon Lake » Granny’s Attic Sale & Luncheon held at Schroon Lake Community Church; 10:00 a.m.

- 3:00 p.m. Granny’s Attic Sale with New & Gently Used Items for Sale & Luncheon: Soups, Sandwiches, & Desserts by Schroon Lake Community Church Located in the Community Room, enter on Leland Avenue. This is a church fund raiser. Details: www.SLCommunityChurch. com. Ticonderoga » Hoop Shoot held at Ticonderoga High School; 9:00 a.m. Hoop Shoot “Free Throw” Competition hosted by Ticonderoga Elks Lodge #1494. Registration at 9:00 a.m., All girls & boys 8-13 in all school districts are welcome. Must bring copy of birth certificate. Details: call Chairman Mike Shaw 518-585-6699. Middlebury » Vocal Recital held at Mahaney Center for the Arts; 8:00 p.m. Students of affiliate artists Carol Christensen, Susanne Peck, and Beth Thompson cap off a semester of vocal study with an evening of songs and arias. Accompanied by affiliate artist Cynthia Huard, piano. A Music Department event. Free. www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-4433168 Vergennes » Chicken & Biscuit Supper held at Vergennes United Methodist Church; 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Menu includes; chicken and biscuits, stuffing, vegetable, roll, and dessert. Adults: $9, Children $5. Served buffet style. Takeout available. Info. 802-877-3150.

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Cantata held at Chestertown Methodist Church; 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Lenore Simpson is the conductor of an ecumenical choir and Robert K. Flachbarth is the accompanist. It will be performed

the evening of Saturday, December 9 in Bolton at the St. Sacrament Episcopal Church. Refreshments will be served after the Sunday performance. A free will offering will be taken at both churches. The cantata is a joyous way to welcome in the holiday season Come join your neighbors and friends. All are welcomed to attend. Details: 518494 3374

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Fellowship Dinner held at First United Methodist Church; 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Reservations are not necessary. For more information about the free dinners or the church, please contact the church office at 518585-7995 or visit the church web site: www.tifumc.com. Ticonderoga » Breakfast with Santa held at Ticonderoga Elks Lodge #1494 - 5 Tower Ave.; 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Breakfast with Santa, $9 donation for adults & $5 for children under 10 yrs., Come have your photo taken with Santa. Middlebury » Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas held at Mead Memorial Chapel; 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Modeled after the longstanding European tradition, this annual program includes Bible readings of Advent and Christmas and carols performed by the College Choir and Collegium under the direction of Jeffrey Buettner. Middlebury College Chaplain Laurie Jordan will lead the service. Donations are collected for area charities. A Music Department event. www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168 Middlebury » Champlain Valley Fiddlers held at Middlebury VFW;

11:00 a.m. - Noon Open Jam, Christmas Dinner following the jam session, $16 per person, RSVP 802462-2834, All Fiddlers Welcome, Fun & Dancing.

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& Tree Lighting held at Stony Creek Free Library; 7:00 p.m. The Stony Creek Free Library at 37 Harrisburg Road in Stony Creek invites all to make a felt Christmas Ornament for our Tree. Come Mon- Thur from 4-5 PM through Dec. 7th. Then Come to our Official Tree Lighting, a reading of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and refreshments on Mon. Dec. 11th at 7:00 PM.

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Lake George » Holiday Concert held at Lake George High School; 3:00 p.m., The Lake George Community Band will perform a holiday concert. North Hudson » Children’s Christmas Party held at North Hudson Fire House; 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., It will be a “PAJAMA PARTY” so come in your PJ’s. There will be service oriented craft projects to go to locale Nursing Homes, VA Hospital & CR Woods Cancer Center. We will have a Christmas story time with snacks, and of course a visit from SANTA. We will also be lighting the Memory Tree at the start of the party. For anyone wishing to put a name(s) on the Memory Tree please contact Stephanie DeZalia at 518-532-9775, or drop off your names at her house. The bulbs are $1.00 per name. The names will be read at the Tree lighting ceremony.

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Tax sale brings complaints Three address county board on sale issues By Keith Lobdell STA FF W RITER

ELIZABETHTOWN | The Essex County Board of Supervisors heard from a trio of folks who each had an issue with the recent property auction held Nov, 29. The three each had different reasons for approaching the board, which heard each matter at the beginning of their Dec. 5 monthly meeting. “There are a lot of factors that have made this issue very difficult for me, and you can

imagine how surprising and upsetting the news was to me,” said Kristen Wilson, who was there to ask the board to nullify the sale of her mother’s property in Lake Placid. Wilson said, because of her mother’s and another family member’s failing health, she never received the proper documents from the county regarding the paying of the taxes or the pending sale of the property, stating the property had much meaning to the family and asking for the sale to be stopped. Next, attorney James Maswick spoke on behalf of a family and the pending sale of their apartment property. “They are willing to pay all of the back taxes by the end of the week,” he said. “They will be bringing in a property manager and

also putting the property up for sale.” Maswick said the owners wanted to ensure the property was not closed to the current residents. “One of the key issues in Lake Placid right now is affordable housing, and the owners want to make sure this property remains and option for those in need of affordable housing,” Maswick said. The final person to address the board was Mark Davenport of Port Henry, concerned about a tax sale he was involved in. “My contention is that the winning bidder violated term 4 and 5 of the tax sale,” said Davenport, referring to rules regarding former property owners and family being able to bud on the property which was taken away from them and put up for sale.

“I do not think the bidding process was within the spirit of the law because of that,” Davenport said.

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Due to a lack of board members due to illness and a scheduled roundtable discussion with the governor’s office in Lake Placid, the board was unable to discuss the three issues due to the rules of the board, needing 12 supervisors to bring new business to the floor and only having 10 in attendance. “I would assume we will be having a special meeting following our Monday (Dec. 11) committee meetings to discuss these matters,” acting chairman Tom Scozzafava of Moriah said. “I am sorry we cannot help you at this time, but we cannot give any of you any answers now.” ■

Essex County budget passed without amendments Lawmakers tout ease of this year’s process By Keith Lobdell STA FF W RITER

ELIZABETHTOWN | Members of the Essex County Board of Supervisors were in a good mood upon passing the 2018 spending plan. “I am pretty sure, and I am sure Gerry (Morrow) can back me, we’ve all been here almost three decades, that this

is the first time we have passed a budget without amendments to the tentative,” said acting chairman Tom Scozzafava (Moriah) at the Dec. 5 meeting of the board. The 2018 budget contains a 2.23 percent increase in the tax levy, comfortably below the 2.40 percent threshold. The proposed spending plan is the final in a five-year plan charted by Essex County Manager Dan Palmer to course correct the county’s finances after the county was chided by the state Comptroller’s Office in 2013 for an over-reliance on their savings. “Five years is a considerable amount of time for a plan to work out but it did work out,” Palmer said. Total appropriations for the 2018 spending plan are $105,370,992, and the tentative tax levy is $22,400,000. County employees received 3 percent raises — not 4.5 percent as previously reported. Overall salaries increased from $23,306,528 to $24,375,326, a 4.5 percent net increase. The number was driven by a change in rate for Department of Public Works employees who are now being paid

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Scozzafava served as acting chairman on a day where only 10 of the 18 supervisors were in attendance. Palmer told members of the audience this was not how meetings were usually attended. “This is not typical for a county board meeting,” Palmer said. “We have three members of the board who are excused because of medical issues and the governor’s office scheduled a roundtable discussion in Lake Placid that members of the board felt was important to attend.” During roll call voting, chairman Randy Preston (Wilmington), vice chairman Sean Gillilland (Willsboro), Roby Politi (North Elba), Ed Gardner (Essex), Joe-Pete Wilson (Keene), Michael Marnell (Schroon) and Ronald Moore (North Elba) were listed as excused. Minerva’s Stephen McNally was announced as absent, but later was excused as he attended the roundtable in Lake Placid. Due to the absences, Scozzafava was appointed as acting chairman for the meeting. While the board was able to attend to the business of the budget and resolutions which were moved through committee, they were unable to bring any other resolutions to the floor, as those needed the consent of 12 board members. ■

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Networking set at Hancock House Business community will meet for the holidays

“The Ticonderoga Historical Society is pleased to keep the tradition alive of hosting the December and Holiday After Business Mixer,” said Historical Society President William Dolback. “We have been honored to do this over the years as it helps us to showcase our Festival of Trees and support our area Chamber of Commerce.” The chamber’s After Business Mixers provide a networking forum for area business people, in addition to showcasing the site of the host, as well as promoting the door prize sponsors. “The business community has demonstrated support on numerous occasions and in many ways and it is a pleasure and honor that the society can take this opportunity at this special time of the year to open our house and share our thanks again with them,” Dolback said.

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TICONDEROGA | The Holiday After Networking Event is headed for the Hancock House in Ticonderoga from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14. The Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce event is being hosted by the Ticonderoga Historical Society at 6 Moses Circle in Ticonderoga.

The Hancock House is home to the Ticonderoga Historical Society. Founded in 1897 and chartered in 1909, the Ticonderoga Historical Society advances the preservation and interpretation of history through their collections, programs, and community outreach, Dolback said. The Hancock House is a museum, research library, and gift shop. The Hancock House will have four floors of the elegant mansion decorated for the holiday season as part of their Festival of Trees. The trees will be on display through Jan. 1, 2018. The Hancock House is open between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. For information on the Ticonderoga Historical Society, call 518-585-7868 or visit www.ticonderogahistoricalsociety.org.

Sponsors providing door prizes will be Bridge Point Communication, Christopher Chevrolet Buick, Country Florist and Gifts, Glens Falls National Bank, Ticonderoga Historical Society and Wagon Wheel Restaurant. “We invite Ticonderoga area chamber members, their employees, and area business people to attend the mixer at the Hancock House,” said chamber Executive Director Matt Courtright. “Not only is it a perfect opportunity to network, but a chance to see the Hancock House and celebrate the holiday season with the chamber and the business community. The Hancock House will be beautifully decorated for the Festival of Trees.” For more information, visit ticonderogany. com, the chamber Facebook page, or call the Chamber of Commerce at 518-585-6619. ■

County abolishes occupancy tax committee Panel redundant in wake of broader community involvement, say lawmakers By Pete DeMola EDITOR

ELIZABETHTOWN | County lawmakers have tentatively abolished a local occupancy tax panel, citing redundancy and low participation. The Essex County Board of Supervisors’ Ways & Means Committee voted unanimously on Nov. 27 to disband the

Essex County Occupancy Tax Advisory Board. It’s expected the measure will pass the full board on Tuesday. “We can reactivate this committee at any time. But right now, they don’t have enough people to meet a quorum,” said Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Preston, citing recent resignations. The original intent of the committee was to review the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism’s (ROOST) annual plan and make recommendations to lawmakers. But the maturation of that agency and the expansion of their board of directors, as well as a broadening coalition of stakeholders from across the county, has rendered the panel obsolete, said North Elba Supervisor Roby Politi. “That was done at a time when primary interest in ROOST,

and the primary people involved, were all Lake Placid people,” Politi said. “That’s since changed.” Essex County Attorney Dan Manning said he didn’t believe the panel is mandated by state or local legislation. “It can be abolished by resolution if that’s the case,” he said. “I’ll double-check it, but I don’t think there is.” Essex County collects a 3 percent bed tax on all overnight lodging in the county. Online marketplaces like Airbnb have transformed the region’s tourism industry, and the measure was amended to include vacation rentals in 2015. As part of the legislation, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2016, $2,500 of occupancy tax collections will be allocated every year to each of the county’s 18 towns to promote local tourism efforts. ■

Bay State man convicted of drug possession A Fall River resident was in Ti with cocaine

Paul, 23, of Fall River, Mass. was arrested on March 18 during a drug raid at 163 Lord Howe St. in Ticonderoga. He was acquitted of a count of misdemeanor 4th-degree criminal possession of a weapon, for allegedly having a sword cane. The drugs found at the scene by the New York State Police consisted of 140 bags of crack cocaine and had a street value of $14,000. In addition, police also recovered $10,0000 cash. Paul’s companion, Claudia Pina of Fall River, was found guilty by an Essex County jury last month of two counts of 3rd-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance from the same raid and awaits sentencing.

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TICONDEROGA | A Massachusetts man has been convicted of drug possession for sale after a trial in Essex County Court. A jury handed up verdicts of guilty to felonies of 3rd-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and 4th-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance against Keemo Paul. » Free Coats Cont. from pg. 1

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Advent at Ticonderoga churches Ticonderoga Methodist Church is observing four Sundays of Advent

Blue Christmas Service at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary. “All are welcome to a time of sharing in the company of others who understand that the Christmas season can be a difficult time,” Tyler said. Christmas Sunday, Dec. 24, is the Fourth Sunday in Advent. Preparation for the coming of the Christ Child at both the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services will continue. The Christmas Eve service will be held at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary. The candlelight service will feature special readings and music, traditional carols and a special message for children. Candles will be lit to represent the arrival of the Christ Child, the Light of the World. Regular services will be held at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. each Sunday with communion served at the 8:30 service each week. A coffee social time is held after the second service each Sunday. The First United Methodist Church is located at 1045 Wicker St. (Route 9N) in Ticonderoga. Call the church office at 5857995 if more information is needed or visit www.tifumc.com. ■

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TICONDEROGA | The Season of Advent in Ticonderoga’s Christian churches continues through Christmas Day, Dec. 25. “Advent is a season of waiting and preparing our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ,” said the Rev. Scott Tyler of the First United Methodist Church in Ticonderoga. “Everyone is welcome to the church services and activities, especially during this special season. Hope, peace, love and joy are some of the themes reflected in special readings and music during the Advent season.” The sanctuary of the Methodist church has been decorated for Advent. Sunday, Dec. 10 is the Second Sunday in Advent. Parishioners are reminded to bring their Tiny Tim gifts to church no later than that day. From 4:30 to 6 p.m., the monthly free community dinner will be served in the Methodist fellowship hall. All are invited to come and enjoy holiday cheer and a free roast pork dinner. A free-will donation is appreciated. Sunday, Dec.17 is the Third Sunday in Advent. A special puppet show will be part of the morning worship service. A group will form at noon to go caroling from the church to the Heritage Commons Nursing Home and other places in Ticonderoga. On Thursday, Dec. 21 there will be a

The First Congregational Church of Crown Point is holding its Advent Worship Service on Sunday, Dec. 10, at 9:30 a.m. at the Brick Church in the Park. The service will include Advent songs, moments of prayer and reflection, and the James Family lighting the Advent Candles. “It’s a positive, timely message as we ask God’s presence during our time of community and family worship,” the Rev. David Hirtle said. “This is a great time to share with neighbors and family.”

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CROWN POINT Crown Point Bible Church: 1800 Creek Road, 5973318. Sunday Morning Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday Evening Youth. Discipleship Ministry and Adult Grow Groups 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study and Prayer Meeting, 7 p.m. Pastor Doug Woods, 597-3575. Crown Point United Methodist Church: Sunday Services at 9:30 a.m. Located at 1682 Creek Rd. Pastor Lee Ackley. First Congregational Church: Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. Reverend David Hirtle, 597-3398. Park Place. Sacred Heart Catholic Church: Mass: Sun. 9 a.m., Pastor Rev. Albert Hauser, Main Street 597-3924

NORTH CREEK St. James Catholic Church - Main St. sunday Mass at 9 a.m. Pastor Rev. John O’Kane OLMSTEDVILLE St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Weekend Masses: School Year Sunday 11 a.m.; Summer Saturday 7 p.m. Rev. Philip T. Allen, Pastor. 518-648-5422

HAGUE Hague Baptist Church: Pastor - Cory MacNeil. Sunday morning: Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service 10:30 a.m., 543-8899 Lakeside Regional Church (Hague Wesleyan Church): Sunday morning services at 10 a.m. at the Hague Campus with a fellowship cafe time immediately following the service. Children’s church and nursery available. Senior Pastor Skip Trembley. www.lakesideregionalchurch.com St. Isaac Jogues Roman Catholic Church: 9790 Graphite Mtn. Rd. Sunday Mass at 9 a.m. thru Labor Day. Pastor Rev. John O’Kane MIDDLEBURY Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Middlebury Ward) - Sacrament Worship Service: Sunday 9:00am. Meetinghouse-133 Valley View, Middlebury, VT 05753. MINEVILLE All Saints Church: Mass: Sat. 4 p.m. Pastor Rev. Albert Hauser, 23 Bartlett Pond Rd., 546-7254 Mountain Meadows Christian Assembly: office located at 59 Harmony Rd.,Mineville N.Y. 12956. Office 518-942-8031, Pastors Martin & Deborah Mischenko. Bible study and prayer Thurs 7am-10am at Pastor’s office. Firefighters for Christ Adk chapter 1st Tues of the month at ministry office. Call for times. Service times & locations on website. Road Riders for Jesus M.M check website. Food Pantry by appt only. Office hours Mon-Fri 9am-4pm or by appt. MORIAH United Methodist Church: 639 Tarbell Hill Rd., Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Fellowship & coffee hour following. Sunday School offered. Everyone is welcomed! Rev. Dr. Kenneth N. Parker NEWCOMB St. Barbara’s Episcopal Church: Sunday 9 a.m. NYS Rte 28N, Newcomb. For information call Adirondack Missions 494-3314. Contact persons: Deacon John Caims. Website: theadirondackmission.org. Newcomb United Methodist Church: 9 AM Sunday worship Services, 10 AM Sunday School

PORT HENRY Lake Champlain Bible Fellowship: 6 Church Street, Port Henry, NY (518) 546-1176. Service 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Office hours - 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Other hours by appointment only. Pastor Ric Lewis. Mount Moriah Presbyterian Church: 19 Church Street, 546-7099. Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m., Communion on first Sunday of each month. All are welcome. Rev. Dr. Kenneth N. Parker St Patrick’s Church: Mass: Sun. 11 a.m. Pastor Rev. Albert Hauser, 12 St. Patrick’s Place 546-7254 POTTERSVILLE Lighthouse Baptist Church: Sunday Preaching Services 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study 6 p.m. 12 Olmstedville Road, Pottersville, NY. Pastor Jim Brown Jr. SonRise Lutheran Church: Easter Schedule: April 9 & April 16: 9:30 a.m.; Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) 7 p.m. Last 2 weekends in April (4/22 & 4/29) worship is on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, Route 9, Pottersville. For information please call 772-321-8692 or 772-321-8692. email: barefootrev1@ gmail.com. Pastor Bruce E. Rudolf

Advent wreaths were made under the direction of Francine Burke, owner of The Country Florist, at St. Mary’s Church in Ticonderoga after Mass on Sunday, Dec. 3, the First Sunday of Advent. Holding their creation are, from left, Jada and Madison Beaudet. Photo provided

PUTNAM Log Chapel Fellowship: Rt. 22. Services: Sun. School 10 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service 11 a.m.; Pastor Roger Richards. Please call 260-9710 for more information. United Presbyterian Church: Join us for Sunday worship services at 10 a.m. All are welcome! 365 County Rt. 2, Off Rt. 22 in Putnam. For further information call 547-8378. SCHROON LAKE Mountainside Bible Chapel: Sunday Worship Service, Children’s Church & Nursery - 10 a.m.; Sunday Evening Youth Programs for Pre-K through Grade 12 - 6 p.m. from September through mid-June. For more information, call 518-532-7128 ext. 3. Mountainside is located four miles south of Schroon Lake Village. Our Lady of Lourdes: Mass: Sat. (Summer only) at 7 p.m. thru Labor Day; Sun. 11 a.m., Pastor Rev. Kevin McEwan, Main Street 532-7100 Schroon Lake Community Church United Church of Christ United Methodist: Sunday Worship Service 10 a.m. Children’s Sunday School 10 a.m. Coffee hour at 11 a.m. All are welcome. Pastor Lynnette Cole. 532-7770 or 532-7272. St. Andrews Episcopal Church: Sunday 10 a.m. US Rte 9, Schroon Lake. For information call Adirondack Missions 494-3314. Contact persons: Deacon John Caims. Website: theadirondackmission.org. SILVER BAY Grace Memorial Chapel: Sunday service July 3rd September 4th at 10 am. All Are Welcome. TICONDEROGA Adirondack Community Fellowship: 14 Park Ave. Tel: 518-636-6733. Pastor Steve Blanchard Email: PastorSteve@AdirondackCommunityFellowship.org • www.AdirondackCommunityFellowship.org Sunday Service at 10:30 a.m. Celebrate Recovery Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in cooperation with Hague Weslyan Church.

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JoAnn Dulin

DesJardins and Madeline (Tink) Gandron Brannock. Arlene lived in Ticonderoga for over 30 years. She was married for 20 years to Sonny Marek. She is survived by her four children, Gary Marek of Colorado, Darlene Marek Ball of Connecticut, Gordon J. Marek, Jr. (Jim) of Lake George, TICONDEROGA | JoAnn and Trisha Marek Tausch Vowels of Arizona. Dulin, 84, passed away on She has five grandchildren, Elaine Ball Campbell, StephThursday, Oct. 5 in her anie Ball Lane, Erin Tausch Krafft, Shannon Tausch, and home at Garden Song at Greg Marek. She was also blessed with four great-grandEastview of Middlebury. children, Micah Campbell, Rosie and Jamie Lane, and Nora JoAnn was born in Ticon- Krafft. She got to meet and know her two oldest greatderoga on Sept. 9, 1933 to grandchildren, for which she was so very thankful. She is George Dulin and Ida (McIntyre) Dulin. She was prede- also survived by several nieces and nephews. ceased by her mother and father, a dear cousin, Sue FlanaArlene began working for NASA in Virginia at the began of Middlebury, and two special women, Aunt Ida and ginning of NASA’s first Viking Space Mission to Mars — Aunt Si, both of Ticonderoga. She is survived by her cousins the first U.S. mission to Mars to land on the planet and and many friends in Middlebury and beyond. return images of the surface to earth. It also performed JoAnn’s father’s legacy was very important to her. George, a experiments on the soil and air. She worked for the Project chemical engineer, spent his train ride home teaching workmen Manager from the program inception in Virginia to being to read. He believed strongly in education, one of JoAnn’s built at Martin Marietta in Colorado, to being launched in most important goals also. Aunt Si and Aunt Ida taught 1975 from Cape Canaveral in Florida and monitoring of the JoAnn to read when she was 3 years old. As a young girl, information from California. After the completion of the JoAnn accompanied Aunt Ida and Aunt Si on their regular program, she returned to Denver, Colorado, where her chilvisits to the Ticonderoga Paper Mill to care for workers who dren were all living at the time and worked on several other were ill. JoAnn followed in the footsteps of her dad, mom projects that were built at the Martin Marietta facility there. and aunts as she pursued her nursing education and career. As well as being extremely interested in the space program, Upon JoAnn’s graduation from the Rochester School of Arlene was an avid reader of many different genres. She had Nursing, she worked as a community nurse in New York’s a personal collection of over 200 books and considered them North Country. She graduated from the Columbia School to be some of her most valued treasures. She was also a gifted of Medicine with a Master’s Degree in Nursing. JoAnn artist with embroidery, crewel embroidery, needle point and spent most of her career as a psychiatric nurse, caring for crochet. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren have wounded veterans at the Brooklyn Veterans Administra- the most beautiful Christmas stockings; she created many tion Hospital. She loved her work with the veterans she works that were framed; and all of her family will be kept served and was saddened when her health required her to warm for many years from the afghans she created. retire early. However, JoAnn continued to give to others in Arlene loved to travel. She had the opportunity to live in her retirement, whether a cookbook to a friend who loved to Izmir, Turkey for three years and later took trips to England, cook or her car to a special friend who was in need of a car. Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal and Greece. Even as her health declined, JoAnn noticed when her sister Arlene’s ashes were recently buried in St. Mary’s Cemor fellow residents needed help or just wanted someone to etery in Ticonderoga, in her family plot. listen to them. If she couldn’t attend to them, she prompted To offer online condolences, please visit wilcoxandreganthe staff to look after them. JoAnn was always caring about funeralhome.com. ■ others and doing what she could to help. JoAnn’s beautiful, warm smile will be missed by her friends, family and her caregivers. JoAnn attended the Middlebury United Methodist Church. She was one of the original members of the Women’s Spirituality Group. There will be no service or calling hours per JoAnn’s wishes. If you would like to honor JoAnn’s life and her work, please give a gift to a Veterans Organization for Wounded Veterans of your choosing or to WomenSafe, P.O. Box 67, Middlebury, VT 05753. ■

Arlene Frances Gandron Marek

TICONDEROGA | Arlene Frances Gandron Marek passed into eternity on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 in Denver, Colorado, where she had lived for 40 years. Arlene was born in Ticonderoga on Nov. 28, 1927, to Jewel and Charlie Gandron. She was the sister of the late Vern Gandron, Geneva Gandron Gau, Norma Gandron

Dorothy Hagey

LEWIS | Dorothy Hagey, 82, passed away Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 at her home. Her passing follows many medical complications. Born Dorothy Ann Wood in Whitehall, she lived her life in the North Country including Whitehall, Ticonderoga, Witherbee, and Lewis. She spent many years as a farmer’s wife and homemaker. The mother of seven children, she was the daughter of the late Irving R. Wood Sr. and Nellie Wood and the granddaughter of the late Charles and Lola Bassett and Joseph and Mary Wood. She was the wife of the late Paul Hagey and the former wife of the late Howard Bessette. She is predeceased by her son Edward Bessette and daughter Sandra Nicklaw. She is survived by her children Todd Bessette (Dawn), Lola Kubik (Dave), Aggie Thatcher (Steve), Howard Bessette (Melissa) and Paul Hagey. She is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Also many nieces, nephews, cousins, and their children. Calling hours were Monday, Dec. 4 between 4-6 p.m.

at the Harland Funeral Home in Port Henry. The funeral service was be held at St. Patrick’s Church also in Port Henry at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5. The burial will follow at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Port Henry, followed by a gathering of family and friends at the home of Dave and Lola Kubik. ■

M. Janet Norton

TICONDEROGA | M. Janet Norton died Dec. 2, 2017. She was born in Ticonderoga on May 21, 1921 to Clayton and Madeline (Shattuck) Harris. Janet graduated from the Sherman Collegiate Institute in Port Henry. She married Raymond Norton in 1942, and resided in Mineville. Soon after her marriage, Janet became a charter member of the Moriah Ambulance Ladies Auxiliary. Janet began her career at Frontier Town in North Hudson, at the old A-Frame Restaurant. She finished her career at Moriah Central School as the head cook. In Janet’s early days, she was an avid smelt fisher; she loved to catch them and cook them! Janet was well-known for stopping alongside the road and digging dandelion and milkweed greens. Saturday nights were dedicated to watching the Lawrence Welk Show. She shared her love of playing rummy with her grandchildren. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren enjoyed her famous Christmas sugar cookies, while many family members will never forget her world famous baked beans. In her later years, Janet enjoyed reading and the challenge of word searches. Anyone who knew Janet in her later years, knew that she always proclaimed that “better days are comin’!” It is her family’s hope that Janet’s better days have arrived. Janet is survived by her two sons Robert and Sharon Norton and Richard and Pam Norton, and predeceased by her daughter Judith (Norton) Clark. Janet is survived by her beloved grandchildren, Kathy (Clark) and Phil Polec, Donna (Clark) and Bob Bortle, Michael and Jeanette Clark, Matthew and Jennifer Norton, Christina (Norton) and James St. Denis, and Travis Norton. Her great-grandchildren include: Megan Clark, Samantha O’Connor, Allie St.Denis and Felicity Norton. Janet is survived by her siblings Jack and Mary Harris and her sister Beverly (Harris) Petro. She is predeceased by her husband Raymond Norton and her five brothers, Clayton, Dick, Robert, Don and Gary Harris. Janet’s immediate family wish to express their appreciation the Heritage Commons Nursing Home and Staff of Ticonderoga, for the loving care and kindness shown to her for the last year and a half . There will be a family graveside service, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 at the South Moriah Cemetery family plot at 1 p.m., immediately followed by a gathering to celebrate her life at the Eagles 4410 Club of Moriah. To leave condolences for the family please visit harlandfuneralhome.com. ■

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PORT HENRY | The new Port Henry Fire District #3 will have its first election of commissioners since it was created. The district, created following the dissolution of the Village of Port Henry on March 31, oversees the Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department, which had been owned by the village. The commissioners also prepare the department’s annual operating budget.

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» Time Capsule Cont. from pg. 1 The church ceased being an Episcopal congregation 24 years ago, and was sold to a private owner. It has changed hands several times since then, and finally ended up in county ownership. The old bell is still in the church steeple, and was included in the sale. The Rev. William Reed Woodbridge was the first rector of the new Christ Episcopal Church, until he transferred to Brooklyn in 1898. Another 20 ministers served the church until it ceased operation in 1993. The building is high-style Carpenter Gothic architecture. Trow said they plan to replace the 1872 time capsule with a new one before they shore up the excavation. “I don’t know what we’ll put in it,” he said. “Probably a newspaper, another Bible, some photographs. We’ll think about it.” ■

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MORIAH | Moriah Central School students have collected and sent new slippers and socks to soldiers deployed in the Middle East for the past three years. Moriah Central School sixth graders began collecting the items on Veterans’ Day as part of their yearly “Slippers and Socks for Soldiers Drive” designed to show appreciation for U.S. military personnel. Collections will continue through Dec. 18. Packages will then be shipped to a local soldier

and his or her unit stationed in the Middle East. New slippers and socks may be sent into school with any Moriah student or placed in one of the collection boxes located in the elementary, high school or central offices of Moriah Central School. “I believe it’s an important project,” said Daryn Gregory, a sixth-grader. “Men and women in the military don’t get much in their concrete barracks. I believe the slippers will help.” Since several parents have agreed to assist the students with this endeavor, collection boxes may also be found at other locations such as Moses-Ludington Hospital, Mineville CV-TEC, and the Crown Point Champlain National Bank. Cash donations will also be greatly appreciated, organizers said. Last year’s shipping and

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» Slippers Cont. from pg. 16 $138 from a high school fundraiser and $128 in cash donations from school staff. Last year, the program sent 262 pieces to troops. In December 2014, the very first shipment of slippers went to Gunnery Sgt. Daniel LaFountain and his U.S. Marine Corps unit. LaFountain surprised the students with an American flag and certificate certifying that the flag they received was flown over the headquarters of Regional Command and II Marine Expeditionary Force aboard Camp Leatherneck in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom XIII. In May, sixth grade students were blessed with a visit from Master Sgt. Eric Ingleston, a member of the 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron of the Vermont Air National Guard Green Mountain Boys. He spoke about some of the unit’s experiences, expressed the squadron’s appreciation for the shipment of slippers and socks, and presented the students with a United States flag that flew on board an F-16C fighter jet on Mission SY7511 over Iraq and Syria.

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Master Sgt. Brett Patnaude, also a member of the same squadron of Green Mountain Boys, returned with a Moriah Central School banner that was outstretched over a combat theater in the munitions storage area. The banner was signed on the back by members of the Vermont Air National Guard Green Mountain Boys and now hangs in an elementary stairwell. Student Corday Belden said they were glad to learn the slippers help the soldiers to relax off-duty. “I think it’s a good idea,” Belden said. “They have to wear their boots all day. Slippers and socks will help them feel comfortable.” Before leaving, Ingleston expressed his thoughts to Moriah sixth grade teacher Linda Tabor. “I hope the children remember my message that they need to enjoy being children, focus on their educational studies, and remember that the men and women of the armed forces are focusing on their job of keeping us safe,” Ingleston said. ■ Editor’s note: This story was written by students in Linda Tabor’s sixth grade class at Moriah Central School, as a class project, with some help from Sun staff writer Lohr McKinstry.

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Miner statue project underway Bronze sculpture of an iron miner coming to Moriah

Smyth told the Moriah Chamber of Commerce recently. “We’d like to do it where it would have the highest visibility.” She said locations under consideration are the Port Henry traffic circle, Moriah Town Hall and Mac’s Market Park. The latter is owned by the Rutland, Vt.based grocery store chain, and would need their approval. She said they have a sculptor in mind, a Moriah native, but don’t want to release the name yet. “We need letters of support,” Smyth said. “We’re talking with organizations that could help.” The ad hoc statuary committee is holding regular meetings, she said, and would like to start an alliance with a nonprofit group to facilitate fundraising for the statue.

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MORIAH | The town that’s home to more than a century of iron ore mining could see a bronze statue of a miner erected in a prominent place. A group led by Linda Smyth is working on a plan to commission a life-size bronze sculpture of a miner in full gear. “We’re checking into permits, doing a (fundraising) letter; we need more backers,”

Moriah’s iron mines closed in the early 1970s, but were operated since the 1800s. The town owns the Iron Center Museum next to the Town Hall, featuring the community’s mining and railroad history. The story of iron ore in Moriah dates back to the 19th century, when ore beds were first discovered. The Cheever Mine, located just north of the Port Henry hamlet, was an economic driver in the 1850s. Names like Witherbee, Sherman Company and Republic Steel became the pillars of the community through the 19th and into the late 20th centuries. There are many statues of coal miners around the country, but few of iron ore miners. ■

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TICONDEROGA | The Adirondack Lanes bowling alley in Ticonderoga will have a notechnology Saturday Family Night beginning Jan. 6, 2018 from 4 to 6 p.m. With a new idea for family activity this winter, Adirondack Lanes will have skilled bowlers on hand to assist families of all sizes and from beginners to advanced players, said CoOwner and Manager Donna Gijanto Fleury. Fleury, who said she has a 200-plus bowling average and grew up at the lanes, believes

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bowling is the answer for families that are making New Year’s resolutions to have a closer family connection.

Fleury encourages parents to leave all cell phones behind and have some family fun. “When families drop technology for entertainment and get to enjoy an evening out bowling, it creates a memorable activity for all,” she said. “You can even order beverages, appetizers, and pizza while you bowl. Adirondack Lanes is a proven affordable way to engage and enjoy all generations. For family and friends, it is the perfect evening out.” The Gijanto family founded the Adirondack Lanes bowling alley in 1955, and it is a 10-lane family-owned business that provides affordable fun, Fleury said. Bowlers enjoy the classic style of the bowling alley lanes with six lanes made from old Georgia pine planks that haven’t been manufactured for years, she said. Co-Owner Don Gijanto Jr. said it’s like stepping back in time with modern conveniences that draw bowlers from all areas.

“Some lanes go way back to 1906,” he said. “All lanes were secured, built and maintained over the years by my family. And, our bowling alley has a history of meeting standards for the bowling industry. Fleury said people travel to the Adirondack Lanes from out of state as well. “Our northeast Lake George, southwest Lake Champlain location affords us the opportunity to service a wide range of bowling enthusiasts from many communities,” she said. “Adirondack Lanes provides a full league schedule and opportunities for special events.” “We chose Adirondack Lanes for our annual staff Christmas event It is the ideal location to thank our hard working staff for a great year,” Silver Bay YMCA Chief Executive Officer Steve Tamm said. The lanes operate seven days a week on the Hague Road (Route 9N) in Ticonderoga. All equipment is provided. ■

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State continuing to weigh proposals for Frontier Town project County lawmakers tightlipped about private investment, citing nondisclosure agreements By Pete DeMola EDITOR

NORTH HUDSON | It’s been nearly a year since the state revealed ambitious plans to transform the former Frontier Town theme park in North Hudson to a regional tourism hub, setting off fevered speculation over a long-dormant eyesore. The state has allocated $13 million in this year’s state budget for the project. Initial plans call for state Department of Environmental Conservation-run equestrian facilitates, day-use areas and campgrounds augmented by private investment. RFPs from the private sector were due Sept. 15, and the state is continuing to weigh the proposals. “Empire State Development continues to review and assess the proposals received in response to the Frontier Town Request for Proposals,” said ESD Deputy Press Secretary Adam Ostrowski in an email on Friday. “Since this is still an open procurement, we cannot release information regarding the number of proposals received, as it would impede our ability to negotiate in the best interest of New York state.” Abandoned since 1998, state and local officials are banking on the prospects of the 300-acre site to revitalize the local economy and steer visitors into less-trafficked areas of the Adirondack Park, a measure that would also aid in alleviating High Peaks congestion.

The state is continuing to review RFPs from private enterprises seeking to develop the former Frontier Town site in North Hudson, New York. File photo Essex County lawmakers are tight-lipped about the negotiations, citing non-disclosure agreements signed with the state. “The RFPs are still being reviewed by the review committee, and I’m not sure when those results will be out,” said North Hudson Supervisor Ron Moore. Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Preston declined to comment, citing the non-disclosure agreement. According to the RFP, applicants must “strive to address”

a number of development objectives, including serving as a launch point for the Adirondack Park and creating “familyoriented and multi-generational activities.” Successful projects must also “enhance and complement” the state’s proposed development to provide recreational access. All proposals should address plans for “activation or development” of water and sewer systems at the site. Site visits over the summer have drawn representatives from Cushman & Wakefield | Pyramid Brokerage Company of Albany, Inc., ADK Community Works, Aleeze Enterprises Inc., Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Park Strategies and Hyman Hemispheric, LLC, according to public documents. Jeff Lyman of Hyman Hemispheric told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in August he envisions a futuristic retail and recreation center at the site he’s tentatively calling the “The Great 21st Century Adirondack Base Camp.” Moore said he was unsure of when the state-run aspects of the project will commence. “I think the campsite and equestrian area, the DEC’s portion, will be begun shortly after the new year,” he said. Most of the decaying buildings on the site of future development have been demolished and removed, and environmental testing work is ongoing. County officials are continuing to negotiate conservation easements and land sales with the state. Moore said the state will buy certain land rights from Essex County in the form of conservation easements that will allow the town and county to retain ownership on select parcels. At least one local business, Paradox Brewery, has confirmed plans to relocate to the site, using the location as the center of their multi-million dollar extension effort. “Hopefully we can close on that property soon between Paradox and the county,” Moore said. ■

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He said teacher Michael Sharp taught many students to juggle in third grade. “A lot of the kids have done it before,” Gratto said. “We’re starting rope-walking as well. There are different things to try. “It’s gone well. It was nice of the Cloudsplitter Foundation to give us $1,000. It’s a lot of money.” The club meets in the school auditorium. “We have a loose membership, with about 15 to 20 students attending our weekly meetings after school,” the superintendent said. “Students are mostly in grades 4 through 9, not including a 7th- and an 11th-grader who help with instruction. We typically meet at 3 p.m. and go to 4 p.m.” So far, the grant money has been used for about $450 worth of juggling and unicycling equipment, he said. “I will buy more as I get a better feel for what interests the students most,” he said. “I’m pleased with the turnout and I expect it to grow, although it is already hard to give everyone the attention they deserve. Everyone is having a lot of fun.” ■

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TICONDEROGA | As was last year, the only team that may pose a threat to the Moriah Vikings is their biggest rival. The Sentinels were the only team to beat the state champions, and the team returns a strong core of players as they seek another run at the Class C sectional title and a chance to get to Binghamton and the Final Four. “We would like to try to get to regional play again this year and to do that we will need to be playing our best basketball at the right time,” coach Joseph Defayette said, “We bring a solid core of players back with a lot of experience in big games.”

Leading the charge will be point guard Evan Graney, one of the top players in Section VII who is closing in on the 1,000-point scoring mark for his career. Sharp-shooter Colton Huestis also rejoins the team along with forwards Ethan Thompson and Mike DuShane. “Our returning players in Ethan, Evan, Mike, Scott Ryan, and Colton will be a big part of how we do this year,” Defayette said. “We also are looking forward to additions from other returners and newcomers.” Defayette added there is a lot the team has worked on over the offseason and heading into the regular season in order to accomplish their goals. “We have been working on our defensive skills and timing and execution on offense,” he said. “I would like to see us

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Lady Panthers prepare for season CROWN POINT | The Lady Panthers’ varsity basketball team is heavy into conditioning as they prepare for the new season in the MVAC’s Division II. “We have a solid core of returning talent,” said coach Will Gunnison. “We have been working on conditioning in the preseason and defense and rebounding will be a key for us.” Gunnison said the team is looking forward to winning games in division and growing as a team throughout the season with a strong returning core featuring Shawna McIntosh, Hannah Palmer, Michaela Gunnison, Torrie Vradenburg and others.

“We need to work together as a team to be successful,” Gunnison said. ■ LADY PANTHERS BASKETBALL

Player Grade Torrie Vradenburg 12 Mickaela Gunnison 12 Heather Foote 12 Shayla Trepanier 12 Hannah Palmer 11 - pictured Shawna McIntosh 11 Ani Hameline 10 Sydney Gould 10 Lilli Peters 9

Crown Point Panthers seek similar success By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR

CROWN POINT | Last year, the Crown Point Panthers went 15-7, falling in the Class D semifinals to eventual state champion Moriah. This year, coach Jon Swinton said the team hopes to have similar success. “Our focus is always trying to be as prepared as we can be headed into the season,” Swinton said. “There is a lot to cover in a short time, so everyone has to be on board with coming to practice ready to learn and not be afraid to ask questions. We finished last season at 15-7 (13-2 league), and would certainly like to find the same type of success this year.” Swinton said the team will be led in the backcourt this season. “Our guard play will likely be our strong point this season,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of returning talent at the guard position, and really some of the quicker kids that I’ve had play during my time here. We have some excellent ball handlers with above-average vision that will likely give teammates ample opportunities throughout the season.” With several players leaving from the 2016-17 squad, there will be spots available for newcomers and those looking to move up the depth chart. “We have a few vacancies in the starting line up from

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SCHROON | The defending MVAC Division II champions will bring a lot of familiar faces back to the court this season. While losing MVP Brendan Hall to graduation, the Wildcats return several key players, including Jordan DeZalia, Micah Stout and Andrew Pelkey, among others. “Our depth this year will be a strength,” coach Lee Silvernail said. “This is the deepest team I think I have ever coached. Each one of these guys bring something to the table that will help us in games this year. I feel that I can go to anyone for good quality minutes and the bench players will push the starters for playing time. Our group this year also has good team speed and we will look to use that to our advantage on the defensive end and out in transition this year.” In order to transition, Silvernail said the team has had a focus on the defensive side of the ball in its early practices. “We have spent more time focusing on defense then we have in past years,” Silvernail said. “We have a handful of new guys that we need to make sure are on the same page

and seeing things and reacting the same way.” Silvernail said the team needs to keep improving throughout the season if they hope to get deep into February and March. “No part of our game has reached the level of perfection yet,” he said. “We use a lot of game film to critique our areas of weakness and work to improve on those areas. We always strive to win our division and this year we want to be playing in the league championship game at North Country and have a good showing in sectionals. Win or lose at the end of the season I want to walk away feeling like we played our best game.” ■ WILDCAT BASKETBALL

Player Grade Jordan DeZalia - pictured 12 Micha Stout 12 Andrew Pelkey 10 Harrison Gereau 11 Collin Bresnahan 11 Cole Plumstead 11 Ryan Haneman 11 Jakie Brady 11 Gabe Gratto 11 Marcus Peace 10 Cian Bresnahan 10

Schroon Lady Wildcats set to repeat By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR

SCHROON | The Lady Wildcat’s varsity basketball program will be looking to stay atop Division II of the MVAC this season with a solid returning core of players to lead the way. “Coming off a great year 2016-17 year finishing as cochampions of the southern Mountain Valley league, the Lady Wildcats hope to achieve similar success this year,” coach Dave Williams said. “We plan to be very competitive in our league with the leading scorer of Alora Bearor. Grace Higgens and Emily Maisonville are strong players with excellent re-

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PORT HENRY | For the first time since 1935, a Section VII team has a state championship to defend in boy’s basketball. The Moriah Vikings return to the hardwood this season with four of five starters returning and a significant core of role players, as they look to return to the NYSPHSAA Final Four for the sixth consecutive year, where they have appeared in the state title game three times. Leading the Vikings will be the reigning Class D Player of the Year Dylan Trombley, who, along with third team All State player Joey Stahl, were part of an AAU National championship team this summer. Jay Strieble returns to the post, along with team members Jerin Sargent, Mike Rollins, Dewey Snyder, Braden Swan, Matt Pelkey and Alex Larrow. Owen Fleury and Scott Rice joined the varsity team during

VIKINGS BASKETBALL No. Player Grade 3 Owen Fleury 11 4 Joey Stahl 12 10 Jerin Sargent 11 11 Austin Drake 11 12 Jeff Strieble 10 22 Mike Rollins 10 23 Dylan Trombley - pictured 12 24 Dewey Snyder 12 30 Scott Rice 11 32 Braden Swan 10 33 Jay Strieble 12 40 Alex Larrow 11 44 Matt Pelkey 12

Moriah Lady Vikings seek return to Troy PORT HENRY | Eight months after their first final four in girl’s athletics history and just a month after going to the soccer state semifinals, the Moriah Lady Vikings are preparing for what they is a return engagement to Troy that lasts one game longer. “We are trying to prepare after an exciting run to the soccer Final Four,” coach Stephan Pelkey said. “It feels like we have been playing catchup to everyone else, but the girls are really working hard to get prepared for the upcoming season.” The Vikings return eight players from the team that went to the Final Four last season, with four starters and four more bench players. “We have some experienced players coming back for their second, third and even fourth year on the varsity,” Pelkey said. “Every season my goal is to be the best team that we can be heading into sectionals. Improve every game, one game at a time, one practice at a time. It’s too early for us to farther than that right now.” Pelkey said the key players to the team will be the same as the core of last season’s squad in Maddie Olcott,

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Throwing events key for Sentinels By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR

TICONDEROGA | The Sentinel boy’s indoor track team will be looking to throw their way into several events this season. “With only six returning boys from last season and five newcomers, our strength will certainly be in the throwing events,” coach Walter Thorne said. “Derek Joiner and Brandin Plumadore in the throwswill be looking for mile-

stones throughout the season. Sprints and Distance will be on an individual basis with only two sprinters and two distance out for the team so far.” Thorne said the team goal is to get as many athletes to the state meet as they can while improving on individual performances and new athletes learning technique and seasoned athletes improving on their personal best marks. “Caleb Pike wil also be a key for distance while Lance Shaner and Dillon Schlogl will be key for the sprints. and

Lance Shaner in the long jump,” Thorne said. ■ SENTINELS INDOOR Doug Baker Frank Boyd Derek Joiner Caleb Pike Dillon Schlogl John Wright

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EKMW teams ready to head indoors By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR

PORT HENRY | With the temperatures heading down the thermometer, local runners are headed for the indoors and Plattsburgh State University for their winter season. “We prefer to run and be outside but the indoor track season gives something to train for,” said coach Luis Garnica. “Most events will have young or newer athletes who have never ran on an indoor 200m track. The air is warm and the track is solid. Athletes who ran last year said the 200m indoor know the

track has tight turns and running long distance can get boring (a mile is more than eight laps), but the noise echoes inside the Plattsburgh State Field house. The fans are right next to you. Indoor racing just has really great energy and athletes and parents cheer for everyone”. The Emus return CorrieAnne Stoner, who competed in the State Indoor Track Championships last year representing Keene, EKMW, and Section VII. She ran a personal best of 7.49 seconds in the 55m dash. “I like how our athletes come to practice with positive attitudes,” Garnica said. “We just like to run and train together. Running

and working out makes us feel better about ourselves and others. Our goal is to start where we are and improve ourselves.” ■

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In Moriah, boys return several to lanes, girls reload By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR

PORT HENRY | The Moriah varsity bowling program is quite different between the two squads that will compete this season. While the boys team will be returning several players, including Jacob Gibeau, Chris Heald and Myles Madill, the girls will feature a brand new lineup after being led by four seniors a year ago. “We are starting this year with a whole new girls team due to my whole team graduating last year,” said coach Marcia Glebus. “Everyone is coming together to help improve, be supportive and have a successful and fun season.” VIKING BOWLING

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Ticonderoga Lady Sentinels ready to run By Keith Lobdell SPORTS EDITOR

TICONDEROGA | The Lady Sentinels varsity basketball team will look to use their athleticism in the new year. “We are an aggressive group,” coach Rick Smith said. “We need to play within ourselves and stay out of foul trouble by playing good position defense and communicating. In the pre-season, we have been working on overall conditioning and working together as a team both on the offensive and defensive end.” The team will be without all-star Delaney Hughes after graduation, but will look to a

number of returning players for contributions. “We return seven players from last year’s team,” Smith said. “Emily Pike, Aubrey Smith and Paige Bailey will play inside while Sarah Bresett,Sadie St. Andrews, Alyssa Tucker, Kahley Alteri, Emily Purkey and Savannah LaCourse will be working for time at the guard positions.” Skill improvement will be the key for the Sentinels throughout this season’s campaign. “We will need to improve our overall ball handling and shooting throughout the season; we are looking for everyone to contribute,” Smith said. “The goal for this team is to continue to work on our skills daily, improve as

a unit and go into the playoffs playing our best basketball.” ■ LADY SENTINELS BASKETBALL No. 5 11 12 20 21 3 14 15 22

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PORT HENRY | Evan Graney drove to the basket for the Ticonderoga Sentinels, scoring the hoop and drawing a foul at the same time Nov. 25. As he got ready to go to the foul line to attempt the threepoint play, coach Joe Defayette called a timeout. “I thought that was rather strange,” Graney said. “Then I saw him go for the microphone.”

“I think it all started becoming clear to everyone what was happening when I gabbed the mic,” Defayette said, soon after announcing Graney had scored his 1,000-th career point, becoming the 75th Section VII boy to reach the mark. “It’s special,” Graney said. “It shows all the hard work paid off, but this is more about the program and what we have been able to accomplish together because I would not have been able to do what I have done without my teammates and without them, this would not be as special.” Defayette agreed, adding his point guard has been the main cog in the program. “He has meant a ton to this program and it goes way beyond the points he has scored,” he said. “He is our floor general, a leader who other players look up to, he always volunteers to help and always works very hard and encourages others to do the same. He goes about everything in the right way and shows others how things should be done.” ■

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Democratic candidate Nelson treks to Essex County for rural town hall Candidate offers stump speech, therapy session to small crowd of progressive activists in Whallonsburg By Pete DeMola EDITOR

WHALLONSBURG | As attendees trickled into the Whallonsburg Grange for a town hall meeting, Patrick Nelson reminded them he could be wordy. “Feel free to raise your hand and interrupt me,” Nelson said. “I tend to talk a lot.” And he did. For the next 90 minutes, the candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for New York’s 21st Congressional District perched on a stool and held court with voters, discussing a kaleidoscopic number of state, federal and local issues. There were those dominating the national landscape, including the comprehensive tax overhaul that passed the GOP-led Senate on Friday, and health care, including Medicare for All, the single-payer legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). But the freewheeling event was also equal parts stump speech, history lecture and therapy session as Nelson discussed at a rapid clip the overuse of antibiotics in modern medicine, student debt, the root causes of opiate addiction, broadband installation, voter enrollment, clean water infrastructure funding and how to cure the ails of a Democratic Party still picking themselves up off the floor after last year’s shock election upset. Nelson spoke in complete paragraphs, each accompanied by stats, citations, sources and asides. Just 10 people attended the session on Sunday afternoon, most of them local residents involved in progressive politics. Despite preaching to a friendly choir, Nelson continually referred to wealth inequality, and said the Republican-led Congress and White House are prioritizing the rich at the expense of the working class, whether it’s on health care or the pending net neutrality vote by the Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 14. “These dastardly things they’re trying to do is under the cover of the holiday season,” Nelson said. “The American people are getting ripped off and it needs to stop.”

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Nelson occasionally took shots at Rep. Elise Stefanik (RWillsboro), whom he criticized as distant and beholden to her campaign donors. ”How often do you see the Congresswoman in Willsboro?” he asked. “She’s not around, and she should be doing these as well.” The room murmured. But despite their antipathy to a GOP-led government, attendees also largely appeared to looking for guidance from a progressive leader who could help them navigate the postelection landscape. Questions from the group focused as much on Democratic Party politics as federal issues under a President Trump-led White House. “We’re in a building year,” Nelson said. “That’s not something to fear.” At times, he said, the process can appear chaotic. “It’s safe to say we need to be doing something different than what we were doing before.” It’s been a whiplash year for Democrats, who have been in full-on assault mode against President Trump, and have fought tooth-and-nail against a number of his legislative initiatives, including proposed budget cuts, rollbacks of Environmental Protection Agency regulations and numerous failed attempts to repeal “Obamacare.” Nelson served as a delegate for Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign, and still wears his admiration for the lawmaker on his sleeve. Sanders, he said, remains one of the most popular politiWhen it'stimeto

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fanik won both races by wide margins. Nelson, who lives in the district border town of Stillwater, Saratoga County, is one of seven Democrats vying for the party’s nomination. He demurred when asked by an audience member what differentiates him from his primary challengers, and said he prefers to run a campaign focusing on why voters should vote for someone as opposed to why they should not. All hopefuls would be a better representative than Stefanik, he said. But he admitted fundraising will be challenging ahead of the June primary, particularly considering his campaign does not accept donations from corporate political action committees. “Does that mean we likely to raise less money?” he said. “It’s likely.” Nelson ended the most recent fundraising quarter in fifth place, with $11,500 raised compared to Don Boyajian, a Washington County-based environmental lawyer, who generated $207,965. The candidate sees a silver lining: Relying solely on small donors means he can be more vocal in addressing critical issues, he said, unlike Stefanik, who he called “a “PR rep for corporate America.” “Her skill set is putting a nice face on corporate America coming in and fleecing the American people,” he said. His strategy, he said, is to acknowledge what the opponent’s biggest strength is, and focus on chipping away at that. “The biggest strength Congresswoman Stefanik has is her ability to raise money,” he said. “The only way I can effectively talk about that is by not calling the kettle black.” (In response to Nelson’s comments, a Stefanik campaign spokesman said, “Elise is proud of her bipartisan record of always putting the North Country first, a record which continues to deliver real results for taxpayers across our district.”) Nelson hopes to eventually score a lucrative endorsement from Sanders, a measure he said would give his campaign momentum. “One fundraising email from Sen. Sanders solves a lot of our financial challenges,” he said. The candidate has held at least a dozen town hall-type meetings since declaring his campaign in January, and said he will continue to do so. “I want to learn as much from you as you do from me,” he said. “It makes me a better candidate.” ■ The FamilyGourmet Buffet

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MATERIALS" that the Essex County judyg@co.essex.ny.us tionstar Mortgage LLC, 2018 at 1:00 PM, clearly on the outside of Board of Supervisors with snow plow for for 900 lineal feet of 18 TT-12/9/2017-1TCTT-12/09/2017-1TCPlaintiff AGAINST David premises known as 43 the envelope. inch Poly Vinyl Chloride will hold and conduct a 170688 maintenance purposes 170502 Cheney; et al., Defendant Period of probable use- (PVC) SDR 26 bell and BROOK STREET, MORI- Dated: December 4, public hearing at the SuNCCC WILL RECEIVE LEGAL NOTICE OF fulness: 15 years, limit- spigot rubber sealed (s) Pursuant to a Judg- AH, NY 12974: Section pervisors Chambers in 2017 ment of Foreclosure and 97.63 Block 2 Lot 10: Linda M. Wolf, CPA gasket joint pipe. the Essex County Gov- QUOTES FOR SNOW ESTOPPEL ed to 5 years Maximum REMOVAL at the TiconThe bond resolution, a estimated Sale duly dated March ernment Center, 7551 cost: The pipe can be seen at ALL THAT PIECE OR Purchasing Agent deroga Campus until summary of which is $214,000 Amount of 29 Bulwagga Drive, Port 21, 2017 I, the under- PARCEL OF LAND LY- Essex County Govern- Court Street, ElizabethDecember published herewith, has Henry, NY 12974, Monsigned Referee will sell ING ON THE NORTHER- ment Center town, New York on the 3:00p.m., obligations to be issued: 15th, 2017. Please send been adopted on $214,000 serial bonds day Friday, 6:00AM at public auction at the LY SIDE OF BROOK 7551 Court Street PO 18th day of December, your liability insurance November 30, 2017, and 2:00PM or call Chip PerEssex County Court- STREET, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., on SEQRA: Type II Action SO-CALLED, Box 217 information with your the validity of the obliga- TT-12/9/2017-1TCry at 518-546-8635 with house, Elizabethtown, BEING A PART OF LOT Agricultural District #1, Elizabethtown, New York any questions. New York on December NO. 15 IN A PLOT OF upon the recommenda- sealed bid. For more in- tions authorized by such 170585 12932 regarding resolution may be here18, 2017 at 10:00AM, All bids shall be in writtions of the Essex Coun- formation LOTS SURVEYED AND (518) 873-3332 ing with the name and premises known as 19 LAID OUT IN JUNE TT-12/9/2017-1TCty Agriculture and Farm- snow removal require- after contested only if such obligations were address of the bidder Wayne Avenue, Ticon- 1864, land Protection Board ments, please contact BY. D.M. 170748 authorized for an object and shall be in a sealed deroga, NY 12883. All ARNOLD, SURVEYOR, open enrollment period. Rick at 518-891-2915, extension 1263. Please or purpose for which the OF SALE PLEASE TAKE FURTHER envelope with the words that certain plot piece or FOR HEIRS OF ISAAC NOTICE Town of Moriah, Essex SUPREME COURT NOTICE recommenda- mail quotes to Lisa Sewer Pipe Bid on the parcel of land, with the STONE, SITUATE IN THE Symonds, Director of Fi- County, New York, is not buildings and improve- VILLAGE OF PORT HEN- COUNTY OF ESSEX Mid- tions of Agriculture and NOTICE OF SALE outside of the envelope nancial Operations, authorized to expend Bank, Plaintiff ments erected, situate, RY, COUNTY OF ESSEX, First Farmland Protection SUPREME COURT and include a Non-ColluNCCC, PO Box 89, money, or if the provi- COUNTY OF ESSEX sive Bid Certificate availlying and being in the STATE OF NEWYORK AGAINST Robert P. Board note that: the Saranac Lake, NY 12983 of law which sions Demetros, Kathleen A. Agricultural Districts in Village of Ticonderoga, Premises will be sold Bank of America, N.A., able from the Town TT-12/9/2017-1TCshould have been com- Plaintiff AGAINST Lauri Clerks office. All bids County of Essex and subject to provisions of Demetros, Defendant(s) Essex County have been 170579 plied with as of the date State of NY, Section in existence since 1973 filed Judgment Index # Pursuant to a Judgment Teriele a/k/a Lauri A. must be received on or of publication of this no- Teriele a/k/a Lauri A. before 150.42 Block 3 Lot 13. 83/2012. Mark T. Mon- of Foreclosure and Sale 4:00PM on and the district has NOTICE OF FORMATION Approximate amount of tanye - Referee. RAS duly dated 7-21-2017 I, helped agriculture re- OF LIMITED LIABILITY tice were not substan- Cole; Kraig Teriele a/k/a Wednesday, December judgment $81,783.69 main a viable industry in COMPANY (LLC) Name: tially complied with, and Kraig N. Teriele, Defen- 27, 2017 at the Town Boriskin, LLC 900 Mer- the undersigned Referee plus interest and costs. Essex County. The land chants Concourse, Suite will sell at public auction C&B PROPERTY VEN- an action, suit or pro- dant(s) Pursuant to a Clerks Office, 38 Park Premises will be sold to be included is 97% 106, Westbury, New at the Essex County TURES, LLC. Articles of ceeding contesting such Judgment of Foreclo- Place, Port Henry, NY validity is commenced Courthouse, 7559 Court soils of statewide impor- Organization filed with subject to provisions of York 11590, Attorneys 12974. All bids pursure and Sale duly dated within twenty days after October 18, 2017 I, the St., Elizabethtown, NY tance and is highly pro- the Secretary of State filed Judgment Index# suant to this notice shall for Plaintiff the date of publication of on 12-21-2017 at ductive capable of sus- (SSNY) on 11/21/2017. CV16-0110. John C. Mc- TT-12/09-12/30/2017undersigned Referee will be opened and read on this notice, or such obli- sell at public auction in 10:30AM, premises Thursday, December 28, Donald, Esq., Referee 4TC-170580 taining the economic Office Location: Essex gations were authorized known as 9 Birch Av- and long term commit- County. The SSNY is 2017 at 10:00AM at the Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, the Lobby of Essex enue, Willsboro, NY ment to agricultural en- designated as agent of in violation of the provi- County Courthouse, Eliz- Town of Moriah Town LLC Attorney(s) for the NOTICE TO BIDDERS sions of the Constitu- abethtown, New York on Hall, 38 Park Place, Port Plaintiff 175 Mile Cross- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- 12996. All that certain terprises if certain pro- the LLC upon whom EN, that the Under- plot piece or parcel of ing Boulevard tections are provided. process against it may tion. January 4, 2018 at Henry, NY 12974. The signed, on behalf of the land, with the buildings Town Board reserves the Rochester, New York PLEASE TAKE FURTHER 10:00AM, premises be served. SSNY shall A complete copy of the Essex County Board of and improvements right to reject any and all 14624 (877) 759-1835 NOTICE Essex County known as 16 Labounty mail a copy of any pro- resolution summarized Supervisors, will accept erected, situate, lying herewith is available for Way, Ticonderoga, NY bids at their discretion. Dated: October 13, 2017 has a New York State cess to the principal sealed bids at the Office and being in the Town of certified Agricultural Dis- business location of public inspection during 49319 Dated December 4, 2017 12883. All that certain of the Purchasing Agent regular business hours Willsboro, County of Es- trict #1 of 62,341.02 Rose M. French TT-11/18-12/09/2017plot piece or parcel of LLC: 23 Father Jogues until 2:00 P.M. on De- sex and State of New acres. This addition is Place, Ticonderoga, NY at the Office of the Town Town Clerk 4TC-168177 land, with the buildings cember 20, 2017 for York, SECTION: 21.9, under Article 25-AA PDF 12883. Purpose: All law- Clerk for a period of TT-12/9/2017-1TCand improvements twenty days from the SUPREME COURT - Water Meter Materials. BLOCK: 10, LOT: 10. Ap- of the Agriculture and 170746 erected, situate, lying ful activities. date of publication of and being in the Town of COUNTY OF ESSEX The bids shall be opened proximate amount of Markets Law for annual TT-12/09-01/13/2018this Notice. publicly and read aloud U.S. BANK, N.A., judgment $50,180.54 inclusion of farms with Ticonderoga, County of 6TC-170490 Dated: Port Henry, New Essex and State of NY, on December 20, 2017 V. plus interest and costs. greater than 50% soils York, DYLAN IMPORTANT INFORMAW. MADER at 2:00 P.M. at the Office Premises will be sold of prime or important Section 150.2 Block 7 A/K/A DYLAN MADER, et of the Purchasing Agent, subject to provisions of statewide importance. TION ABOUT YOUR December 1, 2017. Lot 9.001. Approximate PUBLIC HEARING Rose M. French al. 7551 Court Street, Eliza- filed Judgment Index#: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER SPECTRUM CHANNEL amount of judgment TOWN OF PUTNAM LINEUP Town Clerk bethtown, New York NOTICE OF SALE CV15-0533. Evan F. Bra- NOTICE that at said pub$230,459.91 plus inter- There will be a public Served: BOND RESOLUTION est and costs. Premises NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- 12932. cy, Esq., Referee Frenkel lic hearing to be held at Communities hearing regarding impleDATED November 30, will be sold subject to menting a Cold War Vetof Ashland, EN pursuant to a Final Please contact the Pur- Lambert Weiss Weisman the time and place set Towns Campton, Dorchester, 2017. Judgment of Foreclo- chasing Office at (518) & Gordon, LLP 53 Gib- forth above, the Essex provisions of filed Judg- erans' exemption on sure dated July 08, 873-3330 for additional son Street Bay Shore, County Board of Super- Grton, Holderness, Lin- A RESOLUTION AUTHO- ment Index# CV14- property taxes. The 2016, and entered in the information concerning NY 11706 01-077797- visors will hear all per- coln, Plymouth, Rum- RIZING THE PURCHASE 0646. Joseph Lavoran- hearing will take place at ney, Thornton, Warren, OF A TRUCK FOR MAIN- do, the bidding. Specifica- F00 49531 Office of the Clerk of the sons interested therein Esq., Referee Putnam Town Hall, 14 Waterville Valley, Went- TENANCE PURPOSES IN Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, Putnam Center Road at County of Essex, where- tions and standard pro- TT-11/18-12/09/2017concerning the same. AND FOR THE TOWN OF in U.S. BANK, N.A. is the posals for the proposed 4TC-168176 Dated: December 1, worth and Woodstock, LLC Attorney(s) for the 7 P.M. on December NH. MORIAH, ESSEX COUN- Plaintiff 175 Mile Cross- 14th. Information rePlaintiff and DYLAN W. work may be obtained at 2017 Effective on or after De- TY, NEW YORK, AT A ing MADER A/K/A DYLAN the above address, or on NOTICE OF PUBLIC Judith A. Garrison, Clerk Boulevard garding the proposed the Countys website at: HEARING 31, 2017, MAXIMUM ESTIMATED Rochester, New York MADER, ET AL. are the Essex County Board of cember exemption is available at Defendant(s). I, the un- https://www.co.esWHDH on Basic/Starter COST OF $214,000 AND 14624 (877) 759-1835 ESSEX COUNTY Supervisors the Putnam Town AGRICULTURE AND P.O. Box 217, 7551 dersigned Referee will sex.ny.us/bidders/pubTV channels 7 and 1204 AUTHORIZING THE IS- Dated: October 27, 2017 Clerk's office during the will no longer be avail- SUANCE OF $214,000 sell at public auction at licbids.aspx. FARMLAND PROTEC- Court Street 49670 Clerk's office hours. the LOBBY OF THE ES- All bids submitted in re- TION BOARD SERIAL BONDS OF SAID TT-12/02-12/23/2017Elizabethtown, NY able. TT-12/09/2017-1TCSEX COUNTY COURT- sponse to this notice TOWN TO PAY THE 4TC-169510 For a current channel AGRICULTURAL DIS- 12932 170581 be marked HOUSE, 7559 Court St., shall lineup, visit Spec- COST THEREOF. TRICT #1 (518) 873-3353 Specific object or purElizabethtown, NY "SEALED BID WATER PLEASE TAKE NOTICE trum.net/programmingjudyg@co.essex.ny.us pose: Purchase of truck notices. MATERIALS" that the Essex County 12932, on January 12, METER TT-12/09/2017-1TCwith snow plow for TT-12/9/2017-1TC2018 at 1:00 PM, clearly on the outside of Board of Supervisors 170688

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