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Moriah residents approve $14.9 million school plan 168-21 vote sets course for school updates, renovations, new track field, repairs By Kim Dedam
Moriah Central School District residents on Tuesday approved the $14.9 million slate of capital repair and renovation projects in a referendum vote, 168-21. Photo/Moriah Central School
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MORIAH |On Tuesday, residents of Moriah Central School
District approved the school’s proposed $14.9 million slate of capital repair and building projects. Superintendent William Larrow said the official ballot count was 168 in support and 21 against. “We’re very, very happy as a district to be able to perform some much needed work to our school buildings and property. We would like to thank everyone who came out to vote tonight and to staff and community members in the Moriah Project Committee who were a huge part of the planning process for this project.” See MORIAH SCHOOL PLAN » pg. 8
Ti school consolidation under discussion Ti Central looks to combine middle, high schools By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER
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TICONDEROGA | Hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s budget difficulties, the Ticonderoga School Board is looking at structural, cost-saving changes that include the consolidation of its middle and high schools. The board delayed a vote on the plan last week to give more time for community input. But board members left little doubt that the system will transfer its 7th and 8th graders to the Calkins Place high school next fall.
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Crown Point students Sarah McIntosh, Emily Defelice, Tyler Wranosky, Brennan Mazzotte, Christopher Johnson, Alyssa Norton, Thomas Woods and Gavin Sours show off their Hamilton playbills.
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Students experience ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway Crown Point Central School received grant for a trip to Broadway By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER
CROWN POINT | Students of Rachael Leclaire-Charron’s Crown Point English class are no strangers to theatrical productions,
Ticonderoga High School may be the home of 7th and 8th graders next year.
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even those on Broadway. But with tickets for the popular musical still pushing $700 a seat, the possibilities seemed slim. Then, sitting alone in her car, LeclaireCharron’s cellphone dinged. Back in February she had thrown a Hail Mary, applying for a grant to see the show from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in partnership with Rockefeller Center. She had since almost forgotten about it, but there it was, an email on her phone telling her that Crown Point had won. See HAMILTON » pg. 8
LOCAL ‘FRIENDS’ CHARITY GIVES AND RECEIVES
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TICONDEROGA | When Wendy Shaw went through two bouts of breast cancer years ago, friends and strangers rallied to her side and helped her through that difficult time with conversation, encouragement, prayers and just plain old “being there.” Realizing the healing power of that support, she decided to pass the kindness and generosity she’d received on to others in similar circumstances. So she founded Friends Comforting Friends (FCF) about 6 years ago, and it’s been flourishing ever since. In what might be considered a mission statement, according to FCF’s Facebook page, “Friends Comforting Friends, Inc., is a nonprofit charity organization that helps area cancer patients with travel expenses for medical treatments (gas cards). We also provide gift baskets of comfort items for patients who are undergoing radiation and chemotherapy treatments.” More than 800 area cancer patients have received emotional
support and financial aid from FCF, and many have become FCF volunteers after recovery. The Friends Comforting Friends’ now ubiquitous “Comfort Care Bag” is filled with thoughtful small gifts to help ease some of the smaller but trying challenges faced by those undergoing treatment. Ever the optimist, Wendy likes to say, “Every day might not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” To learn more about Friends Comforting Friends, keep up with friends or just get some good mojo, go to Facebook.com/ groups/1440773509562856. ■ The DePaula Auto Group of Albany recently donated an additional $8,000 to Friends Comforting Friends, bringing their total contribution to $15,000, in honor of Vickie Goff Drinkwine, who had been a much-loved 22-year employee at DePaula. Drinkwine passed away this summer from complications of breast cancer; DePaula wanted to honor her in a meaningful way. Pictured (r-l) are Wendy Shaw (president, Friends Comforting Friends), Paul Lynch (vice president, DePaula Auto Group) and Gary Drinkwine, Vickie’s husband. Photo provided
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