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Valley News editor Matt Bosley reflects on past year.
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APA to rule Plein Air painters capture the outdoors on Keene junkyard violation Workshop to allow beginners to try their hand By Matt Bosley
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By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency’s Enforcement Committee met last week to determine how to proceed with an illegal junkyard in the town of Keene. The alleged violations by Stephen Smith were first reported to APA officials on Dec. 19, 2007. Agency staff said his property, located off Route 73 in the town of Keene, contains abandoned vehicles and other junk materials, and Smith had not acquired the necessary junkyard permits. Enforcement Program Supervisor Paul Van Cott told the committee that Smith had not collected any additional materials on his property since first being notified of the violation. “There's not an appreciable amount of stuff. He doesn’t have,
Caroline Thompson-Rubino, director of the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, watches as art professor Kevin Raines adds touches to a watercolor painting at Ballard Park in Westport. Raines, a Wadhams resident, will lead a watercolor workshop as part of Westport’s upcoming Plein Air Event and Studio Tour Day July 5.
WESTPORT — Artistic talent will be on display in a special way at Westport’s second annual Plein Air Event and Studio Tour Day on Saturday, July 5. Sponsored by the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, the day features dozens of artists, both local and otherwise, painting “en plein air,” or in the open air. With the help of a map from the Heritage House in Westport, visitors will be able to locate the artists as they compose outdoors from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Yellow balloons and signs by the roadside will denote opportunities to watch artists at work on a variety of media. “It’s great for Westport because a lot of people will come here just to see art,” said Caroline Thompson-Rubino, director for ACNA. From 1-4 p.m., artists with working studios will hold open studio tours, giving the public yet another chance to see them in the process of creating images. Artists of all ability levels are encouraged to join the activity, taking their art supplies outdoors to draw, paint, or photograph one of their favorite scenes. They may then enter their work into the Plein Air Plus Art Show and Silent Auction. The exhibit, which will feature other work inspired by the Champlain Valley, opens
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Garcia gets Democratic party nomination for DA By Chris Morris and Matt Bosley denpubs@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — The race for Essex County District Attorney was effectively narrowed to two candidates June 10 when the county Democratic Committee opted to endorse Republican incumbent Julie Garcia. It took two hours of meetings for the committee to give the nod to Garcia, who lost the Republican nomination to Clinton County Assistant DA Kristy Sprague. Sue Montgomery Corey, county Democratic Party Chair, said her party is happy to support Garcia, who’s been on the job since taking the seat from Ronald Briggs in 2006. “We feel that her message of good government and transparency is very important right now in Essex County,” Corey said. “We’re very proud of the work she’s done in
the DA’s office and we’re committed to helping her earn another term.” The Democratic committee now has to send out petitions and get roughly 1,000 signatures to place Garcia on the party’s line in this fall's general election. “I was very pleased to receive the endorsement of the Democrats,” Garcia said. “This race is going to be about good government and about Republicans and Democrats coming together for a common purpose, and that purpose is to bring good government to the people of Essex County.” Lake Placid attorney and Independent candidate Brian Barrett also sought the Democratic endorsement, but he later opted to withdraw his request and asked the committee to instead support Garcia. “Brian made it very clear after my Republican endorsement that if he did not get the
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