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VA seeks solution for veterans’ clinic By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — A decision to reevaluate the operation of a Veterans Administration clinic at Elizabethtown Community Hospital is now taking a different turn. The Department of Veterans Affairs had submitted a request for proposals in April seeking to relocate the clinic in the Saranac Lake or Lake Placid region. The deadline for proposals was May 15 with the goal of awarding a contract by Aug. 1. Many local veterans spoke out against the consideration to relocate the Elizabethtown VA clinic, which was one of the first established in the United States. Peter Potter, spokesman for the Stratton VA Medical Center, said administrators there are still considering some of the
See CLINIC, page 13
School board takes heat for new member’s resignation By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — The Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Board of Education is starting the year one member short. Mark Hummel, an Elizabethtown resident elected in May to one of two open board seats, announced the resignation of his post before even getting a chance to swear in. A crowd of more than 30 residents packed the conference room as the school board held its reorganizational meeting July 14, many questioning why Hummel had apparently been forced to give up the position for which he was elected. Hummel said he made his decision after being informed his membership on the board would bar him from providing services to ELCS students as a physical therapist with Adirondack Physical Therapy.
The Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Board met for their first regular meeting of the school year July 14 with only four members sworn in. Mark Hummel, who was to be the fifth after being elected in May, resigned amid an apparent conflict of interest. (Clockwise from left) Richard Wagner, Brett Siccola, William Haseltine, Paul Fenton, Superintendent Gail Else, District Clerk Lauri Cutting.
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ELIZABETHTOWN — The county seat will be hopping this weekend as Elizabethtown holds its annual town festival, E-town Day. A Lake Champlain Quadricentennial event, E-town Day will once again focus on the history and heritage of the town while promoting its present-day attractions. “We’re looking forward to another great E-town Day,” said Elizabethtown supervisor Noel Merrihew. “It’s been a good annual event that draws people to the town for that weekend.” For the second year in a row, a block dance will be held the previous night Friday, July 17, at the Cobble Hill Golf Course. Once again, the featured band will be E-town Express. “There’s a lot of opportunity for getting together and seeing old friends,” Merrihew added. “We just hope the weather cooperates.” On Saturday, July 18, there will be a town-wide yard sale. Among the many vendors participating will be the ecumenically-sponsored E-town Thrift Shop, which plans to display its wares on the lawn of the United Church of Christ,
ELIZABETHTOWN — The rapidly growing Essex County Public Transportation System is continuing to develop new options for current and potential riders. Transportation director Nancy Dougal announced several He’ll pretty new initiatives for the much drop them program at county committee meetings anywhere they want July 13. in Lake Placid. Among the latest additions is a new — Nancy Dougal weekend evening route between Au Sable Forks and Lake Placid. The Mountain Valley Shuttle now departs Au Sable Forks at 6 p.m. every Friday and Saturday night, picking up riders in Jay and Wilmington along the way to Lake Placid.
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Attendants at last year’s E-town Day festivities enjoyed a spectacular fireworks display at Cobble Hill Golf Course.
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