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Cutting gets max in shooting death of Sprague Sentenced to 5 to 15 years for manslaughter By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER

ELIZABETHTOWN | Cody R. Cutting was sentenced to spend 5 to 15 years in prison for the shooting death of Derek “Boomer” Sprague, 44. He was booked into Downstate Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Fishkill in the Hudson Valley area, on March 5, according to data from the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Essex County Judge Richard Meyer handed down the maximum for second-degree manslaughter. Cutting, 31, was convicted of the crime after a seven-day jury trial in December, when he faced both second-degree manslaughter and second-degree murder. The jury did not find on the top count. Warren County District Attorney Jason Carusone was retained as special prosecutor to try the case because Essex County DA Kristy Sprague is the victim’s sister. Carusone told The Sun he was very impressed with the court and Judge Meyer at sentencing. » Cutting Cont. on pg. 2

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PASSING THE SMALLBUSINESS TORCH On Jan. 14, Center for Businesses in Transition community liaisons and other community leaders gathered at the ANCA office in Saranac Lake to brainstorm ways they can work together in the coming year. Left to right: Danielle Delaini, RaChelle Martz, Christy Wilt, Matthew Courtright, Molly Bechard, Angela Smith, Mike Besaw, Brittany Davis, Kelsey O’Shea, Dan Kelleher and Russ Kinyon. Photo provided

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ANCA transition team will help retiring owners find buyers By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER

TICONDEROGA | The Adirondacks treasures its mom and pop businesses, but when mom and/or pop decide to call it a career and hang out a “for sale” sign, the business, no matter how cherished it has been in the community, doesn’t always survive. That leads not just to lost commerce, but to empty buildings that, without upkeep, decay into an empty eyesore.

To combat this problem, the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has introduced the Center for Business in Transition, which is designed to unite retiring entrepreneurs with budding entrepreneurs who are interested in stepping into a viable business. Partners in the program met at the ANCA office in Saranac Lake Jan. 14 and announced a slate of community liaisons, a monthly workshop series and other ways the group will share insights, skills and resources to assist local businesses in transition. The problem of orphaned businesses is not peculiar to the Adirondacks. It’s fueled by the waves of baby boomers who are leaving the workforce and, in many cases, selling their lifelong businesses to fund their retirement. » Small business Cont. on pg. 5

Tobacco law passes state Assembly Law raising tobacco purchase age from 18 to 21 heads to Senate By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

The state Assembly has passed a bill that would raise the age to purchase tobacco products and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21. Stock photo

KV Library to launch local history project Crowd-sourced stories, photos, memories will become part of library archives By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER

KEENE VALLEY| Start-up funds from three grants and local donations will allow the Keene Valley Library Association to launch a new oral and visual history-gathering project via online and in-person storytelling. Designed to establish a living, growing

archive, the project is titled: “Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are.” It will be built using crowd-sourced information collection and one-on-one dedicated interviews. The Library Association is coordinating the project through the online platform Memria.org and plans to hire a curator to oversee its start. Once built, “Stories of Who We Are” would give residents and others opportunity to share spoken three- to fiveminute memories of events and other historical moments they’ve experienced here. The format also allows for upload of related photographs or documents. » Library Cont. on pg. 3

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ALBANY | The state Assembly last Wednesday approved a bill that would raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21. The legislation, which has already received full-throated support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now heads to the Senate. “Smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes is a dangerous and addictive habit that too often

begins in high school or earlier,” Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) said in a statement. “By raising the purchasing age to 21, we can remove tobacco and other addictive products from our schools and improve health outcomes by stopping smoking before it starts.” The Assembly approved the bill 105-23, the Democrat & Chronicle reported Wednesday. Cuomo is in favor of change, and has urged the Senate to follow the Assembly’s lead. “The lifelong health effects and human misery caused by tobacco use cannot be understated and New York needs to do everything in its power to keep tobacco products out of the hands of our young people,” Cuomo said in a statement.

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