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LOCAL RESIDENTS SURVIVE CRASH IN UPPER JAY
Local chosen to represent North Country at WorldPride 2019
Concrete mixer careened into East Branch of Ausable River; DEC found no engine fluids By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
UPPER JAY | Two local residents survived a terrible collision last week when a passenger car collided head-on with a concrete mixer. The crash occurred at 9 a.m. last Wednesday just south of Trumbull’s Road on State Route 9N. The concrete truck, owned by Upstone Materials, was headed toward Keene and veered toward the river to avoid collision with a 2012 Ford Focus operated by Tara E. Pratt of Elizabethtown. The truck overturned on the bank of the East Branch of the Ausable River and landed on its side. The truck subsequently burst into flames.
Metzgar selected by governor as ambassador
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By Laura Achouatte STA FF W RITER
SARANAC LAKE | Kelly Metzgar’s home in Saranac Lake is also the headquarters of the Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance, an organization formed by Metzgar to unite and make a social haven for LGBTQ of the North Country.
» Metzgar Cont. on pg. 3
HELPED OUT OF RIVER
The truck’s driver, George E. Dorr, 74, of Keeseville, was helped out of the river by a bystander, Christopher Leege, an off-duty New York State Trooper, before the truck burst into flames, police said. Pratt, 27, was entrapped in her vehicle, which ended up smashed and pinned against guide wires on the northbound side of the road.
Kelly Metzgar, chosen chosen by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Cuomo as an an to represent as for ambassador· for World Pride 2019, 019, which is being held held in New York for its first year.
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» Accident Cont. on pg. 5
Keene Valley Library reveals ‘Stories of Who We Are’ Oral history series features voices, photos, memories of local life, lore By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
KEENE VALLEY | The new collection of stories at the Keene Valley Library is illuminated by voices. These stories aren’t bound in cloth, cardboard or leather. They aren’t set in silent prose to rise from a page at a reader’s pace. They are resonant, lilting at times, words framed
in local voices illustrated with photographs, some dating back decades. On June 15, Keene Valley Library officially revealed its oral history project — “Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are.” Library spokeswoman Olivia Dwyer said the first 34 entries are uploaded and available for the pubic to peruse from their computer or other digital device. “Now, anyone with an internet connection can access the project’s collection of audio stories and related photographs.” Accounts, she said, capture a sense of the rich social and cultural history of this valley in the Adirondack Mountains. » Stories Cont. on pg. 7
PAWS CAUSE NCSPCA’s Tuxedos & Tails hosts honorary guests this year By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
KEENE | Black and white decor with chandeliers — in a tent — will present an elegant backdrop for this year’s Paws Cause: Tuxedos & Tails. The annual gala fundraiser for North Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NCSPCA) is unleashed at Marcy Field on July 14 with much excitement.
Keene Valley Library Association Director Karen Glass (in front) revealed the first 34 stories in the library’s oral history project — “Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are.” With Glass (in the center) is Project Grants Manager Jery Huntley, who helped design and develop funding for the online oral history collection. Photo provided
» Paws Cause Cont. on pg. 2
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