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August 10, 2019

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Boquet Valley hires new principal for Westport building

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Hires, signs, future facility use, legacy discussion are works-in-progress By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER

PlayADK has developed plans to turn an industrial warehouse into a children’s museum and family resource center. The nonprofit group was awarded nearly $1 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative monies toward their effort. Photos provided

Lt. gov. announces DRI grant winners in Saranac Lake Play ADK, Pendragon Theatre, Historic Saranac Lake among nonprofits awarded significant funds for revitalization vision

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Lake View Principal, Dan Parker

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WESTPORT | Boquet Valley Central School Board has hired a new principal for the elementary/middle school at Lake View Campus here. Boquet Valley Superintendent Josh Meyer said Daniel Parker, incoming principal for Westport’s kindergarten through eighth-grade program, attended school in Elizabethtown and graduated from the former ElizabethtownLewis Central School in 1994. “He is a really solid candidate for principal with a strong background in administration,” Meyer told The Sun. “His parents still live in Elizabethtown and he is familiar with our communities.” » Principal Cont. on pg. 2

short walk from the Adirondack Carousel. Play ADK has design plans drawn to create “a central hub for kid- and family-focused activity.” It will, they say, encourage “future business and nonprofit investments.” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul made the grant announcements at Berkeley Green, providing Play ADK with $949,378 in state funds toward their project. Phase 1 repairs on the former warehouse, Hochul said,

We are humbled, honored and excited to be awarded close to $1 million in funding from Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative.”

SARANAC LAKE | Years of strategic planning here will advance with nearly $10 million in Downtown Revitalization Initiative funds. Of 19 renovation, innovation, green space and infrastructure project designs submitted by the village, businesses and organizations through Saranac Lake’s Planning Committee, the state chose 10 to receive grant awards. Among the most forward-looking projects to win was Play ADK, a grass-roots group looking to turn a two-story, worn-out warehouse on a former industrial site at 33 Depot St. into a 15,0000-square-foot children’s museum and family resource center. Depot Street is a nook near the restored train depot, a

will add lighting and safe access. “We are humbled, honored and excited to be awarded close to $1 million in funding from Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative,” Play ADK said in a statement.

Stewart’s looks to demolish shuttered county building this month Plan for added greenery may spare large maple, birch trees on property

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Volunteer Alexis Subra stands at her Cornell Cooperative Extension market table that hosts market “passports,” a fresh market vegetable to taste and a fun activity for children, along with $5 to use at the market. The CCE hopes to boost SNAP and WIC participation with their voucher program for farmers markets and involve children in the Power of Produce. Photo by Laura Achouatte

» Produce Cont. on pg. 7

ELIZABETHTOWN | The former Essex County Planning Building is boarded up and empty, awaiting next steps in construction of a new Stewart’s Shop at the corner of Court and Park streets here. Stewart’s spokeswoman Erica Komoroske said they have not set a certain date to remove the building.

A delightful musical revue that includes a long list of 50s favorites in tight harmony, FOREVER PLAID tells the tale of four childhood friends who, after paying their dues performing at weddings and anniversaries, have an opportunity to do a real gig.

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