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ELIZ A BE T HTOWN | The N YC Marathon is a long-planned fun day Sunday for one Elizabethtown family. Angel Marvin and her two sons, Louis Scaglione, 25, and Ben Scaglione, 30, are running the avenues together. They’re not sure yet who will set the pace or cross the finish line first. But the trio began virtual training together earlier this year. “My mother is up in E’town while my brother is in Florida, so we haven’t been able to run together much at all,” Louis said from his home in Manhattan. “We have the same run tracking app on our phones, so we all kind of monitor each other’s progress as we post our runs and keep each other accountable in that way.” The idea of running the famed marathon came up as Louis watched the race from his windows above First Avenue last year. See MARATHON » pg. 7

Angel Marvin, center, with sons Louis at left and Ben, at right, have been training for a family run together in the NYC Marathon this Sunday. Photo/Angel Marvin

LAKE PLACID | Nestled amidst the highest of the High Peaks at an elevation of nearly 3,000 feet, Lake Colden is higher than many mountains in the Adirondack Park. That elevation made it particularly susceptible to acid rain produced by coal-fired power plants in the Midwest, and by 1987, this increased acidity had killed all of Lake Colden’s fish. In 2004, the state checked Lake Colden again — still no fish. In 2011, nothing. But in early October, the Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation announced an “amazing” surprise. A self-sustaining population of brook trout has taken hold in Lake Colden. The find represents the progress the nation has made in reducing the acidity of rain and snowfall. But it also represents a mystery: No one knows how the fish got there. Lake Colden is shallow and cold, covering 40 acres at a maximum depth of 25 feet. Upstream is the nine-acre Avalanche Lake, but it still remains too acidic for fish to survive. “At this point we are still looking into how the brook trout were re-established,” the DEC said in an email correspondence. “We have collected samples of genetic material that may shed some light on this subject. They were not stocked by DEC.” See TROUT » pg. 3

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Opponents agree on need to broaden tax base, keep taxes low By Tim Rowland STAFF WRITER

Microsoft 4-H Tech Changemakers at the Essex County Fair in August. TechChangemakers is a service club that teaches digital skills to others, including how to set safe passwords and h recognize safe websites. They had just received their team t-shirts.

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Essex County 4-H adds welding, tractor clubs Applications at 4-H Open House on Nov. 4 By Kim Dedam STAFF WRITER

LEWIS | Essex County 4-H is adding a new kind of hands-on explorers club, welding. It may be the only club of its type in New York. And as local 4-H programs gear up for the 2020 year, the new group will open to youth ages 13 to 18 throughout Essex County. The idea came up at the county fair this year. “I was approached with the idea during Fair Week,” 4-H spokeswoman Linda Gillilland told the Sun.

“And through a generous grant from the Pearsall Adirondack Foundation, I’ll be able to buy safety equipment for the teenagers who participate. Welding sparked the idea for a Tractor Club, so this is very exciting also.” Essex County-wide 4-H clubs also include Incredible Edibles (kitchen science)and a Cloverbud Café for children ages 5 to 8. There is also a Green Thumbs horticulture club, Adk Barks Dog club, Equi-Riders horse lovers’ club, and Microsoft Tech Changemakers digital literacy, Gillilland said. Many 4-H programs throughout Essex County lead programs in bluegrass music, babysitter training, livestock, horsemanship, environmental science, natural resources and a variety of STEAM projects. See 4-H » pg. 11

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JAY | Candidates for the Jay town board debated how best to make improvements on scant resources in a jurisdiction that tourists tend to speed on by on their way to the hotels and restaurants of Wilmington and Lake Placid. The candidates agreed on the need to pay highway workers more, and to improve parks and attract new business and residents — but a scant budget and community

sentiment against breaking the state-guided 2% tax cap makes this difficult. Three seats are up for grabs on the board Tuesday. By virtue of winning a primary to replace a board member who resigned midterm, Knut Sauer is virtually assured of winning one. Four candidates are competing for the two remaining seats: Incumbent Tom McDonald, a Republican; Adam Coolidge, an independent candidate on the Community First party line; Democrat Wayne Frederick; and John Sheldrake, on the Republican and Independent Honesty party lines. Also attending the debate was Essex County Clerk candidate Kari Ratliff, who is running as an independent candidate on the Time4Change ballot line. The debate was hosted by the nonpartisan Adirondacks Indivisible community action group. See CANDIDATES » pg. 6

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