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LOOKING FORWARD
JULY 25-AUGUST 1, 2018 VOL.23 NO.45
The Adirondack Mountains are more than just a pretty Whiteface. The northern New York region’s 6 million acres are full of countless mountains, lakes, rivers, towns and cities — and stories. So each year, Seven Days ventures west to find them. After fueling up with LAKESIDE EATS IN ESSEX, we visited VIALL’S CROSSING in Westport, where hiking, history and farming grow community spirit. Just down the road, jazz trumpeter TAYLOR HASKINS practices a new kind of sonic sorcery. Weird science is afoot in the PRISTINE WATERS OF LAKE GEORGE that could one day help keep Lake Champlain clean. That would please PLATTSBURGH MAYOR COLIN READ as he puts the “lake” back in Lake City. It’s hard to say what would please SANDY LEWIS, “THE MOST ORNERY MAN IN THE ADIRONDACKS,” as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Bandler discovered.
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Future Fix: Drug Detox Beds Needed in the North Country
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Another Vermont Pol Promises Broadband. Could It Work This Time? BY TAYLOR DOBBS
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In Plainfield, Mexican Citizens Line Up for Their Papers
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Excerpts From Off Message
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ARTS NEWS 24
The King in the Queen City: A Conversation With Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki
Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater Welcomes New Executive Director
BY MARGOT HARRISON
BY JAMES BANDLER
Tracking Changes
Adirondack Issue: At a Westport rail crossing, a hiking trail and young farmers share space BY SADIE WILLIAMS
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Deep Dive
Adirondack Issue: The Jefferson Project is turning Lake George into the world’s smartest lake BY KEN PICARD
Stuck in Vermont: The Children's
Literacy Foundation brought Vermont author Jason Chin to the summer program at JFK Elementary School in Winooski, where he talked about his work and joined the kids for some quiet reading time.
Cold Fusion
Adirondack Issue: Taylor Haskins melds jazz and electronic music in Westport, N.Y. BY DAN BOLLES
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Factory Finish
mr. brunelle explains it all deep dark fears this modern world edie everette iona fox red meat jen sorensen harry bliss rachel lives here now free will astrology personals
River City Stoke
Food: Chill vibes and “craveworth” eats at the Upper Valley’s Trail Breaks Taps + Tacos
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Music: West End Blend’s Erica Bryan talks fronting the band, the new release, and representation BY JORDAN ADAMS
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Fair Game POLITICS Hackie CULTURE Side Dishes FOOD Soundbites MUSIC Album Reviews Talking Art Movie Reviews Scarlett Letters SEX The Magnificent 7 Life Lines Calendar Classes Music Art Movies
Theater review: Skeleton Crew, Dorset Theatre Festival
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COVER DESIGN BROOKE BOUSQUET
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SNEAK PEEK Festival of Fools August 3-5
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TRAIL AHEAD Hikes and history in Westport PAGE 36
MAKING WAVES Weird science on Lake George PAGE 38
FREED JAZZ
Westport trumpeter finds his groove PAGE 40
Former Wall Street maverick Sandy Lewis is an Adirondack agitator ... who may be on to something
FERRY FARE
Hurricane
Lakeside eats in Essex, NY PAGE 44
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Hurricane Sandy
Quick Lit: The Aftermath 36
FUN STUFF
BY SALLY POLLAK
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FEATURES 30
Food by Ferry
Food: Sampling the eats in Essex, on Lake Champlain’s western shore
BY HANNAH PALMER EGAN
Adirondack Issue: Former Wall Street maverick Sandy Lewis is an Adirondack agitator ... who might be on to something
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BY JACQUELINE LAWLER
BY RICK KISONAK
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Discussion Continues on Burlington Mural ‘Everyone Loves a Parade!’ BY SADIE WILLIAMS
BY SEVEN DAYS STAFF
BY KATIE JICKLING
VIDEO SERIES
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BY MOLLY WALSH
BY KATIE JICKLING
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Plattsburgh’s Mayor Talks Big Plans — Even as He Slashes Spending
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