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Residents united over bridge demolition
New York and Vermont residents want their voices heard in Albany over the closure and upcoming demolition of the Lake Champlain Bridge. Photo by Fred Herbst
By Fred Herbst newmarketpress@denpubs.com CROWN POINT/ADDISON — Local New York and Vermont residents upset with the closure of the Lake Champlain Bridge have formally united. The Lake Champlain Bridge Coalition has been formed to relay the concerns of those affected to state leaders. “Our goals are to quickly get a new ferry in at the present day bridge site, quickly get a new bridge at the present day bridge site and restore traffic to that corridor,” explained Barb Brassard, a coalition member and executive director of the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce. “Without the Lake Champlain/Crown Point Bridge and normal traffic patterns, local businesses found an
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Ferry to continue— weather permitting SHOREHAM — The Ticonderoga-Shoreham Ferry across Lake Champlain will provide service through December, weather permitting, under an agreement reached with Vermont and New York transportation officials. The deal announced Saturday keeps the ferry open and running seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. free of charge for passengers. The ferry service normally shuts down in the fall but under the agreement, the company will install winterizing equipment so it can operate in colder weather at least until the lake freezes. The states also are finalizing plans for a charter bus service from the Ticonderoga area to take people across the lake on the Essex ferry. The bus service will assure a reliable allweather method of crossing the lake once winter weather sets in.
DEEP DIVE — Vermont State Police scuba divers Travis Valcourt and John Bruzzi check each other’s dry suit gear in advance of a training dive in an abandoned marble quarry adjoining the Brandon American Legion Post along Route 7 last week. The troopers, member of the eight-man statewide VSP Scuba Team, measured the quarry water temperature at a chilly 48 degrees F. The 100-feet-deep spring-fed quarry pond includes a treacherous underwater cavern that connects two other quarries behind the Legion post. Photo by Lou Varricchio
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