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Saturday, June 13, 2015
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Plattsburgh City Marina now open for business
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By Teah Dowling teah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ City of Plattsburgh leaders officially opened the new marina during the Marina Grand Opening Saturday, June 6. After City Councilor Becky Kasper welcomed the crowd and Plattsburgh Mayor Jim Calnon and Bruce Lawson, director of community development for the City of Plattsburgh, spoke, the ribbon was cut and the marina officially opened its doors and docks for all community members and visitors. “It’s a very inviting marina in terms of the docks and the building,Ó Mayor Calnon said. “Given the development we’ve had so far, it’s one more way that we can welcome people to Plattsburgh.Ó Following the ribbon cut CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
NC Chamber of Commerce’s new initiative PAGE 2
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A little boy, holding the hand of his mother, made his way into a donkey petting zoo and made a new friend during Dozerfest Saturday, June 6. Photo by Teah Dowling
Search for missing murderers widens Police swarm Willsboro, Essex in hunt for escaped convicts
Event honors the legacy of local outdoors-woman PAGE 3
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on site at Clinton Correctional Facility after Richard Matt and David Sweat broke out, believes the two had some type of assistance in carrying out their elaborate escape plan.
WILLSBORO — Hundreds of law enforcement officials poured into this rural community in the Adirondacks on Tuesday in an effort to root out the pair of killers who used power tools to break out of a maximum security prison on Saturday. Acting on a lead generated when someone reported a pair of suspicious individuals who fled after being spotted walking down a secluded country road late Monday, authorities transformed the farming community into a surreal landscape in which helicopters buzzed overhead and black-clad correctional officers prowled down backwoods lanes in buses. “It’s almost like an occupied territory,” said Jay White, a resident who owns land adjacent to where the agents coordinated their search, as he watched them fan out through the verdant fields. Early Tuesday, agents appeared to zero in on a field between Willsboro and Essex, eventually blocking it off shortly after 11
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