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Town super issues disc golf challenge P’Burgh to host first-ever event July 16

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Peru curbing vandalism

Town officials take another security measure

Legislation helps deputy return to work

By Teah Dowling

teah@suncommunitynews.com

PLATTSBURGH — One local lawman is closer to getting back to work with a little help from his friends. Aaron Heroux served as a deputy sheriff at the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Department for a decade until he was sidelined with cystic fibrosis, which forced him to apply for disability retirement in 2013. Heroux received a bilateral lung transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital the following year. The procedure was a success. But he wasn’t ready to sit on his laurels. Rather than continue with his guaranteed permanent disability benefits, Heroux asked to be reinstated as deputy sheriff. After getting the greenlight from the hospital’s medical

director and surgeon, Heroux was certified to return to work. But he hit a snag: According to New York State Civil Service Law, Heroux couldn’t return to his former beat because he is over 35. “I’ve tried picturing myself doing other things, but this is what I love to do,” Heroux said at a news conference in Plattsburgh Friday, flanked by friends, family members and colleagues. “This is who I am.” State lawmakers immediately got to work crafting a solution. A pair of bills in the Assembly and state Senate paved the way for Heroux to return to work. Paired with home rule legislation adopted by the Clinton County Legislature, the deputy now just needs a signature from the governor before he’s >> See ARON HEROUX | pg. 21

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Vermont Green Line project awaiting state approval

KenoyerÕ sÊ garden Cumberland Head garden, along with several others, to be featured on Secret Gardens Tour CUMBERLAND HEAD — David and Sue Kenoyer started their garden with one tree, a heap of dirt and a tiny wheelbarrow. For 31 years, the couple have grown and perfected their garden, which is now Teah going to be featured on this year’s Secret Dowling Gardens Tour. Writer The Secret Gardens Tour, put on by the Kent-Delord House Museum Garden Club, is an annual selfguided tour of several gardens in the community. Each year, the tour focuses on different towns and area. This year, Cumberland Head will be participating and the Kenoyer’s jumped on the bandwagon. The garden wraps around their home. From the front yard to the back, several flowers bloom and grow. Fountains, ponds and birdbaths create the sound of running water all around the yard. Each plot is different, said Sue. “Each one draws your eyes in.” The garden contains 1,000 plants from 100 different kinds of daylilies to 30 different kinds of peonies. The Bartzella Peony and South Seas Daylily are the couple’s favorites. >>See KENOYER’S GARDEN | pg. 4

Aaron Heroux served as a deputy sheriff at the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department for a decade until he was sidelined with cystic fibrosis, which forced him to apply for disability retirement in 2013. Following a double lung transplant, legislation approved by the state legislature this week has paved the way for Heroux to return to work, bypassing a statute that denied his return due to age requirements.

Proposed $650 million clean energy project moving closer toward construction By Teah Dowling

teah@suncommunitynews.com

For 31 years, the Kenoyer’s have grown and perfected their garden. Now it contains 1,000 different plants. Photo by Teah Dowling

BEEKMANTOWN — Developers of a proposed electric transmission line held an informational meeting last week to show updates of the plan and how it might affect local residents. The $650 million project — known as the Vermont Green Line — promises to deliver clean, carbon-free renewable energy to upstate New York and across New England The plan requires 6.7 miles of underground cable in New York, 13 miles in Vermont and 40 miles underneath Lake Champlain. Partners National Grid and Massachusetts-based Anbaric filed a formal application to the state in May. Now, it’s just a matter of waiting for approval. “We’re pretty optimistic,” said Mike Relyea of Amanus, a consulting group working with Anbaric on the project. >> See VERMONT GREEN LINE | pg. 10


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