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Trump, appearing at Fort Drum, pledges to rebuild ‘devastated’ military By Pete DeMola STA FF W RITER
FORT DRUM | American flags. Rock and roll. Heavy artillery. Hundreds of soldiers. Helicopters and armored vehicles everywhere. President Trump touched down at Fort Drum on Monday to sign the National Defense Authorization Act, the $716 billion defense spending bill which contains a 2.6 percent pay boost and significant increases in military equipment spending. The president called the bill the “most significant investment in our military and our warfighters in modern history.” “I’m very, very proud to be a big, big part of it,” said Trump, who delivered remarks in a hanger full of 10th Mountain Division soldiers who frequently erupted into whoops and cheers.
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Trump gently ribbed Rep. Elise Stefanik, the House Armed Services member who invited him to visit the installation in March. “I have to tell you about Elise,” Trump said. “She called me so many times. And I said, ‘I don’t want to pick up the call.’ She wanted me to be here. I said, ‘I won’t be able to. We’ll have to change a lot of scheduling.’ “But that didn’t suit her,” he said. “Elise, come here.” “She’s an incredible representative,” Trump added. » Trump Cont. on pg. 14
President Trump, appearing with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) at Fort Drum on Monday, called the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act the “most significant investment in our military and our warfighters in modern history.” Photo by D.J. Alexander
Mayor, citing dearth of developable land, intensifies annexation push
Plattsburgh Mayor Colin Read points to a map of the city-owned parcels off of Rugar Street that the city is hoping to annex from the Town of Plattsburgh. To his left, Community Development Director Matthew Miller. Photo by Elizabeth Izzo By Elizabeth Izzo
Town won’t yet rule out legal action to block land annex
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PLATTSBURGH | Th is city can’t survive unless it has room to grow.
That’s the point that Plattsburgh Mayor Colin Read hoped to drive home at a press conference on Sharron Avenue last Thursday as the city moves towards annexing 230 acres of city-owned land within the Town of Plattsburgh on Rugar Street. “We want to take vacant land and create value,” Read told reporters, pointing to one side of the street — city land, with a housing development — and the town-owned side of the street, an expanse of woodland. Read delivered his remarks at the site to illustrate the divides in development between the localities. The linchpin of the plan is relocating a city-run department. The city wants to annex the parcel in order to relocate the Municipal Lighting Department (MLD) there, thus opening up its existing waterfront footprint on Green Street as a site for potential development. » Annexation Cont. on pg. 7
CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT POISED TO HIRE ARMED GUARDS
Plattsburgh City School District plans to hire two resource officers next month By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER
PLATTSBURGH | The Plattsburgh City School District (PCSD) is moving ahead with a proposal to hire two armed resource guards next month in an effort to bolster student safety. » School guards Cont. on pg. 8
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