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Saturday,Ê October 29, 2016

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In SPORTS | pg. 21-23

Sectional finals on tap

Beekmantown to take on Peru in girl’s soccer

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In NEWS | pg. 4

Downtown Revitalization

Committee discusses how to boost tourism

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In POLITICS | pg. 10

Candidates spar in final debate Counting down two more weeks til election

Norsk Titanium gets official welcome party New manufacturing company to bring in new technology, hundreds of jobs to North Country By Teah Dowling

teah@suncommunitynews.com

PLATTSBURGH — On Monday, over 200 community leaders crammed into the West Side Ballroom to formerly welcome Norsk Titanium to the North Country. Norsk, who announced their arrival in July, is a high-tech factory that turns titanium wire into airplane parts using an innovative 3D process in 20 plasma deposition machines. “The time has come for titanium,” Norsk Titanium President and Chief Executive Officer Warren Boley said during the luncheon. “And it’s making its mark in Plattsburgh.”

Earlier this month, 25 people were hired and one machine was installed in the new 67,500 square-foot building located in the old Clinton County Airport at 44 Martina Circle. The plant is set to be fully operational and staffed by late 2017 with 20 plus machines and approximately 400 new jobs. Once completed, the new Norsk Titanium Plattsburgh Demonstration & Qualification Center will contain a production line that will turn wire into aerospace parts 100 times faster than other 3D printing manufacturers, said Boley. “We can produce parts in an hour that takes weeks for others.” The first 20 machines are expected to produce 400 metric tons on titanium components annually. Norsk anticipates doubling those amounts to 40 machines and 800 metric tons of parts. >> See Norsk Titanium | pg. 12

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Photo by Dan Alexander

Read decries ‘city giveaways’

SUNYÊ Plattsburgh Students, workers tell tales of spooky happenings on campus PLATTSBURGH — Lights switching on and off unexpectedly falls short in comparison to what happens at SUNY Plattsburgh. Former students Spencer Boras and Stanley Blow once resided in MacTeah Donough Hall and experienced chilling Dowling events. Writer Boras said his keypad locked door opened a few times on its own. While showering, Blow said the private bathroom used to flush constantly while he was in the shower. While both knew about the building’s allegedly haunted past, they ultimately believed there was a logical explanation for those unusual occurrences, such as electrical glitches and steam from the shower affecting the toilet sensor. Greater Adirondack Ghost and Tour Company Tour Guide Matt Boire said he believed a spiritual being or several were involved. “There’s always been a lot of activity,” Boire said. “And there’s plenty of stories to tell.” Boire said these strange happenings could be from the spirits whose bodies are buried underground in an old cemetery filled with unknown family plots during early 1800s. The tour guide said a majority of reports came from that

Mayor James Calnon, Clinton County Legislature Chairman Harry McManus and Supervisor Michael Cashman presented Norsk Titanium President and Chief Executive Officer Warren Boley with a picture of the vista where the new Norsk Titanium Plattsburgh Demonstration & Qualification Center is located at the old Clinton County Airport.

City ‘gave away the farm’ to corporations, says mayoral candidate By Elizabeth Izzo

elizabeth@suncommunitynews.com

residence building for on-campus students, but more came from other SUNY Plattsburgh sites, such as Hawkins Hall. In 1890, the Plattsburgh Normal and Training School was built. It was intended to be a two-year teaching and nursing institution that would eventually join the state university system. In 1917, the school’s head janitor, John Blanchard, died by suicide. The school eventually burned down in 1929 and Hawkins Hall was built in 1932. Ever since then, Boire said there’s been reports and sightings from staff and students of Blanchard’s presence.

PLATTSBURGH — Colin Read, who is seeking the city’s top leadership slot, released a statement on Thursday speaking out against what he calls “city giveaways” in the form of “delinquent” corporate property taxes. “The city gave away the farm in two recent deals that city taxpayers can ill-afford,” said Read in a news release. Read cited the city’s acceptance of a $5.3 million assessment on the College Suites complex on Broad Street. According to the candidate, it was previously assessed at over twice that amount and is expected to fetch $18 million in a talkedabout sale. Read also cited the $200,000 reassessment of the Main Mill Investments property on Main Mill Street, which he says was assessed for well over $7 million after working to make an additional $6 million worth of improvements in 2012. Mayor James Calnon refuted Read’s claim, saying that the property was assessed at $5 million but repairs on the building — due to seven layers of roofing that leaked and problems with asbestos — would, according to repair reports, cost $5 million.

>> See SUNY Plattsburgh | pg. 24

>> See City Giveaways | pg. 19

Hawkins Hall was built on the site of the Plattsburgh Normal and Training School, where the school’s head janitor, John Blanchard, committed suicide in 1917. Photo provided by The Greater Adirondack Ghost and Tour Company


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