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Hill and Hollow taking a hiatus Chamber music organization taking time to ‘regroup and rethink’ after challenging year By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com SARANAC — Angela M. Brown wouldn’t exactly called it the day the music died, but rather the day the musicians took five. Brown, who serves as executive director of Hill and Hollow Music, said the nonprofit chamber music organization founded in 1995 is taking a break from bringing performances to the greater Saranac area. “We are just taking some time out because we have neglected a lot of personal stuff for a number of years,” said Brown, referring to herself and her husband. “We’re taking time out to just regroup and rethink things.” The decision to put Hill and Hollow on hiatus came when the organization took a huge financial hit last year.
According to Brown, $45,000 in state grant funding fell through, which would have helped make up nearly half of Hill and Hollow’s $100,000 annual operating budget. “That was kind of like the straw that broke the camel’s back,” said Brown. “We had to raise a lot of money all the time and it took a lot of energy to do that.” However, through their use of a financial reserve and generous donations from Hill and Hollow supporters, the shows specially-themed for the Quadricentennial went on as planned, said Brown. “We didn’t cancel a thing, but we did have to dip into our slush fund to manage. And, luckily, our friends were very good to us,” said Brown. “We were able to ful-
Hill and Hollow Music, the nonprofit chamber music organization which has brought musical performances to the North Country for the past 15 years, is taking a break for now. Executive director Angela M. Brown said the challenge of raising approximately $100,000 each year to bring acts like Raz-de-Marée — a traditional Québécois classical music ensemble seen here in a 2008 performance — and others, has become increasingly difficult.
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File photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
‘Tis the season ...
Thank you!
to get rid of that tree!
By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
Christmas trees have already started to pile up at the Clinton County Landfill in Schuyler Falls. The facility is accepting trees free of charge through Saturday, Jan. 30. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
SCHUYLER FALLS — Once the warm, fuzzy feeling of the holidays has gone away, there’s still much work to be done — at least when it comes to taking down those holiday decorations. Aside from taking down the Christmas lights and the oversized inflatable lawn snowglobe, there’s the annual tradition of taking down the Christmas tree. If you’re someone who’s opted for an artificial tree, the clean-up is as simple as breaking down the manmade marvel and storing it away until next winter. However, when it comes
to real trees, you may sometimes find yourself asking where do they go from here? Craig Squier, general manager of the Clinton County Landfill, said the facility is again accepting Christmas trees for recycling free of charge through Saturday, Jan. 30. The annual grace period, which traditionally begins the day after Christmas, waives the $5 fee charged by the landfill for accepting Christmas trees as brush, said Squier. “Folks probably take their tree down at New Year ’s or shortly thereafter, but there are some stragglers,” said Squier. “Some take it down and it lies on the side of the
The Plattsburgh office of Denton Publications collected enough donations of nonperishable food items to fill two boxes for the Joint Council for Economic Opportunities of Clinton and Franklin Counties Food Pantry during the holiday season. The donations were collected as part of a promotion in which people placing classified ads could have their ad run for free with a canned good donation. Denton Publications employees Sarah L. Cronk, left, and Gail L. Herman are seen holding the donations. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
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