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A child finds an egg on the snow-covered lawn during the University of Vermont Health Network - CVPH Annual Eastern Egg Hunt on April 4.

Scores of little egg collectors gathered about 12,000 eggs in a matter of minutes.

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pete@denpubs.com WESTPORT Ñ As the town board nears the decision whether to accept $500,000 in state fi nancing to renovate the town hall, local offi cials are seeking more input from the public.

The project contains two possible phases.

The fi rst, which will address the more glaring structural issues, sees costs clock in at $680,466.

If the town formally accepts the grant, they will be immediately required to kick in $180,466 in taxpayer funds.

“We want to make sure everyone understands what the implications are going forward,” said Supervisor Dan Connell. “Most of us on the town board really want to hear from our constituents before we accept or reject it.”

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ALBANY — The fever surrounding Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed reforms of state education policy broke late Tuesday when the legislature signed off on the legislation, the most sweeping in years.

The Education Transformation Act of 2015 will alter policy across a variety of fronts, including teacher tenure, student evaluations and what to do with failing schools.

Cuomo painted the reforms as a bedrock of his legacy: “Despite the trauma of change that’s going to be one of the legacies for me and this state when all is said and done,” he said in an interview with the Capitol Pressroom after the legislation passed on Wednesday.

Teachers will be evaluated based on a four-point scale.

The new evaluation system will include two components: observations and student performance on a state tests.

Under the new reforms, one portion of the teacher’s evaluation will come from the state test scores, while another would come from observations from their local supervisors and independent evaluators.

The State Education Commissioner will decide the exact percentages between testing and observation.

The independent evaluator could be a administrator, principal or “highly effective” teacher from another school in the district.

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much. My family is blessed.”

Staats Family Benefit: Sunday, April 19 at the Whallonsburgh Grange from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 963-7766.

Willsboro’s seventh and eighth graders won the Willsboro Youth Commission Basketball Tournament. Teams from Chazy, Peru, AVCS, Crown Point, Willsboro, Seton and NCCS participated.

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ESSEX — The community will come together later this month to raise funds for the family of a local resident who recently lost his battle with cancer.

Lloyd Staats passed away last month, leaving behind eight children and his wife, Peggy.

“They’re a wonderful family,” said the fundraiser’s organizer, Norma Goff.

Six of the children, ages 7 through 15, attend Westport Central, while the two eldest are college students at SUNY Plattsburgh and Clarkson.

The fundraiser, which is scheduled for April 19 at the Whallonsburgh Grange Hall, will run from 1 to 5 p.m.

The line-up includes a wealth of local musicians, including the bluegrass-folk duo Staber & Chasnoff, the Library Jam Band, the Lobdell Family, the Willsboro Central 7-12 chorus and the Police Pipes and Drums of Plattsburgh, a group that counts several family members within their ranks.

Organizers hope to raise $20,000.

“People have just been wonderful,” said Goff, citing the Essex Community Church and their counterparts across the Central Champlain Valley, including those in Westport, Willsboro and Wadhams.

The event will also include a raffl e, silent auction and items for sale, including stained glass, pottery, paintings and maple syrup.

“Whatever we raise, we’ll be happy with and it will be helpful to this family,” said Goff.

Staats was independently employed as a forester and was unable to work for past several months, said Goff.

The upcoming event marks the latest in a series of fundraisers for the family.

“God bless the people of Westport, Essex, the Essex Community Church, the Westport Ambulance squad, and more,” wrote Peggy Staats on Facebook. “In short, all of the people I know and those I don’t even know who are helping me and my family

through this horrible time of loss with cards, care, offers of help around my house, money, and the love shown through those offers and donations. This is truly God’s country. Thank you all so

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Westport Central teacher arrested for unlawful surveillance

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pete@denpubs.com WILLSBORO — A Westport Central teacher has been arrested on felony charge of unlawful surveillance second degree.

John “Jack” Thompson was arrested by the state police last Saturday following an investigation stemming from allegations made by someone who was recently staying at his Willsboro home.

Thompson was arraigned by Judge William M. Garrison at the Town of Elizabethtown Court and remanded to the Essex County Jail in lieu or $2,500 cash bail or $5,000 bond, said the state police in a statement.

Thompson, 49, was released on bail and has pled not guilty.

State police are conducting the investigation with the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.

Thompson has taught ninth and tenth grade social studies at Westport Central for the past 12 years. He also served as the

Director of the Willsboro Youth Commission Summer Program from 2010 to 2012.

His personal website boasts a photo of Taj Mahal with links to course descriptions, regents preparation and to an online book retailer.

Thompson earned his Bachelors of Political Science at Plattsburgh State in 1996 and Masters of Science in Teaching in 2003 at the same school.

He also serves on the Willsboro School Board. His term expires in June 2017.

THE CHARGE According to the state’s penal code, the charge of unlawful surveillance in the second degree has four provisions, all of are centered around the surreptitious filming or photographing a subject without their context in a sexual gratification.

Details of the charge against Thompson remain unclear.

Efforts to reach Thompson on Saturday afternoon were unsuc-

cessful. He did not respond immediately to a request for comment sent to his work email address and his number appears to be unlisted in the phone book.

Officials at Westport Central declined to discuss specifics because it is personnel matter.

“The Board of Educaiton and I are very aware of the concerns of parents who read or hear information relating to an allegation of criminal misconduct by a teacher,” said Superintendent Cynthia Ford-Johnston in a statement.

“Parents should know that the School District will use its fullest resources to investigate any allegation in this matter which involves our students, and will take whatever actions are necessary to protect our students and our staff.”

Willsboro Superintendent Stephen Broadwell said the board of education is aware of Thompson’s arrest and will be monitoring the situation and current investigation of the state police.

The board’s next regularly scheduled meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 14.

CATS readies second big hike WESTPORT — Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is teaming up with local businesses to host the second “Grand Inn-to-Inn Hike” on Saturday, May 9.

The 15-mile walk will be on CATS hiking trails and scenic back roads from Westport to the Essex Inn where there will be a “block party” celebration featuring live music, restorative yoga and chair massage provided by Lake Champlain Yoga & Wellness, kids crafts and a photo booth to commemorate the event.

“Last year’s Grand Hike was an incredible success” said Chris Maron, CATS executive director. “It brought together people from the North Country and other northeastern states with over 200 people hiking, celebrating and supporting our towns. This year we added a couple alternate routes and planned it to coincide with the blooming of the valley’s spring wildflowers.”

Check-in is from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Westport Fairgrounds. Participants can park there or in Essex where a free shuttle will take them from the Essex Ferry parking area to Westport. The shuttle will also take people from Essex back to Westport at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m.

People can hike the whole route or join at designated “oases” with the goal of arriving in Essex when the block party begins at 4:00. The oases will be staffed with volunteers to provide refreshments, water, and maps. ”The Grand Hike promotes the idea of having trails link our communities,” said Rick Dalton, owner of the Essex Inn. “Inn-to-inn hiking is big in Europe and even across the lake in Vermont. We have some of the most beautiful countryside in the world so this hike helps make that happen here..”

Everyone is welcome for the hike and block party, which non-hikers can also attend. There is a registration fee of $5/person or $10/ family for the hike. The block party is free.

To preregister, go to champlainareatrails.com or call 518-962-2287.

Over 200 hikers enjoyed CATS’ first Grand Inn-to-Inn Hike.

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Let’s get behind the Peckham proposal

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e all know the tide of opinion regarding marijuana is changing, particularly where its medicinal properties are concerned.

In addition to the four states, not including the nation’s capital, in which recreational use of the plant is legal, as of June 2014, 32 states have legalized cannabis for medicinal use, and in December 2014 Congress and the Obama administration ended the federal prohibition on the plant when used medicinally.

New York is one of those 32, and Gov. Cuomo will award fi ve two-year licenses for marijuana growing and dispensing operations. Each company will be allowed one facility in which to grow their product and four dispensaries from which to sell it.

As you may already know, one of these licenses may very well be granted to an Adirondack family.

Amy, Hillary and Keeley Peckham, wife and daughters respectively of Peckham Industries CEO John Peckham have applied for a licenses through an affi liate of their company called Etan, LLC. While there will be a myriad of applicants considered for the licenses — which require a $10,000 application fee and a $2 million bond to prove that applicants can afford to establish the operation — only a fraction of these will be given serious consideration.

The Peckham family is certainly among those few. With an 85-year reputation of honest, professional service to the region, Peckham Industries has become one of the largest road construction and maintenance material suppliers in the Northeast U.S. The proposal has since been endorsed by the town of Chester, where the growing facility will be located, and the Warren County Board of Supervisors.

It is impossible to deny the value of such an operation in the North Country.

The law is already passed. Five licenses will be awarded. Why should the Adirondacks miss out on all the benefi ts this lucrative business can provide?

All across the U.S., profi ts for the medical marijuana industry are through the roof and continually growing.

It is estimated by marijuana entrepreneurs that the profi t margins can range from 30 to 45 percent, and that the facilities can bring in $3,500 to $5,000 in revenue per square foot.

Sure, this is a great opportunity for the Peckham family, but how will it benefi t the community?

Jobs.

Dozens of well-paid, long term jobs— and even more for the short-term to get the facilities up and running.

The business will call for professionals in the fi elds of horticulture, pharmaceuticals, chemical engineering and construction, as well as offering security, property management and general labor positions.

Workers will be allowed to unionize, and the operation would provide competitive wages to its employees, starting at $12-$17 an hour for general labor and increasing substantially for specialists and management.

This will be a necessary shot in the arm for the region, and, bearing in mind that nourishing the upstate economy is an integral part of Gov. Cuomo’s platform, it seems a no-brainer that one of these fi ve facilities should land in the Adirondacks.

Even the county stands to benefi t from the operation.

Marijuana sales are subject to seven percent excise tax, of which the counties where the growing facilities are located will receive 22.5 percent, and an additional 22.5 percent goes to the counties where it is dispensed.

Even if only one of these dispensaries ends up within the Warren County line, where the growing facility is proposed, that is a healthy stream of much-needed tax revenue.

Let’s not forget the most important benefi t of the operation—this is a necessary medicine that has helped millions of people alleviate the symptoms of a host of maladies, some of which the plant has even been proven to serve as a cure.

It would be an incredible disservice to the region should none of these facilities fi nd a home in the Adirondacks. The country has seen dramatic fi nancial gain from cannabis legalization, and it would be a disgrace for all fi ve of these licenses to be awarded to applicants from downstate and western New York. The North Country cannot afford to allow this opportunity to go up in smoke. It’s a no-lose situation for everyone involved.

— Denton Publications Editorial Board, Dan Alexander, Keith Lobdell and John Gereau

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Truth or consequences

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“reduce” sanctions during a 60-day n the world in which we live congressional review. today, opinions are no lonAfter the agreement was reached ger left at the water cooler, Thursday, the President then corner bar or on the front porch. warned, “If Congress kills this deal The advent of the internet, so-- not based on expert analysis, and cial media and other forums has without offering any reasonable perpetuated a growing outlet for alternative -- then it’s the United an opinionated public. Sadly, it States that will be blamed for the would appear that giving voice failure of diplomacy. International to the masses has generated great Dan Alexander unity will collapse, and the path to anger.

Thoughts from confl ict will widen.”

In this enlightened age we all Behind the Pressline I was always taught the truth should have an opinion and the was the easiest information to proright to voice that opinion, there is vide as it require nothing but the plain simple no argument there. But then what? How as a freedom-loving people can we resolve these disagree- facts. It seems to me that we have mastered the ability to shape the truth to fi t our purpose so well ments that are growing in our society? Disagreements that range from the simple to the extremely that once crafted, it then becomes the truth in the complex and from the most bizarre to the most minds and hearts of those who crafted it..

Therein lies the biggest risk to the freedom we deadly; a place where bodily harm is committed enjoy. We all want the truth, because in truth is in the name of being right.

Our legal system is full of opinions that infringe fairness and reality. But when the truth is shaped on the rights of others. They go from legal battle for public consumption and is built around halfto appeal after appeal. When the legal system fails truths and personal opinion that is where things to satisfy, people either disobey the law or take go askew.

Once people start accepting and arguing for the matters into their own hands. Neither remedy seems to provide adequate satisfaction and only shaped version of the truth from an agenda driven perspective, we fi nd ourselves complete lost adds fuel to the growing debate.

In a world where so much has changed, when without any sense of a compass that once always it comes to getting one’s way the powerful, the pointed true north.

It is diffi cult for people who seek the truth to rich, the well connected and sadly our government representatives still seem to believe they can not be deceived when it is provided by a pershape the truth they want us to accept. Today it ceived trusted source. But who can be trusted?

That is where each of us needs to be less accepting seems shaping the truth trumps telling the truth.

Perhaps this generation’s most important nu- and rely on the core values we’ve been given, on clear treaty has just been reached, yet within hours ones faith, and ones basic common sense. Like the of the deal being announced, Iran and the United old saying goes, “Deceive me once shame on you.

Deceive me twice, shame on me.”

States released signifi cantly different details -- inOur search for the truth is what will keep our cluding those on inspections, when roughly $130 billion in economic sanctions on Tehran would be country strong. Openness, respect for our fellow lifted, the number of centrifuges that will remain citizen, fairness, equality to all and acceptance of and what will happen to the country’s nuclear differing views with a willingness to compromise must continue to be the basis for what we as a nastockpile.

Even within our country the political structure tion are all about.

We must also accept the fact that the truth can is so badly split we can’t get our own version of be painful, but those who choose to shape the the facts straight without a political slant.

The Senate committee is set to vote April 14 on truth to avoid the pain are doing a disservice to the bipartisan bill, which has 13 Democratic co- themselves and the people they serve. sponsors. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Dan Alexander is publisher and CEO of Denton Act of 2015 calls on the President to submit the fi nal agreement to Congress within fi ve days of it Publications. He may be reached at dan@denpubs.com. being signed and states he cannot “suspend” or

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My fat thumbs and wardrobe malfunctions

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y friends and family know me well. My faults are hard to hide.

Those who read my posts are aware of my fat fi ngers. I could never do texting. My thumbs cover half the letters. Couple that with my mind going faster than my digits and you have funny stuff prior to spell check.

I’m writing this while sitting in a Florida condo. We came here to attend the college g r a d u a t i o n of our grandd a u g h t e r Kayla Cove who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Muby Gordie Little sic Business from Full Sail University. We were impressed with the school and her work ethic. Now, it’s into the big, wide world with her effort to land a job.

I made it through the ceremony without a wardrobe malfunction. That is not always a foregone conclusion. For the past 41 years, I have had to stand at attention before Kaye each day while she scans my attempts at dressing. Don’t laugh. I’m somewhat pathetic in that respect. Shirt collars folded improperly; ties askew; labels on the outside; socks with holes and the list goes on. She is my fi rst sergeant and makes sure the shirt is tucked in.

She did that with mostly good humor every work day when I on the radio. Yes, I wore a white shirt and tie without fail in an effort to make a good appearance for those who might wander into the station. It also helped my onthe-air attitude. In addition, I made numerous personal appearances in those days, unlike most radio personalities in this day and age. I never made an effort to take credit for my appearance. Kaye always set my daily wardrobe from socks to underwear to matched trousers and sports jacket and tie. Bless her little peapicking heart. Even if I head outside to feed the birds, she looks me all over and chuckles at the way zippers are unzipped and socks are mismatched.

Little faux pas. That’s what I call them.

Thank God I have a few redeeming traits. All this talk brings me to a recent function I attended. It was a special meeting of regional Kiwanis clubs, celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. I was asked to make a speech about parts of that wonderful history.

I was loaded for bear. Kaye had me dressed like a dude. I reached into the closet and retrieved my best black shoes, shining them like a mirror. She set out my special, reversible belt and I slid it through all the right loops.

My tie matched and had the perfect doubleWindsor knot. Kaye said she was proud and I believed her.

I noticed that my shoes felt funny when I left. They felt even funnier when I got out of the car. As I greeted my friends and sat down, it seemed as though I had stepped in a huge mud hole and it was caked on my soles and heels. The more I rubbed my feet together under the table, the bigger the black chunks falling to the fl oor. I was further embarrassed when the man seated next to me, left and soon returned with a giant dust pan and broom. Heads turned at the ungodly mess. He asked a simple question: “How old are those shoes?” As it turned out, they had been in the closet for many years and had deteriorated completely. When all was said and done, I had no heels or soles left to walk on.

As I stood up in preparation to speak, the lovely reversible belt came apart and my slick pants drooped. I tried not to be obvious as I rolled it up and stuffed the broken parts into my brief case.

Is that the end of it? Nope. As I turned to move between tables to begin my talk, a woman said, “What was that? Did you lose this?” She handed me the shiny button off my jacked that had popped off and nearly took her eye out. I put it into my pocket while the audience undoubtedly took bets on when my pants would hit the fl oor.

The rest of the event went as planned, complete with polite applause and I was thrilled to leave the place without my dentures fl ying into somebody’s pork chops.

Little faux pas indeed. I guess you have to take me as I am.

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Pictured here are members of the Keene Valley Fire Department. Front row: Beth Pelkey, Greg Pelkey, Ian Hall, Lisa Hudson and Ryan Hall. Back row: Ron Hall, Lance LeClair (Keene FD), Bill Harral, Patrick Odell, Doug Downs and Wayne Hudson.

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What if no one came…

To the Editor: I came home from a fi re department training last night and thought all night long about what if we have a full-blown disaster in our little town.

It’s not that we don’t have a fi re department full of willing members who train many times per month, up to three times a month (ambulance, fi re and back country rescue trainings are offered each month) — it’s the ability part.

We are a department of volunteers whose average age is 50+.

Many of those volunteers have been in the department since they were 16-year-old kids.

When I look around at the active members, I see 40 years of experience in each of them and count on them in all cases for guidance. I am their age but didn’t get into the fi re and EMS service until I was 45 with my then 16-year-old son.

Many of us during this training were reminding the other members, “I had back surgery six months ago,” or “I have bad knees and can’t crawl into a confi ned space” and “I’m getting too old to be an interior fi refi ghter.”

But we did it and we know that if that call comes out, we will push ourselves beyond our limits to help our fellow man.

We are willing and able... with caution!

Many of us, come daylight, head out of town to work. Some are retired after putting many years at a job and as a volunteer but are almost always there to help (So much for being retired).

Some are unable to leave work because, around here, businesses are small and you may be the only worker.

Some are students heading to school and may not be able to leave.

Believe me, we discuss this issue all the time at meetings.

Many neighboring departments are becoming paid agencies, including our Keene partners. Having paid personnel assures the community that someone will be there when 911 is called.

That process is complicated and time-consuming and many of us oldfashioned thinkers still are doing this to help our neighbors because we know it could be us on the other end one day.

It is a fairly new requirement that we have an available EMS staff 24/7.

But we’re volunteers!

No matter — so we sign up for shifts.

When I’m not at work or not doing something with my family, I am on call. On my days off, I sign up for the whole day. On work days, I’m available overnight.

If we had high call volume, my “volunteer” days would be numbered.

Please don’t give me a pat on the back and tell me it’s a thankless job… step up!

I joined after the events of 9/11: I am a 12-year veteran of the fi re and EMS service — a youngster in service years, but I am a 58-year-old grandmother of fi ve.

Last year at a bail out training — my last bail out training — I had a wake up call: I was slightly injured. I thought how would I feel if a 58-year-old gray-haired woman came to rescue me?

How about someone younger and stronger, but with the same drive and commitment?

So, this is not my plea — it is a plea for all the fi re department members who have and continue to answer the call of duty who are willing but not always able!

Saturday, April 25 is National Recruitment and Retention Day. Plan to visit your local Fire Department and fi nd out how to get involved so that we never have to ask, “What if no one comes?”

Bethany Pelkey, Keene Valley

News in Brief Professor to discuss Burkina Faso

AU SABLE FORKS — St. James Episcopal Church will present SUNY Plattsburgh Foreign Languages Chair Dr. Jean Ouédraogo for a discussion on building a school in Burkina Faso on Sunday, April 12 at 10 a.m.

Ouédraogo will discuss his mission and how it will touch lives and bring hopes to many.

Ouédraogo has authored two books and edited numerous others. His writings have been published by some of the most prestigious professional journals in his discipline. His work has international resonance and has appeared in Burkina Faso, Canada, France, Switzerland and the United States. For more information, visit stjamesausableforks.weebly.com.

‘Pedaling for Paws’ to come to S. Lake

SARANAC LAKE — Floyd Lampart will present “Pedaling for Paws: 11,346 Miles by Bike Around the Perimeter of America” Thursday, April 16, in the Cantwell Community Room at the Saranac Lake Free Library at noon.

His presentation will consist of an introduction and a one hour movie consisting of slides set to music, after which he will remain to take questions. His bike and bike route map will be on display. Bring soup or sandwich and enjoy desserts and beverages provided by the Hospitality Committee. The Program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 891-4190.

Dr. King’s life to be celebrated

SARANAC LAKE — This year marks the fi ftieth anniversary of the Selma marches. The Saranac Lake Ecumenical Council will host a community celebration of the life and vision of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, April 19, at the First Presbyterian Church, at 2 p.m. The event will feature stories and songs of the Civil Rights Movement. A testimony by a local resident, who participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, will dramatize the quest for voting rights for black Americans.

By highlighting racial injustice in the South, the Selma marches contributed to passage that year of the Voting Rights Act, a landmark federal achievement of the American Civil Rights Movement.

The celebration will also feature the words of Dr. King’s 1965 speech, “The American Dream.”

“In this time of growing economic inequality, Dr. King’s timeless call for justice, opportunity, and human rights continues to speak to people everywhere,” said Rev. Bill Small, coordinator for the “Dreamers of the Dream,” the Ecumenical Council’s Peace with Justice Committee. The celebration will be followed by a time of hospitality in the Great Hall of the church.

For further information, contact Rev. Joann White at 891-3401.

SPCA bowling tourney announced

WILLSBORO — There will be a bowling tournament to benefi t the North Country SPCA Saturday, April 18, at the Willsborough Lanes, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The cost is $20 per player and four person teams. There will be three games of 9 pin. There will be prizes, raffl e, and a 50/50 rifl e. To register, call Jill Shpur at 873-5000.

Paine Library Jam Band to perform

WILLSBORO — The Friends of the Library will present a concert by the Paine Library Jam Band Saturday, April 25, at the Paine Memorial Free Library, 2 Gilliland Lane, at 7 p.m. They request a $5 donation at the door.

All proceeds will benefi t the library. This is an all-ages event. For more information, call 963-7419.

Retailer to celebrate Ind. Bookstore Day

LAKE PLACID — The Bookstore Plus will celebrate Independent Bookstore Day Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special merchandise available just for Independent Bookstore Day. For more information visit indiebookstoreday.com or call 523-2950.

WCS Board meeting announced

WESTPORT — The Westport Central School District Board of Education will hold a budget meeting Thursday, April 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by its regular meeting in the Teacher Resource Room. Agenda items will include budget discussion, substitute appointments and any other business that may come before the Board. All Board of Education meetings are open to the public.

Blue boxes rolled out

NORTH ELBA — High Peaks Hospice recently placed Blue Clothing Box collection bins at the North Elba Recycling Center in Lake Placid; at Nickels Redemption Center in Saranac Lake and the Franklin County Transfer Station (recycling drop-off site) in Lake Clear. In addition to acting as an ongoing fundraiser for High Peaks Hospice, the organizations that the clothing and shoes from these blue boxes support include Northeast Parent and Child, NYS Troopers PBA, Catholic Charities, American Red Cross, and the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. Acceptable items include all men’s, ladies and children’s clothing; handbags, belts, paired shoes and sneakers; sheets, blankets, bedspreads, towels, draperies, curtains, material, stuffed animals, hats and scarves. Tax receipts are available by calling American Clothing at 793-7719.

Other boxes are located in Elizabethtown, Mineville and Keene Valley.

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Hydroelectric plant moves closer to reality

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com MINEVILLE — Valentine’s Day came early this year for Tom Scozzafava.

On Feb. 13, Moriah Hydro officially submitted an application to the feds for a massive hydroelectric project in the former Republic Steel mine, a proposal that was first floated 20 years ago.

“It’s the final rung on the ladder,” said Scozzafava.

The proposed project would transform the town’s long-abandoned mines into a hydroelectric plant.

Moriah Hydro is a subsidiary of the Albany Engineering Company, the company that designed the project.

CEO Jim Besha will brief the public at a forum at Moriah Central on Wednesday, April 8, the first such informational session since the licensing process began in 2005.

While it’s difficult to predict when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will approve the project, Besha said he remained hopeful that a license would be issued within a year.

“For this community, this is a one-shot deal,” said Scozzafava. “It’s like winning the lottery.”

The mine contains three levels of diagonal slopes dipping as far down as 4,000 feet.

These are characteristics that made the facility attractive for Moriah Hydro’s plan to create power by pumping and releasing water through a series of reservoirs and turbines, explained the supervisor.

The surplus water, some expect 250,000 gallons per day, will be pumped out, treated and turned into drinking water to supplement the current supply, some 600,000 daily gallons derived from Bartlett Pond.

“Environmentally, there’s no impact whatsoever,” said Scozzafava.

No state land is included in the project area, nor land that has been recommended or designated as wilderness.

And since the project is entirely underground, the super said nearby homeowners can expect little impact.

The $264.1 million project is funded entirely by private investors.

Construction is expected to last some 30 months and employ about 100 people with an average weekly payroll of $200,000.

While a sizeable amount of the plant’s function will be automated, said Besha, he expects the creation of some 10-15 permanent jobs.

During construction, the town would lease the property above the mine to Moriah Hydro, who will then turn it back over to Moriah after the construction.

The temporary structure created to house construction would then be transformed to a new highway garage.

The positive effect on the tax base remains unclear and will not be known until the state’s property assessment office assesses the final project, explained Besha, noting that all of the equipment will also be taxable because it’s a power-generating facility.

“It’s considerable,” he said of the tax impact.

“It will have a dramatic effect once it’s built.”

The town’s current total taxable value is $211 million.

The injection of such a large project onto the tax rolls will reduce property taxes and give the community revenues for projects and better services, said the supervisor.

“When you take a project of this caliber that’s going to pay property tax, you wouldn’t reach that potential increase in probably ever,” said Scozzafava.

Part of the approval process requires the project to make improvements in recreation.

Scozzafava said officials were eyeing Linney Field in Mineville as the site for a new baseball

field.

Chatter in the community has been positive, he said.

Moriah lost 60 percent of its tax base when Republic Steel pulled up stakes. They stopped mining in 1971 and started dismantling their equipment in 1979.

“This is a community that’s struggling,” said

Scozzafava.

Besha echoed that sentiment.

“We sense we have a lot of support from the local community.”

The Mineville Energy Storage Project public meeting will be held at Moriah Central on Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m.

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The cost is $50, and attendees will take home the chicken that they process at the seminar.

The prerequisite is being a Ward Lumber feed

customer in Clinton, Essex, or Franklin county.

Jay Ward, President of Ward Lumber, has raised various types of livestock on and off since the age of eight.

He is currently raising chickens (meat and replacement pullets), swine and alpacas. Jay has trained with skilled poultry processors and many chicken farmers sharing the best practices and techniques for chicken harvesting. He assembled and field tested a suite of

portable poultry processing equipment to enable farmers to more easily harvest their own chicken on their farms.

Attendees will be using the poultry processing equipment available at Ward Lumber in Jay. Both seminars will be held at Ward Lumber in Jay, NY. To register, go to wardlumber.com or call Kim at 946-2110, extension 120.

Earlier this year, Moriah Hydro officially submitted an application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a hydroelectric project in the former Republic Steel mines. Pictured above: Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava reviews a binder containing the application materials.

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Education Reform From page 1

“They can’t be your buddy,” said Cuomo.

There are various options for implementing the independent evaluators, some of which would be cost neutral, said an offi cial in the governor’s administration.

While the governor conceded that the changes could be traumatic or frightening to educators, he noted the reforms were in line with the national movement that is moving towards a performance-based systems (as opposed to seniority).

Forty states have similar systems, he noted.

“Change is traumatic, but change is also how you progress,” he said.

Turn to page 10 for more reaction to the governor’s sweeping education reforms

TENURE The probationary period for tenure will be extended to a minimum of four years with no provisions for an automatic right to be granted the designation.

A teacher will have to be rated “effective” or “highly effective” in at least three of four years to be eligible to receive tenure.

If teacher has two back-to-back ineffective rankings, the district can remove them.

Three would require their removal.

Educators that get a “highly effective” rating would be eligible for a $20,000 bonus, a measure that administration offi cials say will help to attract the state’s best and brightest.

The total annual pot has been set at $30 million.

What about testing?

The teacher evals will be based on a single student test, said Cuomo.

The governor admitted that students are over-tested. But the reforms will not increase their testing workload — at least when it comes to state-mandated tests.

“You only need to use one state test under the system,” he said. “If there’s an additional test, it’s the locality, not the state.”

Students in grades 3 through 8 are tested on the Common Core; high school students, Regents.

Cuomo brushed off chatter of over-testing as a red herring: “Don’t confuse a political tactic of the opponents to excite the parents for the truth,” he said.

Cuomo said it would be up to the localities whether to administer another test besides the Regents to relieve reliance on a single test.

The reform package, he said, contains a measure to reduce student testing.

By June 1, the Chancellor of the Board of Regents will have to outline to Cuomo and the legislature recommendations on how to decrease the overall amount of state and local testing, improve test quality and reduce test-related stress and anxiety.

TEACHER RECRUITMENT MEASURES Another aspect of the reforms is a recruitment program designed to attract the next generation of new talent.

The budget provides funding for a new full scholarship program for SUNY for top students who commit to teach in New York for fi ve years.

This is paired with graduation education program accreditation.

The fi rst statewide uniform admissions standards for teacher preparation programs will be established and the State Education Department will have enhanced authority to close programs that fail to prepare students for the teaching profession.

Current teachers will also be required to training refreshers.

While New York currently requires teacher to pass a “bar” exam, the state will now require teachers to complete 100 hours of continuing education and recertify every fi ve years or lose their licenses.

FAILING SCHOOLS Schools receiving failing marks for more than 10 years will be required to come up with a plan for how to turn themselves around within one year. If by the end of the year they do not show “demonstrable improvement,” a receiver will take over.

An administration offi cial said the schools, which tend to be located in high poverty areas, will be reconfi gured under the receivership to offer more community services.

DEADLINES In addition to the aforementioned June 1 deadline for Tisch to submit her report, local districts must put evaluations in place by Nov. 15 in order to be eligible for increased aid.

The 2015-16 budget also includes the governor’s proposal for an increase of $1.3 billion in state education aid, bringing the total amount of state funding to $23.5 billion.

Following the passage of the 2015-16 state budget, New York’s education system will implement some of the most fundamental reforms in years. The Budget includes the Governor’s proposal for an increase of $1.3 billion in state education support to take education funding to its highest level ever – $23.5 billion.

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Westport Town Hall From page 1

people.

Connell expressed concern about cost drift and the need to replace several additional deteriorating buildings in town, including the department of public works and fi re department buildings.

“My priority is public health and safety,” he said.

In his experience with older buildings, said the super, project estimates are often lower than the actual cost once work commences and more issues become evident — like asbestos, for instance.

Tests are pending, said Connell, but the proposed budget contains few funds for remediation.

Accepting the grant requires all proposed improvements be completed, even if they run over cost.

The building, which was originally constructed in 1928, is structurally sound, but needs a total overhaul.

The fi rst phase calls for foundation, frame and roof repair and correction of electrical system defi ciencies.

Public safety and disability concerns will also be addressed, as well the reversal of work undertaken in the 1970s that compromised the historic integrity of the building’s appearance, like drop ceilings and inferior windows.

Board member Nancy Page said the renovations would make the structure easier and more effi cient for local residents to conduct business.

Strengthening the appearance of the building and keeping it within the hamlet also plays into broader revitalization and civic planning efforts, say supporters.

“We’re slowly but steadily going forward,” said Page. “It’s a really special one-time opportunity.”

Page said accepting the grant wouldn’t require the town to raise property taxes to come up with the local share.

“The town is making an effort to keep public concerns in mind every part of the way,” she said.

The original project, which was since been scaled back, was a $1.2 million undertaking.

A possible second phase would take measures to make the structure a net-zero energy building, the fi rst such municipal building in the Adirondack Park.

Those can be incrementally added in the future if the town locks in future funds, explained Page.

“There’s a lot of unknowns in this project and that’s why we encourage people to come out,” said Connell.

If approved, construction is expected to begin next year.

The Westport Town Board meets every second Tuesday at 7 p.m. and fourth Tuesday at 3 p.m.

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Folk songwriters to perform at W’burgh Grange WHALLONSBURG — Three of folk music’s greatest songwriters have joined up on a limited North American tour, called “Men At Words,” that will bring them to the Whallonsburg Grange Hall on Thursday, April 23 at 7:30.

Archie Fisher, James Keelaghan and Jez Lowe are recognized worldwide as masters at the craft of telling stories through songs that touch the heart.

From Scotland, Canada and England, these musicians have crossed paths many times and occasionally shared a stage. They decided to take their friendship and synergy on the road, giving their many fans a unique opportunity to hear them together.

Each of these musicians is an audience favorite and has been on the folk music scene for decades.

Archie Fisher is Scotland’s foremost folk troubadour. The host for 25 years of BBC Scotland’s “Traveling Folk” show, he was inducted into the Scots Traditional Music Hall of Fame and awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth.

James Keelaghan is an award-winning Canadian songwriter. A poet laureate of folk and roots music, he has a unique talent for finding stories and translating them into unforgettable lyrics.

Jez Lowe mines the experiences of his native North East England and the lives of the ordinary people there to create his extraordinary songs. He has more than a dozen recordings and is a popular music festival performer.

This is their only appearance in the North Country. Tickets are $15/$10 under 18.

Advance purchase is recommended. For more information. visit thegrangehall.info or call 9634170.

Champlain Film Society, Grange to merge WHALLONSBURG — The Whallonsburg Civic Association, which manages the Grange Hall in Whallonsburg, announced last week that it will merge operations with the Champlain Valley Film Society.

Andy Buchanan, president of the Whallonsburg Civic Association, said, “For the last three years, the Film Society has made the Grange its permanent home. During that time we’ve learned that our organizations are stronger together than we have been separately. We see this as a win-win-win for the Grange, for the Film Society and, most importantly, for the entire community we serve.”

The Film Society showed its first movie in the summer of 2003 at the Willsboro Central School.

In the last 13 years, they have screened nearly 200 films at 10 different venues, including the Depot Theater, the Masonic Lodge in Essex and Ballard Park in Westport. In 2012, the Film Society began showing all of its films at the Grange Hall in Whallonsburg.

David Reuther, a co-founder and past president of the Film Society, said, “We are delighted by this new relationship with the Grange. Using our new HD projector, professional-grade audio system and comfortable new seating, we show films the way they were meant to be seen: on a big screen with an audience.

And with our new popcorn machine, we offer a true movie theater experience for less than half the cost of the Plattsburgh cinemas.”

The Film Society shows both current and classic films, including many Oscar winners, as well was independent, foreign and documentary movies that are not shown in traditional theaters. The Society has also incorporated special guests into more than thirty shows, including last year’s “Captain Phillips,” which was introduced by the real Captain Richard Phillips.

The Whallonsburg Grange Hall is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

Originally used for meetings, dances, weddings and other events, the building had fallen into disrepair by the 1990s.

In 2006 a group of residents restored the historic building and reorganized it as a community center. The Grange Hall is now host to a wide variety of music, films, theater, lectures, and workshops. It also holds regular annual events, including the Boquet River Theater Festival summer theater camp, an annual block party, and Election Night dinner.

Area families can rent the building for weddings, anniversaries, birthday parties and reunions. A new certified commercial kitchen is available for farmers, retail food producers and community projects of all kinds.

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NYSUT, educators react to governor’s education reforms

By Pete DeMola

pete@denpubs.com ALBANY — The state’s public education system saw the most signifi cant changes in years last week when the legislature passed reforms that will reshape the fi eld across the board, from tenure to testing.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made a $1.3 billion boost in school aid contingent on legislative approval of reforming the teacher evaluation and tenure process.

His reasoning was simple: Despite the state spending more than any other state on a per pupil basis, 25 percent of its schools containing some 250,000 students are failing.

But since 99 percent of the state’s teachers have been rated effective, change was needed.

In an interview with the Capitol Pressroom last week following passage of the bill, Cuomo acknowledged the reforms would be divisive.

“Change is constant in the private sector,” he said. “The government is opposite, they like the status quo.”

TOTAL OVERHAUL Under the new reforms, teachers will be graded on a four-point system that will lean more heavily on student test scores — chiefl y the Common Core and the Regents — and observations from independent evaluators, or outsiders brought in to rate their performance.

The road to tenure will be extended another year and it will become easier to terminate underperforming teachers.

Failing schools can be placed under different management called receiverships.

And to step up recruitment and retention, teachers receiving the top ranking of “highly effective” will be eligible for a $20,000 annual bonus.

All teachers will be required to complete 100 hours of continuing education and recertify every fi ve years or risk losing their licenses.

More details will emerge after June 1, the deadline for the State Education Department to submit a report to the governor’s offi ce, while local districts must put evaluations in place by Nov. 15 in order to be eligible for increased aid.

‘A SHAM’ The New York State United Teachers union spent the winter criss-crossing the state protesting the reforms, often using fi ery rhetoric at rallies that likened the changes to an apocalyptic battle between light and darkness.

The news that the Education, Labor & Family Assistance passed the state assembly 92-54 hit the teaching community like a plutoniumtipped warhead.

“We had hoped the linkage of a state aid increase to [Annual Professional Performance Review] was simply a bad April Fool’s joke,” said Timothy G. Kremer, Executive Director of the New York State School Boards Association, in a statement.

Assemblywoman Janet Duprey (R,I - Peru), who voted against the legislation, said it was “unacceptable” to link teacher evaluations to test scores.

“One particular standardized test isn’t a refl ection of what a student is capable of,” she said. “I just don’t think you should link the two.”

Dan Stec (R,C,I-Queensbury) also blasted the bill.

“It is wrong to appoint the bureaucrats responsible for the botched implementation of Common Core as the leaders for implementing teacher evaluations,” he said in a statement.

The education component of the budget also alienates teachers, doubles down on Common Core and fails to fully restore the Gap Elimination Adjustment, he said.

And NYSUT fl atly rejected the reforms, calling them a “disgrace” and “a sham.”

The legislation, said the group, sprung from “a vengeful governor” refusing to engage in honest dialogue about the quality of the public school system or how to improve teaching and learning.

“People in battle talk about the fog of war,” said Don Carlisto, co-president of the Saranac Lake Teachers Association and NYSUT board member. “In the last hours, it was similar to that.”

While Cuomo called the reforms “transformational,” Carlisto said they’re convoluted, undermine local control and will do nothing to mitigate the increasing numbers of student testing.

The numbers underpinning Cuomo’s claims of failure, said Carlisto, were cherry-picked to drive a narrative based on manipulated data; the testing, snapshots that were never intended to judge performance.

And most states are moving in the opposite direction of using student test scores for the

purpose of teacher evaluation, he said.

“This governor has doubled down.”

Carlisto added that NYSUT was not invited to participate in the negotiation process, but the reforms were rather infl uenced by hedge fund money.

He said Cuomo has refused to consider the educational research, listen to educational professionals or acknowledge the concerns of parents who are upset over what they perceive as overtesting.

“The governor has been dishonest from the very onset,” he said.

DEMORALIZED The reforms will also make it harder for school districts to attract and retain teachers, say educators.

They say they’re tired of being unfairly targeted as a punching bag for the governor.

“I’m pretty much disgusted by the whole thing,” said Denise Sypek, a Keeseville Elementary teacher who serves as the treasurer for the Ausable Valley Teachers Association.

She learned of the bill’s passage while vacationing in Florida.

Her colleagues, half-jokingly, asked her to keep her eyes peeled for teaching opportunities in the Sunshine State.

“They’re fearful of their jobs,” she said.

“They’re saying they wish they hadn’t become teachers. We feel terrible, victimized and sick to our stomachs — people are losing faith in the career they chose.”

The tenure reforms will take away due process, she said, while the testing may torpedo teachers’ hope for earning an effective rating.

She also expressed concerns that independent evaluators were another unfunded mandate: How much would it cost for a district to bring them in? And can’t local administrators be trusted to evaluate their staff?

Administrators worked really hard to be where they are, said Sypek, and their judgement should be trusted.

“It’s not perfect,” she said. “But if boards trusted to hire them, can’t they be trusted to rate fairly?”

COMMON PROBLEMS The fury surrounding linking teacher evaluations to test scores, in part, is based on the premise that the Common Core Standards, the device used to gauge student performance for third- through eighth-graders, have been hastily rolled out.

Calisto said the tests have rushed through despite schools saying they’re is not enough time to implement them.

They are written above grade level and do not take into account students with special needs.

“There are countless concerns from not just teachers, but superintendents, principals and parents,” he said.

If educators were given space to implement the standards, and had time to do it the right way, Carlisto said small pockets of success stories would be revealed.

“When rushed and under resourced, we fi nd that it’s much less successful,” he said.

Carlisto said NYSUT has been working on a series of “common sense” charges to the APPR system for the past half-decade based on practitioner input.

A better solution would be to support an evaluation system that de-emphasizes testing in favor of teacher development and growth.

The percentage of the student performance components of the evaluation process should be decreased to 20 percent — with districts determining the make-up of that 20 percent in accordance with federal requirements — while the percentage of the teaching practice component should be bumped to 80 percent, he said.

NYSUT has also blasted the reforms for stripping away local control.

The evaluation plans should instead be developed through collective bargaining, a measure they say would refl ect the needs of the community, while districts and locals should be given the power to negotiate teacher evaluations to customize professional learning and replace the one-size-fi ts-all approach.

Parents and students should also be given more input, Carlisto said.

OPTING OUT Students statewide are scheduled to begin Common Core testing on April 14.

Last year, 50,000 students sat out the tests statewide.

Last week, NYSUT president Karen McGee urged parents to yank their kids.

“I am saying that I would urge parents at this point in time to opt out of testing,” Magee said in an interview with the Capitol Pressroom.

Carlisto said given that the legislature seemed

The legislature passed sweeping reforms to the state’s public education system last week that will alter everything from tenure to teacher evaluations. NYSUT is displeased and are now encouraging parents to pull their kids from next week’s Common Core testing. Pictured above: A protester displays a sign at a NYSUTorganized rally at Plattsburgh High on Feb. 28.

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to ignore what teachers and parents have been saying for years, NYSUT will take the same approach toward a test that they feel doesn’t refl ect anything useful, a viewpoint backed up by the American Statistical Association.

According to a NYSUT opt-out fact sheet that is being distributed to parents, students who do not take the test will be considered to have “no valid test score” and will be counted as not tested in verifi cation reports and for accountability calculations.

Students will see limited academic consequences, said the organization, because the Board of Regents and the legislature have minimized how the assessments can be used.

Furthermore, says NYSUT, last year’s state budget enacted laws that prohibit including the results on a student’s permanent record until Dec. 31, 2018.

Carlisto said the group wasn’t asking teachers to infl uence the discussion, but rather guiding parents.

“NYSUT has said we respect the parents right to choose what’s best for their kids,” he said. “This is a call to action for parents to exercise their rights.”

Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch has said school districts where less than 95 percent of students participate in the assessments risk losing federal funding.

NYSUT disputes this.

Low-performing districts that do not meet the participation rate requirement, they say, would instead be placed under increased state oversight.

Carlisto said it’s diffi cult to determine the

exact numbers of those who opted-out in the North Country last year because the state does not keep track.

Based on informal chatter, he says he speculates that the number will rise this year.

How would future mass opt-outs affect a teacher’s score?

A teacher simply wouldn’t get a composite rating.

The formula is convoluted, he said.

“It’s indeterminable at this point,” he said.

“It’s voodoo.”

NYSUT is also lobbying for districts to develop alternative activities for students who are pulled from the tests.

Sitting quietly and doing nothing — the “sit and stare” policy — is harmful for students, argues the union.

Carlisto shrugged off suggestions that possible opt-outs could be considered sabotage or sour grapes because educators have been speaking out since inception of original APPR law in 2010.

“This is nothing new,” he said.

NYSUT and Cuomo, however, do fi nd common ground when it comes to the belief that students are over-tested.

The governor said the reforms will not increase their testing workload — at least when it comes to state-mandated tests.

“You only need to use one state test under the system,” he said. “If there’s an additional test, it’s the locality, not the state.”

Assemblywoman Duprey sighed: “That’s a cop-out.”

Westport Central ninth graders recently created a half-mile scale model of the solar system extending from the school down to Lake Champlain.

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Ticonderoga $47,500 that lies within the County Clerks Office 3/24/2015 Dock, Christina et. al.

Walker, Jamesbounds & Jill of anyNorth Elbaal$335,000 Book 467 of Deeds, at street, 3/24/2015 Torrance, Megan Torrance, Seanley, or highway; St. Armand $55,000 71 on the 10th day (b) Page of $380,000 July 1968, to which covenants, restrictions 3/24/2015 Torrance, Sean Vigener, Niklas et. al.

St. Armand and easements of deed reference is hereby record, if any; (c) viola- made for a more particuCLINTON tions, zoning regulations accurate descripDATE GRANTOR GRANTEE LOCATION lar and PRICE thereof. and ordinances LOCATION of the tion PRICE DATE GRANTOR GRANTEE 3/26/15 Lawrence and Jeanne Pasti Charles Lawfer &City, Stephanie Desautels City of Plattsburgh $243,800 EXCEPTIONS Town or Village in 3/26/15 Mark Cross Katherine Gaffneywhich said mortgaged Black Brook $20,000 EXCEPTING AND RE3/26/15 Peter and Eileen Allen Thomas and Kari Tuling City of Plattsburgh $180,000therefrom all premises lie; (d) any SERVING 3/27/15 Lozier Place Properties LLC Jorkel IRA Holdings LLC City of Plattsburgh $464,500 that permanent easeanofacSTATE OF NEW YORK- state of facts thatCity 3/27/15 David Hammack Vladimir Sabayev Plattsburgh $268,000 ment$219,000 referred to in the curate, currentlyTown dated COURT 3/30/15 Jodi Forgette andSUPREME Jill Rock Robert and Paula Hearns of Plattsburgh Deed$85,000 from Richard F. COUNTY OF ESSEX 3/30/15 Rene and Sheila Brosseau Jeffery and Joannesurvey Menard might disclose; Moores and M. Leo FriedRoger 3/30/15 Jeffrey and Dianne Hall M. Friedman Kennethand Silver (e) the rights of tenants, Black Brook Drake $65,000 3/30/15 Doris Deif Glenn Toman Town man $31,000 to Niagara Mohawk if any; (f) the right of of re-Plattsburgh Joel J. Friedman 3/31/15 Timothy and Brenda Filion $5,000 Power Corporation, datdemption of theAltona United 1087 US RouteJames 9 Joseph Wells 3/31/15 Jeffrey and Julie Schroon Manley Tyler Manley $104,000 ed December 23, 1974 if any; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- MAD RIVER PIZZA CO., Lake, NY States of America,Dannemora 3/31/15 Jonathan Forbes and Sarah Perrotte Richard and Kristen Saranac and $166,000 recorded in the Es- EN that a license (num- LLC Articles of Org. filed (g)Walker the present condition 12870 3/31/15 Steven Hills and Darlene Depo Francis and Donna Siskavich Plattsburgh $127,200 of the mortgagedPeruprop- sex County Plaintiffs, Clerks Office ber pending) for beer, NY Sec. of State (SSNY) NOTICE OF PUBLIC 3/31/15 Erik OÕ Brien Thomas and Casey Caron $154,000 erty, which be sold on January AUCTION wine and liquor has 1/16/15. Office in Essex 3/31/15 Michael Holland against et al. Ronald and Darlene Parmetershall City Of Plattsburgh $50,000 13, 1975 in as is and without any Drew E. Hanchett, Tracy Book$66,000 582 of Deeds at been applied for by the NOTICE OF FORMATION Co. SSNY desig. agent Westport Self Storage 4/01/15 Henry and Todd Dupell Gary and Becky Campbell Beekmantown representations or war- Page$16,000 L.Dupee Hanchett; Paul and Jean Dupee 298. undersigned to sell beer of LLC upon whom pro- will sell at Public Auc- OF SAH REAL PROPER4/01/15 Edward and James Champlain 4/01/15 Federal Home United States of Ameriranties whatsoever; and EXCEPTING AND RE- wine and liquor at retail cess may be served. tion all Personal Proper- TY, LLC, Art. of Org. Loan Mortgage Corporation Junior Duprey (h) the Terms Chazy $145,700therefrom all of Sale SERVING ca; in a restaurant under the SSNY shall mail copy of ty stored by the follow- filed with Secy of State 4/01/15 Rita Kwetcian New York State Donald and Jeanette Pageau Dannemora Depart- and provisions of the that $25,000 certain plot, piece or Alcoholic Beverage Con- process to 2535 NYS ing tentants: (SSNY) on 1/15/15. Ofment of Taxation and Fi- Judgment of Foreclo- parcel of land containing Curtis Hall – Unit 102 trol Law at 2099 Route 9N, Ausable fice location: Essex sure and Sale. nance; and John Doe 2.1+/- acres conveyed in Saranac Avenue Lake Forks, NY 12941. Pur- Brian McManus – Steve County. SSNY designatDated: April 2, 2015 Defendants. the Deed from Roger M. Placid, Essex County for pose: Any lawful pur- Errick – Unit 106 ed as agent of LLC upon /s/ NOTICE OF SALE Friedman and Joel J. on premises consump- pose. Principal business Cathy Norton – Joy whom process against it LEGALS W. Bradley Krause, Ref- Friedman to Brian D. tion. Simply Gourmet & location: 14224 NYS Rte Moody – Unit 119 Index No.: CV14-0327 may be served. SSNY NOTICE OF FORMATION Bouchard, dated June 6, 'Dack Shack.

In pursuance of a Judg- eree 9N, Ausable Forks, NY Victoria Lafayette – Unit shall mail copy of proOF ADK ARTS & CRAFT- ment of Foreclosure and BARTLETT, PONTIFF, 1988 and recorded in VN-04/11-04/18/2015117 12941. cess to 1763 Haselton ING STUDIO LLC Arts. of Sale duly made in the STEWART & RHODES, the Essex County Clerks Jackie Fiore – Unit 203 VN-03/28-05/02/20152TC-78062 Rd., Wilmington, DE Org. filed with the Sect'y P.C. Office on July 14, 1988 Penny Kennett – Unit 12997. Purpose: any above action on the 17th 6TC-77167 NOTICE OF FORMATION of State of NY (SSNY) day of March, 2015, I, Attorney for Plaintiff in Book 918 of Deeds at 205 lawful activities.

OF A DOMESTIC LIMIT- MARVINSEED, LLC. Art. on 2/12/2015. Office lo- the undersigned Referee Mark A. Lebowitz, of Page 1.

Natia Covington – Unit VN-03/07-04/11/2015ED LIABILITY COMPANY of Org. filed with NY cation, County of Essex.

211 Counsel EXCEPTING AND REin the Judgment named, 6TC-74682 Sec. of State (SSNY) on SSNY has been desig- will sell at public auction Beverly Demass – Unit One Washington St.-PO SERVING therefrom all [LLC] Name: Lookout MounNOTICE OF FORMATION 02/10/15. Office: Essex nated as agent of the 214 that certain plot, piece or at the front entrance of Box 2168 tain Chalet LLC. The Ar- County. SSNY designat- Jackie Fiore – Garage 2 OF TEMPEST TRADING LLC upon whom pro- the Essex County Munic- Glens Falls, NY 12801- parcel of land containing ticles of Organization LLC. Arts. of Org. filed ed as agent of the LLC cess against it may be The date of the Auction 2.932+/- acres conveyed ipal Center, Elizabeth- 2168 with Secy. of State of NY served. SSNY shall mail town, New York on the 518 792-2117 is April 25, 2015 at 12 in the Deed from Roger were filed with the Sec- upon whom process SCHEDULE A process to: Heidy Peter- 12th day of May, 2015 Noon on the premises of (SSNY) on 01/30/15.

M. Friedman and Joel J. retary of State of New against it may be served.

Office location: Essex SSNY shall mail copy of Westport Self Storage ALL THAT CERTAIN Friedman to Matthew T. York [SSNY] on March son, 2591 Main St., POB at 10:00 o'clock in the 18, 2015. Office loca- process to the LLC, PO 6708 Main St. Westport, County. SSNY designat2042, Lake Placid, NY forenoon of that day, the PLOT, PIECE OR PAR- Cronin and Mary Louise tion: Essex County. Box 77 Essex NY 12936. ed as agent of LLC upon CEL OF LAND, with the 12946. Purpose: any real property described NY 12993 (Across the Cronin, dated February SSNY is designated as Purpose: Any lawful pur- street from the Westport whom process against it buildings and improve- 24, 1989 and recorded lawful act. by the Judgment to be agent of the LLC upon may be served. SSNY pose.

VN-03/07-04/11/2015Amtrack Station) sold, being that real ments thereon erected, in the Essex County whom process against it VN-03/14-04/18/20156TC-74323 Auctioneer: Bridge shall mail process to: Clerks Office on March property in the Town of situate, lying and being may be served. SSNY 6TC-75542 Street Auction Service, Kevin Fountain, 480 MirSchroon, State of New in the Town of Schroon, 23, 1989 in Book 939 of NOTICE OF FORMATION shall mail a copy of proCounty of Essex and Deeds at Page 150.

Steve Brodie, Auctioneer ror Lake Dr., Lake York, more particularly NOTICE CONCERNING OF LIMITED LIABILITY cess to the LLC, Flink Placid, NY 12946. PurState of New York, and as agent for Westport ALSO SUBJECT TO THE described in Schedule THE EXAMINATION OF COMPANY (LLC) pose: any lawful activiSelf Storage.

AND Smith Law LLC, "A", annexed hereto and being the same premis- EXCEPTIONS INVENTORY AND VALUName: Cafe Warango, ties. es conveyed in the Deed VN-04/11-04/18/2015RESERVATIONS set 449 New Karner Road, ATION DATA made a part hereof.

LLC Articles of OrganizaNew York VN-03/21-04/25/2015of the same from forth in a Deed from Albany, The mortgaged 2TC-78291 Pursuant to Section 501 tion filed with the Secre6TC-75987 Richard F. Drake to Richard F. Drake to 12205. Purpose: Any premises will be sold of the Real Property Tax NOTICE OF PUBLIC tary of State of New Richard F. Drake and M. Richard F. Drake and M. lawful purpose. subject to (a) the rights Law, notice is hereby YACHT CLUB WAY LLC HEARING York (SSNY) on VN-04/04-05/09/2015Leo Friedman, dated Leo Friedman, dated given that assessment Articles of Org. filed NY 01/16/2015 Office Loca- of the public and others Notice is hereby Given June 30, 1968 and June 30, 1968 and 6TC-77609 in and to any part of the inventory and valuation tion: Essex County. The that the Town Board of Sec. of State (SSNY) recorded in the Essex recorded in the Essex mortgaged premises M LAKE VENTURES LLC data is available for ex3/17/15. Office in Essex SSNY is designated as County Clerks Office on Articles of Org. filed NY amination and review. the Town of Elizabeth- Co. SSNY desig. agent that lies within the County Clerks Office agent of the LLC upon town will hold a Public Book 467 of Deeds, at July 10, 1968 in Book bounds of any street, alSec. of State (SSNY) This data is the informa- Hearing on Tuesday, of LLC upon whom prowhom process against it Page 71 on the 10th day 467 of Deeds at Page 3/26/15. Office in Essex tion which will be used cess may be served. may be served. SSNY ley, or highway; (b) April 21,2015 at 6:30 in of July 1968, to which 71. covenants, restrictions Co. SSNY desig. agent to establish the assess- the Town Hall 7563 SSNY shall mail copy of shall mail a copy of any deed reference is hereby The above mortgaged and easements of of LLC upon whom pro- ment of each parcel Court Street Elizabeth- process to 2 Sound process to the LLC at: made for a more particu- premises are the same record, if any; (c) violacess may be served. which will appear on the View Dr., 2nd Fl., Green122A Robare Rd, Keelar and accurate descrip- premises conveyed by SSNY shall mail copy of tentative assessment roll town, NY in the matter wich, CT 06830. Purtions, zoning regulations seville NY 12944. Purof the Franchise and ordinances of the tion thereof.

Joel J. Friedman and process to Sanjay Mel- filed on May 1, 2015 for Renewal with Platts- pose: Any lawful purpose: To engage in any EXCEPTIONS Roger M. Friedman to lacheruvu, 98 Brook Run City, Town or Village in the Town of Elizabeth- burgh Cablevision, Inc. pose. lawful act or activity.

EXCEPTING AND RE- Drew E. Hanchett and which said mortgaged Ln., Stamford, CT town. An appointment to dba Charter Communi- VN-04/04-05/09/2015VN-03/07-04/11/2015premises lie; (d) any SERVING therefrom all Tracy L. Hanchett, Hus- 06905. Purpose: Any review this information 6TC-77624 6TC-74479 cations. state of facts that an ac- that permanent ease- band and Wife by Deed lawful purpose. Principal may be made by tele- Copies of the renewal ment referred to in the dated April 18, 2005. curate, currently dated STATE OF NEW YORKbusiness location: 32 phoning the assessor's proposal are available SUPREME COURT survey might disclose; Deed from Richard F. VN-04/11-05/02/2015Haystack Way , Lake office at (518) 873for public inspection at Drake and M. Leo Fried4TC-78543 (e) the rights of tenants, COUNTY OF ESSEX Placid, NY 12946.

6555. the office of the Town man to Niagara Mohawk if any; (f) the right of reRoger M. Friedman and TO MAKE VN-04/04-05/09/2015David Wainwright Clerk during regular ofPower Corporation, datdemption of the United Joel J. Friedman 6TC-77827 Sole Assessor fice hours. ed December 23, 1974 States of America, if any; 1087 US Route 9 VN-04/04-04/11/2015Debra Brooks and recorded in the Es- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- MAD RIVER PIZZA CO., 77836 Schroon Lake, NY (g) the present condition Town Clerk of the mortgaged prop- sex County Clerks Office 12870 EN that a license (num- LLC Articles of Org. filed VN-04/11/2015-1TCon January 13, 1975 in erty, which shall be sold Plaintiffs, ber pending) for beer, NY Sec. of State (SSNY) NOTICE OF PUBLIC 78190 Book 582 of Deeds at wine and liquor has as is and without any against AUCTION Place a 1/16/15. Office in Essex classified representations or war- Page 298.

Drew E. Hanchett, Tracy NOTICE OF FORMATION Co. SSNY desig. agent Westport Self Storage been applied for by the ad!

EXCEPTING AND RE- undersigned to sell beer of LLC upon whom pro- will sell at Public Auc- OF SAH REAL PROPERranties whatsoever; and L. Hanchett; It’s easy and United States of Ameri- (h) the Terms of Sale SERVING therefrom all wine and liquor at retail cess may be served. tion all Personal Proper- TY, LLC, Art. of Org. will make and provisions of the that certain plot, piece or in a restaurant under the ca; SSNY shall mail copy of ty stored by the follow- filed with Secy of State you money!

(SSNY) on 1/15/15. OfNew York State Depart- Judgment of Foreclo- parcel of land containing Alcoholic Beverage Con- process to 2535 NYS ing tentants: 2.1+/- acres conveyed in trol Law at 2099 Curtis Hall – Unit 102 fice location: Essex ment of Taxation and Fi- sure and Sale.

Route 9N, Ausable the Deed from Roger M. Saranac Avenue Lake Dated: April 2, 2015 County. SSNY designatForks, NY 12941. Pur- Brian McManus – Steve nance; and John Doe Friedman and Joel J. Placid, Essex County for pose: Any lawful pur- Errick – Unit 106 /s/ Defendants. ed as agent of LLC upon W. Bradley Krause, Ref- Friedman to Brian D. on premises consump- pose. Principal business NOTICE OF SALE Cathy Norton – Joy whom process against it Bouchard, dated June 6, tion. Simply Gourmet & location: 14224 NYS Rte Moody – Unit 119 eree Index No.: CV14-0327 may be served. SSNY PONTIFF, 1988 and recorded in 'Dack Shack.

In pursuance of a Judg- BARTLETT, 9N, Ausable Forks, NY Victoria Lafayette – Unit shall mail copy of proVN-04/11-04/18/2015ment of Foreclosure and STEWART & RHODES, the Essex County Clerks 12941.

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