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ELCS, WCS explore programming
DEC to temporarily relocate High Peaks trailheads Parking, congestion leading to dangerous situation at popular hiking hotspots
Class sizes would remain small under potential merger, say consultants
By Pete DeMola EDITOR
KEENE | Route 73 contains some breathtaking views as it winds its way through the mountains and alongside the Cascade Lakes.
By Kim Dedam STA FF W RITER
ELIZABETHTOWN | The second in a series of merger study meetings pulled the Westport/Elizabethtown-Lewis Central review committee together last Wednesday. Data this session reviewed current and previous educational programming at each district and looked at what a combined school district might have for open time each week. The answer, if merged, matriculated programs at Westport and ELCS might free up
And as of late, the scenic stretch also contains hundreds of cars and ambling hikers squeezed between the narrow roadway and soaring cliffs. As visitation to the High Peaks continues to swell, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) last week ordered the temporary closure and relocation of three popular trailheads for
the upcoming Columbus Day Weekend. Trailheads and parking for Cascade Mountain, Porter Mountain and the Pitchoff Mountain West will be relocated beginning at dusk on Thursday, Oct. 5 to the Olympic Regional Development Authority’s Mt. Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex, about 1.3 miles west of the current trailhead. » Trailhead Cont. on pg. 19
» Merger Cont. on pg. 16
Westport resident heads to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria relief efforts Crown Point-based Avery Energy at forefront of relief efforts By Pete DeMola EDITOR
ELIZABETHTOWN | As Puerto Rico digs
out after Hurricane Maria slammed the island last month, killing at least 16 people and wiping out the electricity grid, a local resident has shipped out to aid in recovery efforts. Simon Mitchell, a driver for the Crown Point-based fuel oil company Avery Energy, left for Puerto Rico on Monday. Mitchell’s truck is already on route: A barge containing vehicles, food, water and temporary housing for relief workers left
from the Port of Jacksonville in Florida last week on a six-day trip to the U.S. territory. “There’s quite a bit of uncertainty involved,” Mitchell told The Sun before he left. “But it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience the way I look at it. I’m nervous, but excited at the same time.” Mitchell recently returned from Florida, where Hurricane Irma made landfall earlier this month. The Westport resident made it as far as
After aiding in Hurricane Irma relief efforts in Florida, Simon Mitchell, a driver for the Crown Point-based fuel oil company Avery Energy, will head to Puerto Rico on Monday to aid in Puerto Rico’s emerging humanitarian crisis caused by Hurricane Maria. Photo provided
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the central part of the state, where he was a part of a fleet of drivers tasked with setting up a temporary depot to fill emergency response vehicles, including police cars, ambulances and fire trucks. Damage there was minimal, he said, mainly blown-down tree limbs. But others in his crew went to Key West where they saw the extent of the Category 5 hurricane’s damage firsthand. “There was boats capsized, RV parks with campers tipped over on their sides, roofs blown off — everything you can imagine was torn up,” said Mitchell. Avery Energy has longstanding ties to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As the series of storms began to gather momentum in late-August, owner Will Deyo just wanted to slip away from work for two days to go camping. But it wasn’t meant to be, and he found himself in the campgrounds office doing FEMA paperwork. Within eight hours, one of his trucks was on the way to Florida. Two more followed on Sept. 13. » Relief Cont. on pg. 19
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