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STATE, FEDERAL LAWMAKERS PUSH TO COMBAT LYME DISEASE New York faces “ticking time bomb” as authorities By Pete DeMola EDITOR
PLATTSBURGH | The northeast is the epicenter of what authorities are referring to as a Lyme disease epidemic. The tick-borne illness is characterized by agonizing pain, loss of memory and motor skills. While recovery is possible, patients have said the lack of effective treatment options
has left them financially ruined. And the disease is only expected to spread. Over 90 percent of confirmed cases nationwide are being reported from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Now state and federal health agencies are scrambling to hatch an effective response. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) is pushing the U.S. Department of Health
grapple to formulate cohesive strategy
and Human Services to make good on tracking performance indicators designed to monitor the disease. The lawmaker has cosigned a letter to Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan asking him to include those metrics in the 2019 Congressional Justification from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“This letter is aimed to create specific, measurable objectives to track progress as we combat Lyme Disease,” Stefanik said in a statement. “The more we know about Lyme, the more we can do to treat patients and educate families to stop the spread of this debilitating disease.” Those indicators include driving down the total number of cases, reducing the average time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis and increasing the number of tests that can confirm the presence of infection. » Lyme Disease Cont. on pg. 4
Local mom demands state address ‘dangerous’ Elizabethtown intersection After her son’s accident, Chantell Rowe is taking a stand By Pete DeMola EDITOR
ELIZABETHTOWN | Concerns are mounting over an intersection in Elizabethtown that residents say has long
posed a threat to public safety. Following an incident that saw a teenager clip a vehicle on his bicycle at the intersection of state Route 9N and Water Street, his mother is petitioning the state Department of Transportation to initiate a traffic study. “Now that I have to reason to fight about it, I feel like I should,” said Chantell Rowe.
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Rowe’s 14-year-old son, a freshman at Elizabethtown-
Activist to trek from Boreas to Ray Brook Tyler Socash aims to send message to Adirondack Park Agency By Pete DeMola EDITOR
KEENE | Environmental activists often attend Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meetings. But most don’t hike 25 miles through rugged mountainous terrain to get there. Tyler Socash aims send a singular message to the state agency by walking from the Boreas Ponds Tract to their Ray Brook headquarters on Nov. 16: “Overwhelming public support” exists for
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a Wilderness classification for the entire Boreas Ponds Tract, he said. “How many areas in the world remain where it would be possible to walk more than 25 miles through protected Wilderness to attend a meeting like this without once crossing a road?” said Socash. “That’s the possibility our children will have if we protect the entire Boreas Tract.” Socash is a member of Adirondack Wilderness Advocates (AWA), a grassroots environmental advocacy group. With him Socash will be carrying over 1,000 letters generated by the group’s recent letter-writing campaign urging the APA to utilize the most stringent environmental safeguards while classifying the parcel. » Boreas Cont. on pg. 5
Lewis Central School, was pedaling his bicycle down Route 9N, also known as Court Street, last month when he struck a car waiting at the westbound lane of River Street. He escaped with minor road rash, but was deeply rattled. The incident could be attributed to a perfect storm of converging variables. The four-way intersection is governed by a blinking yellow light for Route 9N motorists, and a stop sign for east-west travelers. » Intersection Cont. on pg. 17
Tyler Socash will hike from the Boreas Ponds in North Hudson to the Adirondack Park Agency headquarters in Ray Brook on Nov. 16, an effort he believes will keep a spotlight on the need for the tract to be given the most stringent protections. Photo provided
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