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By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com CHAMPLAIN — Several towns have asked Clinton County election commissioners to save them money when it comes to voting. So they have responded with a plan that will consolidate voting districts, reducing the number from 70 to 53. The Town of Champlain recently passed a resolution accepting that plan, shrinking the number of voting districts in its own area from four to three. “We were looking at how we can save towns money and still do our job,” said
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Town of Champlain is officially storm ready Champlain is first site in northern New York to earn recognition By Stephen Bartlett stephen@denpubs.com
Champlain Town Supervisor Larry Barcomb ( left) receives a Storm Ready sign and certificate from Andy Nash, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service, Burlington. Photo by Stephen Bartlett
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CHAMPLAIN — The Town of Champlain is the first Storm Ready location in northern New York. In fact, it joins the ranks of less than 2,000 Storm Ready designations nationwide. “Our primary mission is protection of life and property,” said Andy Nash, meteorologist-in-charge, National Weather Service, Burlington. “We are not able to stop severe weather, and that is where preparedness happens.” Storm Ready is a community pre-
paredness program that encourages government entities and commercial gathering sites to prepare for severe storms. The program is sponsored by the National Weather Service and issues recognition to locations nationwide that demonstrate severe weather readiness. The voluntary program provides communities with advice from a partnership with the National Weather Service and state and local emergency managers. “We developed the Storm Ready program and work with community officials to ensure they can monitor anything we issue,” Nash said. “There is practicing and drilling in case of a disaster.” Over the past six months, the National Weather Service has worked with Town of Champlain officials on