Editorial» County should award bid to George Moore
Clinton County, New York
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Saturday, May 31, 2014
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HONOR GUARD
First Weekends mark first year
This Week LIVINGOODS
Looking to expand By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com
PLATTSBURGH Ñ June marks the one-year anniversary of First Weekends in Plattsburgh, a grassroots community group formed for the purpose of bringing people to PlattsburghÕ s historic downtown business district, and appreciation of the Ô BurghÕ s burgeoning art scene. After starting from scratch a year ago, First Weekends more than just survived their freshman year. They were able to lay a significant footprint on downtown streets. Through working with local volunteers, arts organizations, artists and musicians, Plattsburgh city government, other community groups like Plattsburgh Renewal, Cardinal PR, and CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Local restaurant unveils brewery equipment. PAGE 2 AIRBORNE
American Legion Post 20 celebrated Memorial Day with with a wreath-laying ceremony for the dead from previous wars going back to World War I. Here the honor guard fires off a 21 gun salute. Photo by Shawn Ryan
California native at home on Keeseville farm
Dozer Day upcoming at Airborne. PAGE 3
By Shawn Ryan
shawn@denpubs.com
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Photo by Shawn Ryan
KEESEVILLE Ñ The youth movement in local farm-to-table agriculture is continuing in the Champlain Valley, and itÕ s even drawing motivated young farmers from across the country. At least that is the case at North Country Creamery here. California native Ashlee Kleinhammer didnÕ t grow up dreaming of a life of milking cows in Keeseville. She liked cows as a child, but didnÕ t realize until she spent a year volunteering in Central America that she had a true love for the docile giants, and wanted to pursue a career in dairy farming. She found and attended a farming summer camp in Windsor Vermont in 2006 after finishing college, and from there her future was really just a matter of time. Ò I had never been east before, it seemed really enchanting,Ó said Kleinhammer. Ò I just love the personality of the cow. SheÕ s just so sweet and mellow.Ó After attending the camp for a year, she set out on an eight year tour of dairy farms around Vermont, working at farms, learning the trade, and above all milking the cows she loved. After the eight years, she discovered the Essex Farm in Essex. after reading the book Ò The Dirty LifeÓ by Kristin Kimball. Kleinhammer had been thinking about owning her own farm for some
Dairy owner Ashlee Kleinhammer with a one-day-old calf she will raise to milk on her Keeseville dairy. Kleinhammer bought the former Clover Meadow Farm on the Mace Chasm Road.
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