Editorial» The VA: Dysfunction at its best
Clinton County, New York
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Saturday, June 14, 2014
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City gears up for debut beach party
This Week EYE ON BUSINESS
By Teah Dowling
All things diva opens in rouses point.
teah@denpubs.com P L AT T S B U R G H Ñ The City Beach will celebrate its offi cial opening weekend with activities, music and fun in the sun at an event billed as the fi rst annual Beach Bash on Saturday, June 14. “We have never done something like this before, so we wanted to give something back to the community as well as our visitors who come from out of the area,” said Jessica Shields, recreation supervisor in Plattsburgh. “It’s a great way for families to get together, and I know I would want to celebrate the summer season after such a harsh winter we CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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A fire dancer performs in front of Saranac Lake’s Blind Owl Band at a recent First Weekend’s event in Plattsburgh event. Photo by Shawn Ryan
Changes in store for plattsburgh’s July 4th
benefit planned for peru man with cancer. PAGE 3
By Shawn Ryan
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PLATTSBURGH — Some big changes are in store for the City of Plattsburgh’s July 4th parade and celebration. In a press conference Monday, Mayor Jim Calnon announced the changes. The most noticeable change, according to Calnon, will be the parade route itself. Because of road construction on South Catherine Street, the city was forced to change the previous route to avoid closing too many of the city’s bridges at one time. The new route will include line-up on Jay Street and lower Bridge Street and will step off onto Hamilton Street. The parade will go west on Bridge Street to City Hall Place, down City Hall Place to the bridge and over the bridge to Cumberland Avenue. It will continue on Cumberland Avenue to Wilcox Dock. The start time for the parade is 2 p.m. Also new this year, there will be a reviewing stand on the steps of City Hall, and fl oats will be reviewed in as yet unspecifi ed categories. Also new this year, the city is handing over organization of the parade and festivities to First Weekends in Plattsburgh. The theme of the parade and celebration is “Hero’s of Clinton County,
Mayor Jim Calnon shows a map depicting the new route this year’s July 4th parade will take through the city. Street construction forced the city to change the typical route of the parade.
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