EditorialÂť 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 Ă The City Beach will celebrate its offiâcialâopeningâweekendâwithâ activities,âmusicâandâfunâinâtheâ sunâ atâ anâ eventâ billedâ asâ theâ fiârstâannualâBeachâBashâonâSaturday,âJuneâ14.âââ âWeâhaveâneverâdoneâsomethingâ likeâ thisâ before,â soâ weâ wantedâ toâ giveâ somethingâ backâtoâtheâcommunityâasâwellâ as our visitors who come from outâ ofâ theâ area,ââ saidâ Jessicaâ Shields,â recreationâ supervisorâ inâ Plattsburgh.â âItâsâ aâ greatâ wayâforâfamiliesâtoâgetâtogether,âandâIâknowâIâwouldâwantâtoâ celebrateâ theâ summerâ seasonâ afterâsuchâaâharshâwinterâweâ CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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A fire dancer performs in front of Saranac Lakeâs Blind Owl Band at a recent First Weekendâs event in Plattsburgh event. Photo by Shawn Ryan
Changes in store for plattsburghâs July 4th
benefit planned for peru man with cancer. PAGE 3
By Shawn Ryan
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PLATTSBURGHâââSomeâbigâchangesâareâinâstoreâforâtheâCityâ ofâPlattsburghâsâJulyâ4thâparadeâandâcelebration. InâaâpressâconferenceâMonday,âMayorâJimâCalnonâannouncedâ theâ changes.â Theâ mostâ noticeableâ change,â accordingâ toâ Calnon,â willâbeâtheâparadeârouteâitself.âBecauseâofâroadâconstructionâonâ SouthâCatherineâStreet,âtheâcityâwasâforcedâtoâchangeâtheâpreviousârouteâtoâavoidâclosingâtooâmanyâofâtheâcityâsâbridgesâatâoneâ time. Theâ newâ routeâ willâ includeâ line-upâ onâ Jayâ Streetâ andâ lowerâ BridgeâStreetâandâwillâstepâoffâontoâHamiltonâStreet.âTheâparadeâ willâgoâwestâonâBridgeâStreetâtoâCityâHallâPlace,âdownâCityâHallâ PlaceâtoâtheâbridgeâandâoverâtheâbridgeâtoâCumberlandâAvenue.âItâ willâcontinueâonâCumberlandâAvenueâtoâWilcoxâDock.âTheâstartâ timeâforâtheâparadeâisâ2âp.m. Alsoânewâthisâyear,âthereâwillâbeâaâreviewingâstandâonâtheâstepsâ ofâ Cityâ Hall,â andâ flâoatsâ willâ beâ reviewedâ inâ asâ yetâ unspecifiâedâ categories. Alsoâ newâ thisâ year,â theâ cityâ isâ handingâ overâ organizationâ ofâ theâparadeâandâfestivitiesâtoâFirstâWeekendsâinâPlattsburgh.âTheâ themeâofâtheâparadeâandâcelebrationâisââHeroâsâofâClintonâCounty,
Mayor Jim Calnon shows a map depicting the new route this yearâs 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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