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Saturday, June 28, 2014

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OPENING DAY

Rouses Point keeps July Fourth tradition alive

This Week PLATTSBURGH

By Teah Dowling teah@denpubs.com ROUSES POINT Ñ The time of year approaches once again for food, fun and fireworks at Rouses Point, which will take place July 4 to 6. Ò WeÕ ve been doing this for 54 years,” Mayor George Rivers of Rouses Point said. Ò I canÕ t remember a day when there was no celebrations on the fourth.Ó The festivities will start at 4 p.m. on Friday with carnival rides, food booths, games, vendor tables and a libations tent, which will all be available throughout the three days of celebration. Live music performances by the Community Singers, a local group which performs traditional and patriotic songs,

Handicap accessible tree house to be built. PAGE 2 ENTERTAINMENT

Plattsburgh North Stars quarterback Harry Rascoe completes a pass during the North Star’s opening day game against the Vermont Ravens. The North Stars completed a 49 - 0 drubbing of Vermont. Photo by Shawn Ryan

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Preparations continue for Mayor’s Cup By Shawn Ryan

Heilman, Berggren on way to Essex. PAGE 3 MAN ON THE STREET

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Plattsburgh Mayor Jim Calnon (left) with Mayor’s Cup organizers Jake DeSnyder and Kevin Kehoe, discussing the upcoming regatta and surrounding events.

PLATTSBURGH Ñ In the home stretch of preparations for the Plattsburgh MayorÕ s Cup Regatta and accompanying festivities, organizers from the Mayor’s office and Sunrise Rotary are still busy adding to the lineup. This year, the regatta will be part of the Lake Champlain Sailing Series, a multi-race series or races held on Lake Champlain. Ò No one will be able to win that series without coming to the regatta this year,Ó said Kjell Dahlen, race director. Dahlen expects the change to bring in even more boats than the 70 that competed last year. Boats are expected from New York, Vermont and Quebec to compete in the Mayor’s Cup regatta. This year’s race will sport a new location for viewing the action. The ElkÕ s Club on Cumberland Avenue will be opening their doors for brunch July 12, offering one of the prime locations in the city for viewing. As part of the popular parade of boats, this year will feature music from The Stowaways at the Dock Street landing from 7

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