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Editorial» Work done by Honor Flight commendable
Clinton County, New York
It’s time for a Really Really Free Market
FREE Take One!
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
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A HANDS-IN EXPERIENCE
This Week STRAND THEATRE
By Shaun Kittle
shaun@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH„ ItÍ s a day of free stuff. Really. On Saturday, June 15, the Really Really Free Market will bring free clinics, music, poetry, items and more to Trinity Park downtown. And yes, itÍ s really free. This yearÍ s market opens at 11 a.m. and will run past sundown. Last yearÍ s Really Really Free Market marked a divergence from the original, which was organized by Meghan Risley and Althea Holmes and took place in 2011 at ROTA GalleryÍ s original 19 Clinton Street location. ñ Last year I wanted to make it a bigger, public, festivaltype event,î said Matt Hall, organizer of the outdoor event CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
Cleanup day at the Strand Theatre. PAGE 3 FREE ADVICE
Lizzie Hynes, a fifth-grade student at Cumberland Head Elementary School, had a chance to experience the digestion process of a dairy cow first hand at the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute’s annual Farm Days for Fifth Graders event. See related article on page 2. Photo by Shaun Kittle
Inaugural First Weekend a success By Shaun Kittle
Style & Substance talk about summer break. PAGE 7 ENTERTAINMENT
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Taylor LaValley, middle, played a mix of acoustic originals and covers in front of Irises Cafe and Wine Bar on Saturday during the inaugural First Weekend in Plattsburgh. Ralph Senecal, who often takes the stage with LaValley at open mic nights at the Monopole, accompanied her on the djembe.
PLATTSBURGH„ On Saturday, PlattsburghÍ s inaugural First Weekend transformed downtown into a different kind of place. It was the kind of place where musicians set up in front of businesses, happily belting out melodies to the delight of people passing by. It was a place where children played in the streets, steering miniature police cars and farm tractors between orange traffic cones. It was a place where people sat outside, conversing amongst each other while enjoying a late lunch. The effort to hold First Weekends downtown came as a collaboration between several non-profit groups and volunteers, including Vision 2 Action, Adirondack Young Professionals, North Country Cultural Center for the Arts and ROTA Gallery, who agreed it was time for Plattsburgh to make a change. ñ If we can keep the same momentum for the next one that we had for this one, itÍ s going to be a great summer for Plattsburgh,î said Champlain Wine Company owner Dr. Colin Read, one of the eventÍ s organizers and chair of the SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Finance and Economics. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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The Goff Brothers will perform in Essex. PAGE 11
Index STUDENTS ON THE FARM
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HELPING FIGHT CANCER
3
FREE COMEDY NIGHT
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BASKETBALL CAMP
5
PUBLISHER’S COLUMN
6
ADIRONDACK CAR SHOW
10
ENTERTAINMENT
11
CALENDAR
11
CLASSIFIEDS
12
AUTO ZONE
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