Editorial» Protect! files yet another legal challenge
Clinton County, New York
Move afoot to save the old stone barracks
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Saturday, August 16, 2014
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By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Old Stone Barracks needs some more friends if it wants to return to North Country hands. The massive barracks building, and the seven choice city acres it sits on, was scooped up by a Canadian investor several years ago. His plan to convert the barracks into apartments sparked public outcry, as the most well-known and oldest vestige of PlattsburghÕ s military heritage was in jeopardy of falling to the scythe of commercialization. He eventually withdrew his proposal to convert the building, but placed the property on the market for sale. Enter the Friends of the Old Stone Barracks, a non-profit organization made up of local history buffs, philanthropists
Clinton County aiming for Wellville. PAGE 3 MAN ON THE STREET
Members of the Clinton County Canine Club, along with their canine companions, entertained residents of the Samuel F. Vilas Home in Plattsburgh at their annual open house over the weekend.
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Photo by Lora Dominic
Soccer has a new home in the town of Champlain Soccer meets golf at former horse farm
Do you think officials should force cleanups? PAGE 5 UNITED WAY
By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com CHAMPLAIN Ñ ItÕ s the fastest growing Ò newÓ sport in the country, and itÕ s landed at the Sun-E-Hill Farm on Route 11 in Champlain. Farm owner and retired businessman Neil Sutcliffe heard of Soccer-Golf, or more accurately known as Foot-Golf, three weeks ago, when he was sent a link to an NBC news story about the phenomenon. In the two years since it was brought to the United States, 191 Foot Golf courses have spring up nation wide. Two days later he was digging holes, and soccer balls were soon flying. After selling off his stable of race horses and starting to turn his sizable barn into a meeting and reception space over the past several years, Sutcliffe took to the pastures with earth moving equipment and Kentucky Blue-Grass. He transformed his pastures into a short nine-hold par-3 golf course, played with a modified “Cayman Ball,” to give the course a longer feel. When he heard about Foot Golf, he fell for the idea immediately.
Neil Sutcliffe at his newly built Foot Golf course in Champlain. Photo by Shawn Ryan
Local couple to chair United Way campaign. PAGE 7
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