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Editorial» We should be allowed death with dignity
Clinton County, New York
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
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This Week
ALL EAGLES
Lake Champlain Film Festival debuts in Plattsburgh
PLATTSBURGH
By Teah Dowling denpubs@denpubs.com
Former NY Gov. Pataki stumps for Cahill
PLATTSBURGH Ñ The Lake Champlain International Film Festival will make its way to Plattsburgh with a variety of films for everyone to see. Ò There was general talk of wanting to do things in the area,Ó said Jason Torrance, director of Ò Echoes.Ó Ò So, I brought up the notion of a film festival, a notion that a film festival is a really important facet for the cultural life of a city.Ó FILM FESTIVAL The festival will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 and will end Nov. 16 at the Strand Theatre.
PAGE 2 ELECTION DAY
The Chazy boys’ and girls’ soccer teams both won their Section VII Class D championship games Nov. 1. The boys went to penalty kicks against Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport after a 0-0 regulation and overtime and won 5-3 over while the girls shutout Minerva/Newcomb 3-0.
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Photo by Keith Lobdell
ADK-cups in full swing at coffee house
Stefanik, Duprey win with over 50 percent of vote PAGE 3 IN SOCCER
By Shawn Ryan and Morgan Rugar shawn@denpubs.com
Adirondack Coffee Roasters’ co-owner Dwane Bast readies his new single-serve coffee cup machine. Adirondack now roasts and manufactures single-serve coffee cups compatible with nearly all brewing machines found in homes or businesses.
PLATTSBURGH Ñ ItÕ s impossible in our region to get a locally sourced morning cup of Joe. Now, however, it is possible to get an individual serve cup that was both roasted and packaged locally and didnÕ t travel to the North Country all the way from California. Adirondack Coffee Roasters has been roasting raw coffee beans locally since 2007. This week, they put a machine into service to produce up to 900 of the individual serve cups (commonly known as Ò K Cups,Ó a trademarked name owned by Keurig) an hour for the quickly growing segment of their business. The ADK-cups are ground fresh the same day theyÕ re packaged and ready for sale. Owners Dwane and Krissie Bast have been planning the expansion since they first started offering single serve cups in March. Prior to getting their machine up and running, Bast would weigh cups out individually and package them one at a time. “We are the first local company to do them on-site. Hopefully CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
Beekmantown and Chazy sweep soccer titles PAGE 10
Index
Photo by Shawn Ryan
PATAKI FOR CAHILL
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ELECTION COVERAGE
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EDITORIAL
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LETTERS
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POLAR PLUNGE
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ELMORE SPCA
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STYLE & SUBSTANCE
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