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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com CHESTERTOWN Ñ The Adirondack Express will look very different when skiers return to Gore Mountain. New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced state funding for a project to replace the current Adirondack Express, the oldest high-speed lift in North America, with a new Adirondack Express II, which will be a high-speed detachable quad. Ò This is a landmark improvement for Gore that will give customers a very comfortable ride out of our primary base area,Ó Emily Stanton of Gore said. Ò It will be similar to our Burnt Ridge High Speed Quad to give people a reference.Ó The Adirondack Express II project is enabled in part by increased investments in New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) facilities that were included as part of CuomoÕ s 2014-15 budget. The new unloading zone near the mid-mountain Saddle Lodge will be lowered and restructured to provide an easier egress to the slopes. Ò The lifts have been ordered and the work is starting now,Ó Stanton said. Ò From this lift you will be able to access the rest of the mountain. This is a massive place to move people around and this new lift will help us do that more effectively.Ó The Adirondack Express II will have a capacity of 2,400 people per hour, 300 more than the previous lift. Padded chairs and eight fewer towers will make for a comfortable ride and the lift can operate 38 percent faster than its predecessor.
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Kevin Hsiao and a bowling ball plucked from the State Route 28N roadside. Photo by Mike Corey
Minerva takes out the trash on clean up day By Mike Corey denpubs@denpubs.com MINERVA Ñ Sure, the weather was a bit chilly and dampish, but that did not stop a crowd of close to 50 citizens from Minerva and nearby towns who were bent on picking up roadside trash in an effort to make the Town look neater. Seeing assorted roadside trash items as one travels the highways and byways of any town detracts from the scenery, no question. The Minerva-sponsored Clean Up Day,
April 26, was a great way to get folks up and out to make the community a nicer place to be. Beginning around 9 a.m., participants stopped by the Minerva Town Hall to pick up their plastic bags and sign up for their stretch of roadway. Betty LeMay, who has been an important part of the clean-up day festivities for many years, thoughtfully kept track of these stretches and the groups or individuals who walked them. This reporter was assigned a section of
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NORTH CREEK Ñ North River artist Jan Palmer will fill the Widlund Gallery at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek from May 24 to June 25 with a retrospective display of some 50 years of paintings in watercolor and pastel. There will be a reception on Saturday, June 14, 5 to 7 p.m. at Tannery Pond Community Center, followed by a concert by The Saratoga Players. Details are available at tpcca.org.
Chestertown sisters to raise funds with ‘no tags’ By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com
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State Route 28N, running from Ridge Road to the Northwoods Club Road. For close to three hours our team of pickers (including MCS student/Taiwanese son Kevin Hsiao) walked along the ditches and shoulders of 28N, picking up bottles, cans, assorted plastic things, paper products and lots of packaging trash. Also found was a beat-up 16-pound bowling ball. They bagged up trash and left the bags on the roadside to be picked up later by Town of Minerva employees.
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CHESTERTOWN Ñ Hannah and Natalie Armstrong want to help those in need not just in the Adirondacks, but around the world. To do so, the sisters, aged 7 and 6, respectively, will be hosting a No Tags Sale at the Calvary Bible Church in Wevertown on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ò We have raised money from our chickens when we sell the eggs to donate to SamaritanÕ s Purse,Ó Hannah said. Ò It reminds us of the story of the Good
Samaritan in the Bible. We wanted to do something to raise more money so we thought of the sale.Ó Half of the funds raised will go to the SamaritanÕ s Purse International Relief fund, while the rest will go to the Adirondack Community Outreach CenterÕ s Neighbors Helping Neighbors program. Ò Our neighbors can also use our help,Ó Natalie said. Ò We want to help give what we have to help others.Ó The fundraiser will feature many items made locally by the sisters or local church members and family. Ò I canÕ t believe that everyone is taking this so seri-
ously and helping us out with donations,Ó Hannah said. Ò I have never done something like this before.Ó Ò Hannah has been asking to do something like this for a while, and Natalie has been helping her out the whole time,Ó said Danielle Armstrong, the girlsÕ mother. Ò They have a variety of items from stuff that they have created to an artist from church who has donated paintings, wooden pens, handmade items and baked goods.Ó Danielle said that the sisters have also received checks in the mail of flat donations to go toward their causes. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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