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North Creek celebrates business growth By Phil Sherotov newsenterprise@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — Business leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday, June 30 on Main Street to celebrate the town’s growth. The ceremony began with a speech by Dave Bulmer, the outgoing president of the Gore Mountain Region Chamber of Commerce, who said that
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stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Americans across the country cheered the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Health Care Act, announced Thursday, June 26. Americans across the country also booed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision. Which side of the aisle one stood
on seemed to largely be determined by one’s political persuasion. Such was the case with Congressman Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) and Matt Doheny, the Watertown Republican who will be running against the incumbent for the 21st Congressional District seat in the November election. The Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to uphold most of President Barack Obama’s health care law. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, in
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where appropriate to improve provisions that still need work,” Owens said. “The goal has always been to expand coverage, improve healthcare outcomes, and reduce costs for patients and providers. Now the debate is over and it’s time to move forward with those goals in mind.” The health care law will reduce federal deficits by $210 billion between 2012 and 2021, according to CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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n’t happening there,” Bulmer said. Town of Johnsburg Supervisor Ron Vanselow commended the ingenuity and efforts of local business leaders in the town’s successful expansion. “It wasn’t long ago that there were many more investment opportunities in this town,” he noted humorously. Bulmer introduced Edward Maitino, director of tourism for Empire State Development, which administers the I Love New York program.
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there aren’t many towns with a population of 2,500 that can say they’ve had 13 new businesses open in the past year, along with 12 established businesses expanding. Bulmer said that in the long history of the town, this year would be remembered as the one during which it became a year-round destination location. “We should all be thrilled because if you go 12 miles down the road or 12 miles north, what’s happening here is-
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Frank Morehouse shows his son, Kieth Eannarino, the ropes at Minerva's Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 30.
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NORTH CREEK — On Saturday, July 7, Gore Mountain will officially unveil its new lineup of spring and summer attractions. Some of the activities have been available during June weekends, but Gore will launch an expanded schedule on opening day that will include a variety of recreational and educational activities in addition to the Northwoods Gondola Skyrides and downhill mountain biking usually offered during the summer. The Rumor climbing wall, the Wild Air bungee trampoline, disc golf and daily hiking excursions are already being offered, but visitors will now have the option of participating in an inflatable obstacle course, Bear Mountain interpretive walks and Friday evening happy hours. Cooking classes, yoga retreats, photography camps and jewelry workshops will also be available.