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POTSDAM – Local officials fr om Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties were named to the newly formed North Country Regional Economic Development Council Thursday, July 28 during a cer emony at SUNY Potsdam. Gov. Andr ew Cuomo made the announcement while launching the council at the Barrington Student Union in front of more than 200 guests, including business, tourism, economic development and government leaders. Similar economic development councils wer e launched July 28 for the Mohawk Valley and Capital Region. “For too long, Albany has relied on one-size-fits-all economic development plans that do not take into account the unique assets and challenges of each r egion,” Cuomo said. “T oday, we ar e taking a new approach. W ith the Regional Councils, we will empower individual ar eas like the
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Board votes to shutter swimming area By John Grybos jgrybos@denpubs.com JOHNSBURG — The Johnsburg Town Boar d has voted to close the town beach. During its r egularly scheduled meeting Aug. 2, the board voted 3-2 to close
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the local swim area, saying doing so would be less expensive than modifying the area to keep it open. The beach must be r emoved from the state’s r egistry of swim areas. The cost to fill and file paperwork to close the beach is about $1,200, with engineer fees and modifying the area with
new plans pushing the bill to around $3,500. This is a much smaller number than options for keeping the beach open, which was estimated by the engineers at Delaware Operations at several tens of thousands of dollars. Board Member Ron The town board voted to officially close the town beach to public access.
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The Saratoga-North Creek Railway is now operating for public rides. The company operating the trains, Iowa Pacific, plans to operate at least 100 round-trip passenger trains from May to October, at least 30 ski trains and 50 dining excursions. Pictured above is conductor Mark Ellsworth.
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