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By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK Ñ No school districts in the News Enterprise readership will have a contested race for the school board elections on Tuesday, May 21. However, there are some longtime board members who have decided not to run this year, particularly in Minerva and Long Lake. •Johnsburg Central School: Two people are vying for two open School Board positions, according to school officials. Incumbents William Conner, the president of the School Board, and Chris Jay are seeking re-election. Conner and Jay have been on the Board for 21 and 11 years, respectively. These positions are three-year terms. Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. May 21. •Indian Lake Central School: One person is vying for one open School Board position currently held by Patrick Mahoney, according to school officials. Mahoney decided not to run again. The candidate is Leonard Franko. This position is a five-year term. Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. May 21. •Minerva Central School: One person is vying for one open School Board position currently held by Board President Michael Corey, according to school officials. Corey decided not to run again. The candidate is Caroline Kelly. This position is a five-year term. Polls will be open from 1 to 8 p.m. May 21. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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Olmstedville author Carol Gregson was busy April 20 making her famous stroganoff, a dish she tells readers about in her latest memoir, “Wet Socks,” which will be officially released at an event at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls. The event will also feature former Olmstedville resident Dan Berggren, a singer/songwriter who will be releasing his newest CD, “Tongues in Trees,” at the event. Gregson’s first book was “Leaky Boots.” In “Wet Socks,” she refers to her children by numbers. She had dinner Saturday with #1 daughter and #3 son. Stories about Gregson’s new book and Berrgren’s new CD will appear in the May 4 issue of the News Enterprise.
By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK Ñ With the Adirondack whitewater rafting season gaining momentum and the 56th Annual Hudson River Whitewater Derby on tap for May 4-5, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may soon be making a long-awaited announcement about the Adirondack Challenge. And it looks as though the governor is
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considering the town of Indian Lake as the headquarters for the Challenge, according to a tentative schedule acquired by the News Enterprise. Cuomo proposed the Adirondack Challenge, a national whitewater competition, on Jan. 9 during his annual State of the State address. However, since the speech, no details have been made publicly available, even though state employees have been meeting with local town and tourism officials and whitewater outfitters as late
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as last week. It had been anticipated by officials in North Creek and Indian Lake that the governor may choose to hold his marquee event on or near the Hudson River. The idea came from a multiple-day rafting trip he and some friends took on the Indian and Hudson rivers in September 2012 with guides at Beaver Brook Outfitters, based in Wevertown.
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Promotion at Adirondack Lakes Center for Arts
LAKE PLACID Ñ Ten community theaters have joined together in an effort to prevent their extinction. The Adirondack North Country Association and local theaters are hosting a kickoff event for the Ò Go Digital or Go DarkÓ fundraising campaign Friday, April 26, from 5 to 6:15 p.m. at the Palace Theatre in the village of Lake Placid. Joining the Palace Theatre in the campaign are The Hollywood Theatre in Au Sable Forks; the Indian
Lake Theater; Ogdensburg Cinema; a trio of Strand TheatreÕ s (Old Forge, Schroon Lake and Plattsburgh); The Glen Drive In of Queensbury; Cinematheque in South Glens Falls and the State Theatre in Tupper Lake. The event is free with no RSVP needed. Ò Our small-town theaters are vital to keeping rural downtowns dynamic,Ó ANCA Executive Director Kate Fish said. Ò The campaign is a unique collaboration between 10 North Country theaters working together with the Adirondack North Country Association, the Adirondack Film Society and the state of New York to engage people from across the region to ensure that these theaters remain a special part of our
small town quality of life.Ó Small local movie theaters have been seeking funding streams ever since they received word that they would have to change their theaters to all-digital equipment soon or no longer be able to show movies as the industry moves toward all-digital distribution. Ò It affects all the small movie theaters in all our small towns like Schroon Lake, Au Sable Forks, Queensbury and Lake Placid,Ó Jay Supervisor and Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Douglas said in July. Ò All the big movie corporations CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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