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By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — Ticonderoga High School has a new principal. Paul Berkheimer, who retired last June after 32 years as principal at Jackson Heights Elementary School in Glens Falls, has been appointed as interim principal by the Ti school board. Berkheimer will hold the job through June while the district searches for a permanent replacement for Mike Graney, who resigned as Ti High principal to accept a similar position at Bolton Central School. “I was looking for a place similar to Jackson Heights; I felt very comfortable when I visited Ticonderoga,” Berkheimer said. “It seems like a great place to spend the next six months. I’ve met most of the staff and adminstration and everyone is very welcoming.” Berkheimer taught elementary school for 10 years in suburban Philadelphia before becoming principal at Jackson Heights. “Somehow I landed in the
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State to fund Bulwagga Bay project Moriah, Port Henry get grants
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PORT HENRY — The town of Moriah and village of Port Henry will receive $1.2 million in grant funding from the state’s Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement
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Dec. 19. Moriah will get $249,815 for its Bulwagga Bay shoreline stabilization project and $200,000 for a Lake Champlain non-point source pollution subwatershed assessment and management plan. The village of Port Henry will get $600,000 to replace 1,371 linear feet of water line and 1,686 feet of sewer line and install eight new fire hydrants. The Housing Assistance Program of Essex County, Inc. will receive $150,000 to redevelop a
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