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January 8, 2011
Stocking winners Ti Federal Credit Union celebrates the season by giving Christmas stockings filled with toys. See Page 4
Lady Vikings win holiday tourney Moriah tops Willsboro, Crown Point during their home holiday tourney. See sports.
Learn about gardening PORT HENRY — Anyone interested in vegetable or flower gardening is invited to a meeting at the Sherman Free Library on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. The purpose of the group will be to share knowledge about gardening.
American Legion plans meeting TICONDEROGA — American Legion Post #224 will hold its monthly meeting the second Thursday of every month. All members are encouraged to attend. There will be a $25 door prize drawn each month for attendance.
THIS WEEK Ticonderoga...................2-5 Opinions ......................6 Obituaries ....................13 Schroon Lake ................15 Moriah ..........................16 Calendar ......................20 Sports ..........................21 Classifieds....................24-25 Auto Zone ....................26-28
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Celebrities Pat Reeve and Nicole Jones will be at the annual Yankee Sportsman’s Classic. See Page 18
Laura Donaldson and Sharon Piper met visitors during Schroon’s Olde Tyme Chistmas celebration . See Page 15
Douglas to lead county board again Moriah Super offers words of praise By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — With Monday’s unanimous reappointment of Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Douglas, officials say the board has entered a new era of bipartisanship. When the Jay Democrat ascended to the county’s top post in 2010, he shattered three decades of Republican control of the county Board of Supervisors. Longtime St. Armand Supervisor Joyce Morency, a Republican, said under Douglas’s leadership, long-standing partisan divides have fallen by the wayside. “When I helped support Randy Douglas in 2010, it started then — everybody started working together. It was a goal of this board,” she said. “I think we have proven we can do it. Because of Randy and his personality and everyone else on this board, we are finally bipartisan.” Democrats and Independents have made a dent in the GOP’s majority on the Essex County board, but Republicans are still the norm. Last year, controversial decisions like the future of the Horace Nye Nursing Home and the county fish hatchery did not see a partisan divide. Arguments about divisive issues have instead been based on the concerns of individual supervisors. Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward — who chaired the Essex County board prior to her
SCHROON LAKE — As bicycling enthusiasts met this week to draft ways to expand and promote their sport in Warren County, town officials hailed their ideas to develop new bicycling trails and routes in the upcounty region. County Board of Supervisors’ immediate past chairman Fred Monroe said Dec. 31 he was very enthusiastic about the county-sponsored biking group’s ideas to develop new trails and routes because it could boost tourism, which is vital to the area economy. “Bicycling is becoming an extremely popular sport, and expanding bike paths would be a tremendous asset to the region,” he said. Monroe’s counterpart to the south echoed his opinion. “Anytime we’re enhancing recreational opportunities up north in the county, it’s a very worthwhile effort,” Warrensburg Supervisor Kevin Geraghty said, noting that Warrensburg, Chester, Stony Creek and Thurman all
See DOUGLAS, page 5
See BIKE PATH, page 15
Maggie Speshock keeps warm on a winter’s day in Port Henry. Photo by Nancy Frasier
Officials consider new bike link Plan includes extension to Schroon Lake By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
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