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February 6, 2010
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Ticonderoga students are preparing for a trip to Costa Rica and raising funds. See Page 2
Schroon Lake students now have access to new technology thanks to alumni. See Page 22
Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava will travel to Albany to lobby for Moriah Shock. See Page 23
Village mulls future
Winter Weekend
Ticonderoga tops archrival Moriah Ticonderoga downed Moriah 35-20, in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference girls basketball play Jan. 28. The Sentinels led, 8-4, after one quarter and stretched their lead throughout the contest. See sports.
Crown Point musicians to play Crown Point Central School elementary musicians will present their winter concert on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. Band and string players in grades 4 – 6 will perform under the direction of Jeris French. The concert is free.
Ti senior citizens plan meeting TICONDEROGA — The next meeting of the Ticonderoga Area Senior Citizens will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. at the Armory.
THIS WEEK Ticonderoga...................2-9 Opinions ......................6-8 In Brief..........................10-12 Crown Point ..................15 Schroon Lake ................22 Moriah ..........................23 Sports ..........................24-26 Calendar ......................27 Classifieds....................28-31 Auto Zone ....................31-36
Hague to host events
Hearing set on dissolution of Port Henry
By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com HAGUE — Hague will host its 37th annual Winter Weekend Feb. 13-14. Formerly known as the winter carnival, the event is held the weekend prior to President’s Day in Hague. The focal point of the weekend is the town’s Beste Scholarship Fund. All proceeds will go toward the scholarship fund. Highlighting the event will be the annual Beste Scholarship dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Hague fire house. The buffet dinner will be an Italian meal. Tickets are $15 for adults. The meal is being catered by Silver Bay YMCA of the Adirondacks. Following the dinner the annual Beste Scholarships will be awarded and the Northern Lake George Rotary Club will host an auction. There will also be a 50-50 raffle to benefit the scholarship fund. Since 1988 more than 90 Hague students have received Beste Scholarships. The 2009 recipients were Samantha Abare, Shawn Brunet, Jordan Fuller and Ryan Ryder. Winter Weekend festivities will begin with the Hague Volunteer Fire Department buffet breakfast on Saturday from 711 a.m. at the fire house. Also on tap that day is a fivemile road race. The Fred LaPann Memorial Road Race will start and finish at the Hague fire house Saturday. The course is an out-andback race on West Hague Road. Race registration is at 8:15 a.m. and the run begins at 9 a.m. Runners age 19 and younger can compete for free, while adult racers will pay a $7 registration fee. Community Day will be held
Crown Point Supervisor Bethany Kosmider meets Gov. David Paterson prior to the governor’s announcement that ferry service would begin at the site of the former Lake Champlain Bridge.
Ferry service begins at former bridge site By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — Ferry service is now operating near the site of the former Lake Champlain Bridge. New York Gov. David Paterson visited the site Jan. 24 to announce the service and issue an apology. “I want to apologize to those on both sides of the lake for this situation,” he said. “This has been more than a loss of a bridge. It’s the loss of a way of life for the last eight decades.” Paterson said the Crown Point ferry will help bring normalcy to the local residents, but he vowed to press forward on the construction of a new span. “Only a new bridge will restore economic development and give a new quality of life to those who live and work on the shores of Lake Champlain,” the governor said.
I want to apologize to “ those on both sides of the lake...This has been more than the loss of a bridge.
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— Gov. David Paterson The Lake Champlain Bridge, which connects Crown Point and Chimney Point, Vt., closed Oct. 16 when engineers deemed it structurally unsafe. Opened in 1929, it was demolished Dec. 21 to make way for a new bridge, which is expected to be completed by summer 2011. More than 4,000 vehicles a day used the bridge. “The free ferry service will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week until the new bridge opens,” Paterson said. The ferry will accommodate 50 cars
See HAGUE, page 9
See CROWN POINT, page 15
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