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In Schroon Lake
New governor TICONDEROGA — Paige Hughes of T iconderoga High School was elected New York State youth governor during the 2011 Youth and Government confer ence in Albany. See page 8.
Kinderegarten registration set SCHROON LAKE — Schroon Lake Central School will hold kindergarten registration April 13 and April 29. Children must be 5 years of age on or before Dec. 1, 2011, to be eligible to enter kindergarten in September 2011. All childhood immunizations must be up-to-date and documented from a physician or clinic. A birth certificate and social security number ar e also requested at the time of registration. Parents should call the school office at 532-7164 ext. 3385 to place their child on the mailing list. Individual letters of invitation with the date and time for parents to bring their child to school for registration will be mailed after an appointment is set up.
Black Watch to host children TICONDEROGA — The Black W atch Memorial Library in T iconderoga will host a childr en’s story hour Saturday, March 26, at 10 a.m. The theme will be “Under the Sea.”
THIS WEEK Ticonderoga ................2-8 Opinions ......................6,7 In Brief ........................9-10 Schroon Lake ..............12 Moriah ........................13 Calendar......................14 Crown Point ................16-17 Spor ts ........................20-21 Obituaries....................24 Classifieds ..................25-28 Auto Zone ....................29-32
Super search down to 2 Ticonderoga principal makes short list By Andy Flynn
Murder mystery at
Ti High
andy@denpubs.com SCHROON LAKE — Ticonderoga High School Principal Michael Graney is one of two finalists in th e sear ch for a new superintendent at the Schr oon Lake Central School. Board of Education Pr esident John Armstrong said W ednesday morning, March 23, that board members stayed up Michael Graney late T uesday Ti High School Principal night to choose Graney and Oswego Middle School Principal Bonnie Finnerty to head into round thr ee of the interviewing pr ocess. They interviewed four candidates earlier in the week. “These four were a very tough choice for us,” Armstrong said, noting that the interviewing process went well this week. “We got input fr om the community and the teachers.” On Wednesday, March 16, school boar d members trimmed their candidate pool down to four after interviewing nine applicants over three days during round one, March 14-16, accor ding to School Boar d Clerk Lisa DeZalia, who is also the
Nick Addams, played by Derek Bevins, discovers the body of murder victim Nash Abercrombie, played by Riley Chapman, during the Ticonderoga High School production of “Beauty and the Deceased” March 19 and 20. See page 2 for the complete story. Photo by Nancy Frasier
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State finds faults at Monitor Bay campground By Fred Herbst
fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — The future of Crown Point’s Monitor Bay campground is in question. The town has been notified by the state Department of Health that it will not be granted a 201 1 campground permit until electrical safety and potable water issues ar e r esolved. Local of ficials will meet with engineers to determine exactly what needs to be done to meet state regulations and how much the work will cost, Supervisor Bethany Kosmider said. “We do not know yet what will
happen with Moniitems br ought along tor Bay ,” Kosmider by campers. said. “It is a sourc e of Those situations revenue for the town must be corr ected and we do not want before the state will to close it.” issue a permit for In 2010 Monitor 2011 to operate the Bay campgr ound campground, Kosgenerated $15,000 mider said. for the town. But at what cost? Kosmider said the Will the upgrades Department of cost mor e than the Bethany Kosmider Health has found revenue generated Crown Point Supervisor that waste water was by the campground? discharged fr om camping trailers “We just don’t know yet,” the sudirectly onto the gr ound. It also pervisor said. “W e have a meeting found the campgr ound lacks suf fiwith engineers Mar ch 28; hopefully cient electricity to operate the air we’ll get some answers. conditioners, televisions and other “Our goal is to keep the camp-
ground open,” Kosmider said. “But, if we’re not in compliance we can’t open. We don’t want someone to get sick or hurt.” In a worse case scenario, Monitor Bay campground may have to close temporarily. “We would never just close, although we may have to close for a while,” Kosmider said. “I’d like to find a way to complete these upgrades the state wants while r emaining open. I don’t know if that’s possible.” Another issue cited by the state is the campground’s size. Last year the state approved 42 sites for the campground. In a review, the state See CROWN POINT, page 17
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