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High school season to open Moriah reached the New York State Class D championship game in football last season. Can the Vikings do it again? Area high school football, soccer, cross country and gymnastics teams are profiled in today’s Times of Ti. See sports.
Ti kindergarten visitation slated Adirondack Community Action Programs, Inc. has been funded to operate an Advantage After School Program in Schroon Lake Central School.. ACAP already operates sites in Moriah and Willsboro. The program is available to children in grades prekindergarten to six. Funded through the Office of Children and Family Services the program provides a safe and healthy place for children to go after school. Children have the opportunity to receive homework assistance and exposure to a wide variety of activities.
THIS WEEK Ticonderoga...................2-8 Opinions ......................6-7 Schroon Lake ................11 Crown Point ..................12 Moriah ..........................13 Obituaries ....................15 Sports ..........................17-26 Calendar ......................27 Classifieds....................29-31 Auto Zone ....................32-36
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Encampment
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Fort Ticonderoga will host its annual Revolutionary War encampment Sept. 12-13. See Page 3
Schroon is seeking funding for a town hall expansion project that includes the library. See Page 11
Mountain Lake Services marked the 60th anniversary of its parent organization with a walk. See Page 13
Bridge future a worry Faster action sought on Champlain span By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — When Crown Point Supervisor Dale French attends the next Champlain Bridge advisory committee meeting later this month, he’ll have a simple message — let’s hustle. “It’s like the project isn’t important to anyone but us,” French said. “It’s frustrating that we can’t get any action.” The aging Champlain Bridge that connects Crown Point with Vermont will be renovated or replaced beginning in 2013. That’s not soon enough for French and other local leaders who believe the project will miss out on federal stimulus money now being made available for such work. “We have a lot of people who depend on that bridge to get to and from work every day, farmers who have cattle on both sides of the lake, people who go to Vermont for medical appointments and shopping,” French said. “We need that bridge.” Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava agrees. “The Lake Champlain bridge is critical to our community,” he said. “We have a large number of people who depend on that bridge every day. “There are billions of dollars available
Gretchen Hanley, age 3, of Belmont, Mass., and Keith Wattenbarger, 4, of Brooklyn take part in “Wacky Water Week” activities at the Silver Bay YMCA. Photo by Nancy Frasier
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DA candidates debate issues By Jonathan Alexander and Matt Bosley denpubs@denpubs.com
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Sprague faced off in a debate at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Aug. 27, ex-
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