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By Fred Herbst
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CROWN POINT — The two-year anniversary of the Lake Champlain Bridge closure will be observed Oct. 16. The Lake Champlain Bridge Community will mark the occasion with live music, a fund raising barbeque and raf fles noon to 4 p.m. at the Cr own Point State Historic Site. The bridge was closed abruptly Oct. 16, 2009, after an inspection r evealed deep cracks in its support pillars. It was destr oyed by a controlled explosion in December 2009 and constr uction began in its replacement. The Lake Champlain Bridge Community, a gr oup of New York and V ermont residents and businesses who have lobbied for quick replacement of the span, had hoped to hold an opening ceremony that weekend. However, constr uction delays r uined the original schedule. The New York
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Jevyn Granger tried on a deep diving wat er suit at the Lake Champlain M aritime Museum when his sixth grade class from St. Mary's School in Ticonderoga visited recently.
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Ti teachers rally to aid colleague Keene Valley home lost to flooding By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — Russ Cook lost his home to T ropical Storm Irene, but the T iconderoga Elementary School teacher feels fortunate.
“It’s amazing,” he said. “Events like this r eally bring out the best in people. That’s the lesson of Irene — we have wonderful friends and neighbors. I’m incr edibly thankful for what’s been done for my family .” Cook, who lives in Keene V alley with his wife, Angie, and two small children, awoke Aug. 28 to find his home was a virtual island because of flooding in the AuSable River and Johns Brook.
“At 1 p.m. I decided to pack up the family and leave,” Cook recalled. “I realized the water was going to come into the house and I didn’t want my kids to deal with that trauma and anxiety. We went to stay with a friend.” Cook, who has taught kindergarten in T iconderoga the last six years, returned to his home the next
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