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By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga Pol ice Department, after several years of discussion, may be moving to a new home downtown. The Ti town board has directed its attorney to begin negotiations to lease the former Rite Aid building on Montcalm Str eet as a new police headquarters. The boar d’s action followed a presentation Oct. 13 by a committee that has been investigating the current police building on Bur goyne Road and options. The committee — that includes tr ustee Steve Whitford, Police Chief Mark Johns, Ross Kelley , Rolly Allen, Mar garet Lauman, Dave W oods and Shar on Reynolds — r ecommended leasing the former Rite Aid building and renovating it. The committee studied square footage and availability of buildings in the community, parking, location, and flexibility to expand if the need arises and costs. Ticonderoga officials have long discussed moving the police downtown but accelerated the discussion in December 2009 when str uctural issues ar ose at the police headquarters. The nearly 70-year-old

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PORT HENRY — The proposed 2012 Moriah town budget falls within the new state 2 percent tax cap.

The town’s preliminary budget totals $4,094,489. That’s an increase of $155,054 — 3.9 per cent — fr om the current spending plan of $3,939,435. The preliminary 2012 tax levy totals $1,978,306. That’s an increase of $28,687 — 1.47 per cent — fr om the present levy of $1,949,619. A public hearing on the proposed budget will be held Thursday , Nov. 10, at 5:45 p.m. at the town courthouse, adjacent to the town hall at

Park Place in Port Henry. Supervisor Tom Scozzafava expects few, if any, changes before the spending plan is adopted by the town board. “I support the tax cap, but if the state really wanted to cut spending they should have capped appropriations,” Scozzafava said. “The tax cap really isn’t an issue for Moriah. W e haven’t had a 2 percent tax increase in a decade.” Still, the 2012 budget has been dif-

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