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fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — Good help is hard to find, especially if you operate a marina. “There just aren’t enough marine technicians to fill all the jobs we have available,” explained Roger Phinney, executive director of the Eastern New York Marine Trades Association. “We have jobs. We want to hire people. We just can’t find them.” That’s why Phinney’s group and marina owners from the region are supporting the new Marine Academy being established at Ticonderoga High School in its newly-constructed, stateof-the-art technology center. Slated to open next September, the Marine Academy will be operated by Champlain Valley Tech and be available to students from Glens Halls to Plattsburgh. A two-year program, it will be limited to 13 students — and marina owners can’t wait until the first class graduates. “We’ll be fighting for them,” Rich Stolen, owner of Schroon Lake Marina and
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Gracie Wells has a great view of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train during its visit to Ticonderoga Nov. 28, seated on the shoulders of her grandfather, Jim Wells. The train’s arrival kicked off the community’s annual North Country Christmas celebration. The train also stopped in Port Henry.
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Schroon to host Christmas program By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com
Santa to arrive Dec. 10 SCHROON LAKE — Santa will be coming to Schroon Lake after all. A month after the Schroon Lake
Chamber of Commerce announced it had dropped sponsorship of its annual Old Tyme Christmas celebration, a group of residents have joined to bring a holiday event to the community. Santa’s arrival is scheduled along with children’s games, refreshments and a holiday movie Saturday, Dec. 10.
The event will begin at 4 p.m. with children’s face painting and activities at the Strand Theatre on Main Street. Santa will arrive at the theatre at 6 p.m. to meet children. At 8 p.m. the movie “Happy Feet 2” will be screened. The Schroon Lake Senior Citizens Center will be part of the festivities, serving cookies and hot chocolate 6
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