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HOLIDAY SPIRIT
IN SCHROON LAKE
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By Fred Herbst
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IN CROWN POINT
TICONDEROGA — A food co-op store is being investigated in Ticonderoga. The town has received a Quality Communities Planning Grant from the New York Department of State to study the feasibility of creating a food co-op in the community. “We’re more apt to get a co-op type store than a chain grocery store,” Ti Supervisor Deb Malaney said. “This will allow us to see what our options are.” The town is working with PRIDE of Ticonderoga on the study. A food cooperative or food co-op is a grocery store owned, organized and operated by members. Since decisions about how to run a cooperative are not made by outside shareholders, cooperatives often exhibit a high degree of social responsibility with an emphasis on local, natural foods. “The town will work on this along with PRIDE,”
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Elizabeth and Vickye Gray await the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train in Ticonderoga. The train, decorated with thousands of lights and carrying a Christmas show, stopped in Ticonderoga and Port Henry. Photo by Nancy Frasier
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