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SL village to look at new sign plan By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com SARANAC LAKE — The village of Saranac Lake will be getting a signage plan that will help visitors navigate around the community. Village Board members called it a “wayfinding plan” Monday, May 14, when they approved $20,250 to hire Alta Planning & Design to complete the project. They will use Urban Development Action Grant money set aside for business promotion and 90-Miler Blueway grant funds to pay for it. “The village has need for consistent wayfinding and business promotion signage that enhances the visitor experience, makes it easier for bicyclists and pedestrians to follow trails and walking loops and promotes businesses and downtown in a

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Kids from all over the region attended the annual Touch a Truck event Saturday, May 12 at the North Elba Showgrounds in Lake Placid, where they got a chance to climb aboard different kinds of trucks, including fire trucks, snow plows, garbage trucks, police cruisers and ambulances. Inside a bucket from a front-end loader are, from left, 3-year-old Peter Robjent, of Lake Placid; and Elsa, 3, and Soren, 5, Jacobson of Keene. Proceeds benefited the Lake Placid After School Program. Photo by Andy Flynn

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LAKE PLACID — North Elba Town Board members are considering a plan to build an anaerobic digester at the transfer station that would turn food scraps and other matter into fertilizer that could help them grow produce. Tammy Morgan presented

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that we’re constantly paying for,” Morgan said. In an anaerobic digester, microorganisms break down biodegradeable material without oxygen. Food scraps and matter are put into a digester and come out as “digestate” that has a solid and liquid component. “And both parts are useful as fertilizers,” Morgan said. Methane gas is also gener-

ated. On the flip side, composting is an aerobic process that uses oxygen. The four goals of the project are: •to divert 90,000 tons of organic material from landfills annually; •to create green jobs in the rapidly growing field of bioenergy and bioproducts; CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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LAKE PLACID — On May 10, Dean Dietrich appeared before the Lake Placid village board to ask for funding for the creation of a new joint comprehensive plan for the town of North Elba and the village of Lake Placid. Town officials May 8 decided to kick in $12,500 toward the effort, and the village board voted to contribute the same.

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