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It’s over: Port Henry dissolves after 147 years

By Lohr McKinstry

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PORT HENRY – Village leaders had kind words for each other as the last Port Henry Board of Trustees meeting wrapped up recently.

The village is dissolving as a municipality on March 31, and the Town of Moriah will take over its properties and most responsibilities.

Village Mayor Ernest Guerin said Deputy Mayor/Trustee Matthew Brassard did a great job handling things when he couldn’t be around, due to work out of town.

“Your presence every day was appreciated by me and everyone else,” Guerin said. “It’s a sad day to a new beginning, in something we all have to look forward to.

Healthcare fight drags local taxes into national spotlight

“We still need to push ahead in the future.”

Brassard said he appreciates the faith Guerin had in him.

“You put your trust in me, a young man, to run this (village),” he said.

Guerin said dissolution won’t change the community.

“We’re still going to be Port Henry,” the mayor said. “I had a lot of wonderful people working with me. The people have all been great. They made it a success. I’m very happy and we have to move forward.”

Former mayor and trustee Ruth McDonough was at the last meeting.

“It was my honor and privilege to work with you,” she told Guerin. “You will be missed. Thank you for your hard work.”

Moriah Chamber of Commerce President Cathy LaFoun-

tain was at the meeting to present Guerin with an inscribed clock on behalf of the community.

Port Henry Fire Chief James Hughes also thanked village officials.

“Thank you for continued support,” he said. “It’s been a very positive experience.”

Joint Wastewater Treatment Facility/Water Plant operator Carl “Chip” Perry said he’s been with them for 21 years.

“The community should be happy and proud of what you have done,” Perry said. “You got $5 million to build the drinking water plant. That’s unheard of today.”

Village Department of Public Works Superintendent Daniel “Digger” Laing said the inventory of village property and equipment is finished and turned in. >> See PORT HENRY | pg. 13

Tale as old as time

Unfunded mandates take center stage as state, federal officials slug it out

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — The replacement plan to kill the Affordable Care Act is dead on arrival following last week’s cancelled House vote.

But the defeat wasn’t before a tense week opened up an extraordinary rupture along state, local and federal faultlines.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared all-out combat against the state’s GOP congressional delegation after members endorsed a last minute amendment that would have banned the state from collecting Medicaid shares from upstate counties.

The measure would have tore a $2.3 billion hole in the state budget, said the governor, leading to a $6.9 billion deficit over four years when paired with other cuts.

State officials continued to lob grenades until Friday’s cancelled vote, including Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, who said federal GOP lawmakers “sold their votes” and bribed their colleagues in an attempt to ensure passage of the botched healthcare replacement bill.

Republicans countered Cuomo was engaged in a “misinformation” campaign designed to spread fear, and the state could find ways to fill the hole — or cut spending in other areas — if they really wanted to.

As Cuomo continues to sound off against federal proposals, including tax reform in a Daily News op-ed on Sunday, the >> See TAX FIGHT | pg. 11

Belle, played by Ashlyn Lough, stares longingly at the Beast, played by Ben Wisser, during the production of “Beauty and the Beast” at Schroon Lake Central More than 50 students took part in the two-day performance on March 24-25. To see a gallery of photos from this production, visit suncommunitynews.com/mycapture.

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Ticonderoga BackPack Program gets boost Kiwanis got a helpful donation from AmeriGas Propane

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TICONDEROGA – The Ticonderoga Kiwanis Club’s program that provides nutritious food for deserving kids got a boost from Ticonderoga AmeriGas recently.

AmeriGas Propane District Manager Terry Benedict said the business was honored to donate to the Kiwanis Club for the area’s BackPack Program, which supplies backpacks full of healthy foods for weekend meals to needy elementary school students.

The $500 check was presented to John Bartlett and Robert C. Dedrick of the Kiwanis organization.

“We are honored to be able to be part of such a successful and high impact program, knowing it will directly help the youth in our community,” said Benedict. “The local Kiwanians, partners and volunteers have worked so hard and have made such a remarkable impact, AmeriGas is proud to support their grassroots efforts.

“AmeriGas has always been a part of this community since I was a young child playing Little League baseball, and we will continue to strive in enhancing and empowering our

community.”

Other recent recipients of funding assistance have been local Boy Scout Troop 73, Chilson Volunteer Fire Department, Ticonderoga Little League/Minor League, Northern Lake George Rotary Club and Pet Connection.

“Thank you to all these organizations and many more desiring groups who enrich and make a difference in our community,” Benedict said.

The BackPack Program operates in Ticonderoga, Moriah and other local schools.

The AmeriGas Staff presented a $500 check to the Ticonderoga Kiwanis Club for its BackPack Program.

From left are: Emily Meachem, AmeriGas customer relations representative; Jami Dedrick, AmeriGas customer relations representative; Terry Benedict, AmeriGas district manager; John Bartlett, Kiwanis; and Robert C. Dedrick, Kiwanis.

Rachel Zauner’s first grade class at St. Mary’s School in Ticonderoga recently visited Moore’s Maple Farm in Putnam Station, where owner Allen Moore gave the children a complete tour on how maple syrup is made, from tree to bottle.

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Ticonderoga Community Dinners to get upgrade Next free Ticonderoga Community Dinner will serve up a delicacy

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TICONDEROGA – The next free Community Fellowship Dinner in Ticonderoga will feature the delicacy of baked Parmesancrusted chicken.

The monthly dinners have become a popular night-out for many residents, organizers said.

The next Free Community Fellowship Dinner at the Ticonderoga First United Methodist Church will be held on Sunday, April 2 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Everyone is welcome and reservations are not necessary.

“Come and enjoy the festive spirit in Fellowship Hall,” co-organizer Joan Viault said.

“Everyone is welcome to attend the free dinners held each month.”

The menu will be Parmesan-crusted chicken, mashed potatoes and vegetables. An array of desserts and beverages will also be available.

The free monthly dinner program is an outreach project of the church and is selfsupporting.

“There is always plenty of good food, conversation and laughter enjoyed by all at the monthly fellowship dinners,” Viault said.

While there is no charge, a free-will donation is taken. High chairs, booster seats, take-outs and a child-friendly menu are also available.

The First United Methodist Church is located at 1045 Wicker Street in Ticonderoga.

For more information about the free dinners or the church, contact the church office at 518 585-7995 or visit the church web site: www.tifumc.com.

Parmesan-crusted chicken will be served up at the next free Community Dinner in Ticonderoga.

Local car dealership steps up to bat with youth baseball program Christopher Chevrolet forges partnership to aid Ticonderoga Little League TICONDEROGA — In the spirit of community collaboration and teamwork taught through youth sports, Christopher Chevrolet will support Ticonderoga Little League through the Chevy Youth Baseball Program this season.

This sponsorship will include both monetary and equipment donations during the 2017 youth baseball season.

Christopher Chevrolet is sponsoring Ticonderoga Little League as a part of Chevrolet’s nation-wide commitment to support youth sports. Over the course of the season, Christopher Chevrolet will also donate Chevrolet-branded equipment to the league.

“We are looking forward to a great season with Ticonderoga Little League that will be filled with exciting games and an enhanced experience for the teams through the equipment

and cash donations,” Joe Orta, of Christopher Chevrolet, said.

“Chevy Youth Baseball is just one example of how committed our dealership is to supporting the youth and families in our community.”

Ti Elks to host Easter breakfast April 9 TICONDEROGA — The Ticonderoga Elks Lodge will host a buffet style breakfast on April 9 from 8-11 a.m. A special guest will appear: the Easter bunny. Tickets are $8 per adult, $5 for children ages five to 10 and veterans. Children under four eat free.

Caregiver classes upcoming ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Office for the Aging will host caregiver classes every Friday, from April

The 2017 program will provide assistance to approximately 300 organizations in the northeastern region and Chevrolet dealers will contribute over $450,000 in monetary and equipment donations.

14 through May 19 at the ACAP Conference Room at 7572 Court Street. Class size is limited and registration is requested. For more information, call 873-3695.

Lake George Easter brunch slated LAKE GEORGE — Organizers at Camp Chingachgook invite residents to visit and enjoy a traditional Easter brunch on the shores of Lake George. Brunch starts at 11 a.m. with a menu that features a variety of breakfast and lunch options, including vegetarian dishes. Reservations required. Call 656-9462 to RSVP. The cost is $19.

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State, green groups lash Trump order to undo climate policies Dismantling of Clean Power Plan would harm brook trout populations, says Adirondack Council

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to roll back Obama-era environmental regulations.

The order gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan, the set of rules that established goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fueled electricity plants through a national trading system.

“This would allow the EPA to focus on their primary mission of protecting our air and protecting our water,” Trump said in a televised news conference, promising a new “energy revolution” as he signed the order sur-

rounded by coal miners.

The region’s leading green group didn’t mince words over what the rollback might mean for the Adirondack Park.

“Say goodbye to the Adirondack brook trout if the Trump administration repeals the Clean Power Plan,” Adirondack Council Spokesman John Sheehan wrote in a statement released shortly before Trump signed the order on Tuesday.

But the Clean Power Plan had never taken effect, and had been stalled for years following litigation against the EPA filed by over a dozen states who claimed the plan was unconstitutional.

FISH THREATENED The Adirondack Council said this will “devastate” the Adirondack Park by worsening both climate change and acid rain, threatening the cold-water fisheries where brook trout live.

“That would harm our clean water, forests, wildlife and communities,” said Adirondack Council William Janeway in a statement.

“Both the economy and the environment would suffer grave damage.”

Pollution drifting over from midwest power plants is the leading cause of acid rain in the Adirondack Park.

Over the course of the past two decades, brook trout populations have rebounded as a result of ponds and waterways becoming less acidic — including those written off as dead.

Overall, the Clean Power Plan was expected to reduce acid rain another 25 percent in the Northeast by 2030, Janeway said.

“That won’t happen if the Trump plan moves forward,” Janeway said. “And the progress we have made since the

plan was announced will disappear.”

GOVERNORS ISSUE STATEMENT Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Jerry Brown, of California, issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitments to exceeding targets of the now-jeopardized plan, and reducing carbon emissions.

Dismantling the plan, said the pair, is “profoundly misguided and shockingly ignores basic science.”

New York and California account for roughly 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S, according to materials provided by Cuomo’s office.

The release touted their efforts to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy programs alongside their aggressive greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in North America to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050.

“New York and California will continue to work closely together — and with other states — to help fill the void left by the federal government.”

RETIREMENT FUND THREATENED State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli called the order an “ill-conceived and dangerous attack on environmental protections.”

“Delaying, weakening or eliminating the Clean Power Plan, easing restrictions on flaring of methane from gas wells and eliminating climate change from the National Environmental Policy Act are acts of willful denial regarding the reality of climate change,” DiNapoli said in a statement.

And while the order doesn’t remove the U.S. from the Paris Agreement — the sweeping international glob-

al agreement to combat climate change signed in 2015 — the comptroller said the order will undercut the nation’s ability to live up to its obligations.

DiNapoli said investments in the New York State Common Retirement Fund may also be threatened by these efforts, and the order will make it more difficult for difficult for U.S. companies and workers to “benefit and profit at the forefront of the rapidly developing global low carbon economy.”

“I will continue to stand up and be vocal when this administration actively undermines the health and safety of New Yorkers, and threatens the long-term profitability of the companies in which the New York State Common Retirement Fund invests,” DiNapoli said.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) also blasted the order.

“Trump admin has put American people’s health & our planet’s future on the back burner, lining the pockets of big oil & special interests,” Schumer wrote on Twitter.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos sounded off: “Extraordinarily bad decision by #POTUS literally puts future of planet in jeopardy,” Seggos wrote on Twitter. “Terrible.”

And New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, citing a coalition of 23 states and local governments, threatened possible court action.

“We won’t hesitate to protect those we serve — including by aggressively opposing in court President Trump’s actions that ignore both the law and the critical importance of confronting the very real threat of climate change,” Schneiderman said

in a statement.

STEFANIK SOUNDS OFF Rep. Elise Stefanik (RWillsboro) plans on reviewing the details of the executive order with the Climate Solutions Caucus, according to a spokesman.

“Congresswoman Stefanik is a leader in Congress on the issue of addressing climate change in economically viable ways,” said Tom Flanagin. “However, she believes solutions need to be worked through Congress and not done by executive rule.”

The lawmaker, said Flanagin, recently led a group of 17 of her House GOP colleagues in introducing a resolution that calls for using “American innovation to improve environmental stewardship.”

Stefanik was criticized by green groups for her 2015 vote against carbon limits for power plants.

But the lawmaker attributed that vote to the need for a level international playing field.

“I have concerns with the lack of enforcement with other developing countries around the world,” Stefanik said at a debate last year in Plattsburgh, citing China and India. “We need to ensure that they’re also pursuing environmentally-friendly policies.”

BIG CUTS The order joins other cuts in environmental safeguards that are expected to come as part of the Trump administration.

Trump’s budget proposal, revealed earlier this month, contains a 31 percent cut in E.P.A. funding, a reduction that will slash 3,200 staffers, bringing the agency to the lowest levels in three decades.

The so-called “skinny

budget” also proposes eliminating international climate change programs, climate change research and partnership programs, as well as research funding and monies to clean up Superfund sites.

In all, over 50 EPA programs would be eliminated — including infrastructure assistance to native Alaskan villages and the Mexico border, which the White House said were “lower priority, poorly performing and duplicative.”

Now that the Clean Power Plan is on the ropes, the EPA and White House must come up with another, the New York Times reported.

FARMERS HAPPY But one sweet spot in the White House’s review of environmental regulations, said local farmers, is that a controversial rule passed under the Obama administration may be overturned.

Trump last month signed an order directing the E.P.A. and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review the “Waters of the United States” Rule.

Under the Clean Water Act, the federal government had expanded their jurisdiction over waterways that expanded onto private property.

But farmers say this is increased bureaucracy that does little but attempt to regulate drainage ditches, culverts and mud puddles that has had no practical effect.

“I do like the fact that enforcement of that rule has been rescinded,” said Essex County Vice Chairman Shaun Gillilland, who is also a cattle farmer in Willsboro.

“The Obamacare administration overstepped common sense balance with that rule.”

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Gunning Dance Studio prepares for annual recital Featuring 65 dancers at big Ticonderoga show

By Lohr McKinstry

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TICONDEROGA – Jennie Lou Gunning of Gunning Dance Family and Fitness Studio is heading for her fourth upcoming student dance recital.

More than 65 dancers will perform in this year’s show, titled “Dance, Dance, Dance!”

The production is on Friday, April 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ticonderoga High School auditorium. Cost is $5 a person for adults, $3 for students and seniors, and children under age 5 are free.

Ticket sales are by the dancers, the studio, and at the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce office.

“We’re using a lot of tap, ‘40s, Oldies, and an opening with Queen and a closing with Europe,” Gunning explained. “We have a little Irish, a little worship, some Disney (music). There will also be a light show.”

She said everything is coming together.

“The children are doing fabulously and working hard,” Gunning said. “The excitement is in the air.”

The studio will again donate additional proceeds to performing arts scholarships and a fund to restore the historic Ticonderoga High School auditorium.

“When the THS auditorium is completed, it will be magic,” she said. “The restoration will be something to see.”

The school district has plans to renovate the auditorium over the summer break.

Gunning said additional fundraisers will be held at the recital.

“Our major fundraiser is at the entrance of the recital,” she said. “Raffles, flowers, water sales, a 50/50 drawing.”

She also extended a thank you to Norma Strong Sage, who operated a dance studio in Ticonderoga for decades.

“Norma Strong Sage is my inspiration of over 40 years,” Gunning said. “The program this year is dedicated to the late Doug Spaulding, who was Norma’s soundman.”

Gunning said she has other offerings at the studio, such as adult line dancing Mondays at 6 p.m., a Scholarship Dance the first Saturday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m., with donations to the Ticonderoga Performing Arts Scholarship.

There’s also ballroom dancing Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m.,

with instructor John Donyew.

She said she plans to hold Dance Camp in July, with details to be announced later.

Gunning said her motto remains the same.

“All dreams should come true, with a little help from all of us,” she said.

For more information on the Gunning Dance Family and Fitness Studio, call 518 585-6781.

ABOVE: Children rehearse for the 4th-annual Dance Recital of the Gunning Dance Studio in Ticonderoga. Three-year-olds are doing a can-can dance number here.

Fire breaks out in Chilson home, wood stove blamed

By Lohr McKinstry

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TICONDEROGA – Fire hit a home at 30 County Route 56 in the hamlet of Chilson Tuesday morning.

A wood stove was blamed for the fire that did moderate damage to the house.

The first alarm to Chilson and Ticonderoga firefighters went out at about 10 a.m., to a house owned by Naomi and Roger Richards Jr. The fire was brought under control with mutual aid from Ticonderoga, Schroon Lake,

Port Henry, Crown Point and North Hudson.

Firefighters arriving on the scene reported heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the home.

Westport brought the Essex County Air One truck to the fire to refill air bottles.

The Richardses are staying with neighbors, and declined assistance from the North Country Chapter of the American Red Cross.

The cause is believed to be a malfunctioning wood stove that spread flames into a wall.

“I was the first unit to arrive on scene and found smoke coming from the south end of the house,” Ticonderoga Fire Chief Matt

Watts said. “It was coming out from the window sills, the outside wall along the chimney, the eaves and the roof. Our first arriving engine made an interior attack on the fire, while arriving Chilson firefighters worked on an exterior attack.”

The home is repairable, Watts said.

“The flames didn’t spread,” he said. “It kind of contained itself to that one wall (by the wood stove).”

Lamoille Ambulance Service also stood by on scene and the Ticonderoga Fire Ladies Auxiliary provided refreshments.

The Richardses said they have insurance on

the home, Watts said.

At one point, they were called to a chimney fire that was quickly extinguished, Watts said.

“Minutes after we were dispatched for this fire, we received a second call in our district for a chimney fire, in which our aerial truck and crew responded to State Route 22, and we received mutual aid from Putnam Fire for.”

All departments were back in service from the Chilson fire by 12:10 p.m. No injuries were reported fighting the fire.

“Everyone did a great job working together,” Watts said. “It was a great save (of the house).”

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Beep beep, here comes more fraud

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t’s time to talk about taxis.

No, not the reputable folks trying to make an honest living, but rather the shifty medical transport business that has mushroomed in Essex County since the state took over the industry in 2012.

There are two separate, but related, issues: Cost and fraud, both of which are concerning.

Essex County coughed up $3.2 million on the Medicaid rides last year, up 800 percent in the past five years.

If the trend is any indication, the numbers are only slated to continue along that same trajectory.

The state Department of Health defended the costs, claiming the agency is projected to see a statewide savings of $30 million once the reforms have been fully implemented.

The increased costs are due to increased trips, said the agency.

But what the state doesn’t appear to take into account is that many of these trips are fraudulent, as reported to county officials over the past year in a series of astonishing complaints ranging from sexual harassment of passengers to bribery.

Naturally the trips are going to increase if people learn how to game the system with bad operators making false billing statements and sticking county taxpayers with the tab.

Unfortunately, a local takeover of the system isn’t in the cards, and the county will not be able to claw back oversight.

But the state did advise Essex County to consider a local law. Doing so will safeguard public safety while making it easier for state enforcement agencies to crack down on these problematic drivers.

While a public hearing originally scheduled for this week was dashed in order for local officials to make further revisions to the law, the legislation is all-but-certain to be brought up again this spring.

Good for Essex County, who is taking a statewide lead on the issue, in part, due to an eagle-eyed county department head who flagged the problem long before state brass wanted to even admit that one existed.

Other localities around the state are closely watching to how the county will handle this.

So far, they’ve done everything right.

But the law must be paired with other state measures in order to be truly effective.

The state last month inked a $98.3 million contract with Medical Answering Services, a Syracuse-based call center, to continue facilitating the dispatch service that coordinates these drivers.

With such a large amount of taxpayer money on the line, the state needs to have better oversight over the company.

At present, county officials report fraud to MAS. But those complaints then vanish into the ether.

Simply asking MAS to self-report alleged fraud up the state’s bureaucratic food chain is not good enough, and is akin to foxes guarding the henhouse.

Meanwhile, bad actors continue to cruise the streets in their deathmobiles and prey on the unfortunate of Essex County while sucking up our tax dollars.

Medicaid became a flashpoint in the debate to repeal the Affordable Care Act last month.

The nixed bill to replace the law contained an amendment that would have relieved counties of their Medicaid costs by 2020.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo went nuclear over how the measure would have blasted a $2.3 billion hole in the state’s coffers.

County executives defended the proposal, and the governor lobbed bomb after bomb before the legislation collapsed last Friday.

While we don’t agree with the amendment — it was a craven and cynical ploy to sweeten the deal for the the GOP delegation — we do agree with Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso that something needs to be done to

bring the state’s Medicaid costs under control.

At $60 billion annually, New York ranks second-highest in the nation in Medicaid annual spending — more than Texas and Florida combined.

Spending per Medicaid beneficiary is 44 percent more than the national average, Collins noted.

But despite this increase, efforts to root out fraud are being diminished at the state level.

According to the state comptroller’s audit of the executive budget proposal, funding for the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General is proposed to decline by $2.7 million, or 5.3 percent, in the upcoming state fiscal year.

This decline, according to the audit, is primarily attributable to a reduction in the agency’s workforce, through attrition, by 27 positions to 426 and by achieving “operational efficiencies.”

What operational efficiencies?

Translation: Asking people to do more with less, or throwing another stone on the back of an already-beleaguered state agency.

This echoes another worrisome set of disparate trends surfacing in the North Country: The uptick in tourism to the High Peaks paired with a hiring freeze at the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the agency tasked with ensuring its upkeep.

We understand the governor prides himself on keeping spending at state agencies flat, but these are two freezes that have real, tangible effects that allow problems to compound and build up into untenable situations in local communities.

The solution is simple: If the state wants to reform Medicaid to make it more efficient, and bring more people to visit our beautiful area, they need to be paired with the proper staffing levels to accommodate these changes.

Period.

Because allowing these operators to drive their cabs with impunity is no different than inviting people to trek around the backcountry but not doing anything to address the filth and erosion left in their wake.

Both can be avoided with a degree of common sense and discretionary spending when it comes to critical state agencies.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Officials should explore construction of low income housing To the Editor: I was pleased to see an article on the front page of the Sun that addressed some of the problems with taxpayer-subsidized housing. I think there is a desperate need in our area for affordable low income housing.

I would like to suggest that rather than continuing the debate inspection of taxpayer-subsidized housing, time would be better spend if town supervisors, county officials and members of our communities would pursue the building of subsidized low income housing in our towns.

If people had access to decent low income housing, the slum landlords that seem to be so prevalent in our area would, hopefully, go out of business.

Beth Hanley Ticonderoga

Thanks for Jack Wax support To the Editor: Around 40 volunteers energetically stepped forward to support all aspects of the annual Jack Wax Party, our decades-old town cancer fundraiser, on March 11.

A huge appreciation to each one! This event would not happen without you. The turnout for the dinner may have been down but the positive energy and palpable sense of giving was alive and well. Many many thanks.

Donations may still be sent to Nancy Decker, 15 Bear Pond Road, Athol. Make checks payable to the American Cancer Society.

Marilyn Hoy-Youngblood Thurman

Healthcare defeat spotlights lack of Ê bipartisanÊ collaboration To the Editor: I watched CNN news last Friday as the Republicans in our House of Representatives struggled to resolve their internal differences on the repeal and replacement of Obamacare.

Speaker Paul Ryan did his best to move the bill along to the Republicans in the Senate.

The Democrats watched as the various factions of the Republican Party took unresolvable positions effectively blocking the repeal/replacement process. The Republican Congress, men and women, were listening not to the speaker or their president but, instead, they listened to their constituents.

We on the outside watched this political process with dismay that we did not get a “better and cheaper” law.

We, the people, lost.

When Obamacare was created, there was no real interactive collaboration between the two major political parties. In this present attempt to enact a different and better law, there also was no effective interactive collaboration between the two parties.

I truly believe that, had the two parties worked together, in a congenial and collaborative way, their joint efforts would have resulted in better legislation.

It would be even more possible if they started with an agreement on basic goals with the broad spectrum of American people in mind.

The result of a joint effort between the two parties would be a flawed document and engender considerable criticism by people from both parties. This is the democratic way. This “flawed document” would then be owned by both parties wherein joint efforts could be made to polish the law closer to perfection.

We Americans, with our renowned democratic government, are neither serving ourselves well nor are we offering a model for other budding democracies throughout the world to emulate. Our political parties must work together. They are not, and our people are not well served.

Both Democrats and Republicans acknowledge that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) would be stronger and more effective with positive revisions. Instead our representatives in Congress now point to each, blame each other — and do nothing.

Yes, we lose again.

Edward Welch Johnsburg

Local officials are spendaholics To the Editor: So it seems that somehow the steering wheel and the rudder have become disconnected.

In the town of Westport, for example, the town and county are going full tilt on some $3 million in construction products, each which will have decades of future expenses, at the same time, just over $1.3 million

in foreclosures are set for just the remaining part of March in Westport and adjoining Lewis.

It seems to me, all the construction projects are ill-advised.

For example, has government contacted Stewart’s to see if they could be contracted to provide the food?

Has Westport even considered a merger with the towns of Essex and Willsboro, all of whom share common demographics, and Willsboro has an almost new building?

And Essex has a brand new fire station? And the Cornell Co-Op — can it even justify its existence?

Sound judgement is called for by our elected officials, not spendaholics.

William Kuntz Elizabethtown

FrustratedÊ atÊ SchroonÊ LakeÊ broadbandÊ delays To the Editor: To all Town of Schroon residents: At our last meeting with our broadband/internet SLIC representative, we were informed of another serious problem and delay.

It appears National Grid is demanding more money for replacing the over 60 poles identified as not in compliance.

Additionally, National Grid needs to apply to the Adirondack Park Agency, Department of Environmental Conservation and state Department of Transportation for permits just to replace these existing poles.

It appears permits are required because all the lands are Forest Preserve lands.

With these additional charges by National Grid, the build out of high speed internet cannot be completed for the entire town of Schroon.

Some areas now will not receive the internet, phone and television service because no funds are available.

This broadband/internet situation has been going on for almost five years now.

I find it highly questionable that National Grid is just now finding out about the need for these permits.

We ask that all concerned residents contact Senator Little and Assemblyman Stec’s offices, requesting their assistance in obtaining more funds so the build out of Schroon’s rural areas can be completed.

Also, their assistance in getting the APA, DEC and DOT permits expedited so work can begin this spring.

Otherwise we could be looking at years more of delay.

Also ask them to pass legislation to remove, by at least one mile, the Forest Preserve from all roads and utilities.

I am sure Schroon is not the only town that is or will have this problem.

Donald Sage Chairman, Broadband/Internet Committee Schroon

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e’ve arrived at a unique point in time where change and unrest seems to everywhere.

People have greater opportunity to express their concern than ever before.

With so much information flooding the marketplace it has given rise to inaccurate information, at times, that once delivered takes on a life of its own as it is shared and passed along.

Over the last few decades the proliferation of channels, talking heads and various media sources have given rise to so much noise people aren’t sure whom they can believe and find themselves gravitating to what they want to believe versus what the need to know.

It’s easy in any profession today to get sidetracked and look for short cuts to success. The professional needs sometimes take a back seat to the financial or practical needs of meeting the organization’s mission.

As we look at our role as a locally owned, free community newspaper, reaching over 60,000 homes each week, with a high and consistent readership in excess of 80% according to our 20+ plus years of independent audits, we know we do not have all the answers for the many issues facing our communities.

So as we look to the future and how to best provide you with valuable, unfiltered information we will be creating a new feature called Points of View.

The purpose will be to invite a wide array of community leaders, elected officials, business operators, community organization chiefs, and everyday citizens to address topics of keen interest to our North Country region.

We hope, Point of View provides readers with a unique insight into local information that drives commentary and answers concerns; with topics are as wide ranging as the region.

Issues will range from health care, housing, transportation, substance abuse and treatment, economic development, education, workforce, senior care, parenting, agriculture, infrastructure, religion, crime, environment, land usage, recreation, tourism, child care and so much more.

Point of View in time will become the place to find information average readers may not have direct access to and because it is first person written, it eliminates the third party filter that at times can cloud or sway an intended position.

Point of View is not a place for political spin, politics nor insults but instead a place for sound facts and insight into reasons affecting certain outcomes. In a time of great change and uncertain futures we hope Point of View creates a sense of understanding and knowledge that assists readers with their own views on certain subjects and stimulates the kind of public dialogue needed to create viable solutions.

We’re in the process of compiling a list of local individuals who will be invited to share their Point of View on the issues that affect us all here at home. We hope you find value in this new feature and share your thoughts in the open letters section of the paper.

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EYE ON THE ARTS

ELIZABETH IZZO

his summer, a local artist will be awarded an honorary degree from SUNY Plattsburgh.

Jean-Jacques Duval of Willsboro, a France-born artist and sculptor, will receive a degree in fine arts from the state university in May following his creation of a stained glass piece for the college’s Feiniberg Library.

The piece, titled “Kristallnacht: Night of Broken Glass,” was commissioned to hang in the Douglas and Evelyn Skopp Holocaust Memorial Gallery in 2012.

“Kristallnacht” was created to commemorate Nov. 7, 1938, when the Nazis ordered the destruction of Jewish businesses and homes in Munich, Germany.

The night was so named “Kristallnacht,” or “The Night of Broken Glass” from the shattered glass from the thousands of store windows that had been destroyed.

When he received word about the honorary degree, Duval said he was overwhelmed, pleased and honored to accept the award.

“Creating the ‘Kristallnacht’ glass sculptures for the Holocaust museum was a very emotional trip back to the occupation with stressful memories for me,” said Duval, in a news release. “Chopping the dale de verre — slab glass — I could not help but see in my mind the ‘Night of Broken Glass.’ I was privileged to have been asked to create some art work for the museum.”

Duval’s honorary degree will be presented on May 13. For more information, visit plattsburgh.edu.

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n April 7, Vermont singersongwriter Gregory Douglas will perform at the historic Hand House in Elizabethtown. Douglas is currently touring in support of his latest release, “LUCID” — a dreamthemed concept album and ode to Kate Bush — and will take the stage at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children ages 15 and under. On April 8, from 3-5 p.m., Douglas will facilitate a songwriting workshop and question and answer session at the Hand House.

Tickets for this event are $10 per person.

For more information, call 962-8899 or visit pianobynature.org.

The Davydov-Fanning Duo will perform April 9 at the Saranac Methodist Church as part of their 40th Anniversary Tour. Pianist Diana Fanning and cellist Dieuwke Daydov are both critically acclaimed artists hailing from Vermont.

Featured works in the duo’s performance in Saranac will include Beethoven’s Sonata, Op. 5, No. 2; Hindemith’s Phanta-

siestück, Op. 8, No. 2 and more. Tickets to the 3 p.m. performance are $15 per person. For more information, visit hillandhollowmusic.org or call 293-7613.

The Phil Henry Acoustic Trio will return to the Palmer Street Coffeehouse in Plattsburgh on April 7 at 7:30 p.m.

The trio is led by singer-songwriter Phil Henry, who teaches at West Rutland High School in Vermont. Henry will be joined by Gary Moon — on djembe, cajon, high hat, tambourine and shakers — and Jeff Kimball — on piano, accordion and mandolin. Admission is $10.

For more information, visit philhenryband.com.

On April 3, the Champlain Wine Company in Plattsburgh will continue their Science @ 30 City series with a presentation by Dr. Kathleen Lavoie, professor of Biological Sciences at SUNY Plattsburgh. Lavoie’s free presentation, “Danger and Research in a Mexican Sulfur Cave,” is slated for 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 564-5279 or contact joel.parker@plattsburgh.edu.

The Reel Paddling Film Festival will stop at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts on April 6. This annual event screens several films revolving around wilderness and outdoor activities. This year there will be a free raffle for gear from NRS, Thule, Exped and more. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. For more information, visit northernforestcanoetrail.org.

The Indian Lake Restaurant and Tavern will host a paint and sip event with artist Brianna Crossway on April 2. The class is expected to begin at 1 p.m. Tickets are $25.

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Glens Falls Brewfest returns April 1 The Glens Falls Brewfest will return April 1 with beer, cider and wine tastings from over 70 local brewers. Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door.

The ticket price includes free food samples, a souvenir tasting glass and access to live music by Forthlin Road. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Adirondack Theater Festival and the Feeder Canal Alliance. For more information, visit gfbrewfest.securem2.com.

Pictured left: The Davydov-Fanning Duo will perform in Saranac on April 9. Photo by Anastasiya Prokhorenko. Top right: Artist Jean-Jacques Duval. Photo provided.

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$162,243 — the gross salary for the soon-to-be vacant superintendent position at Peru Central School.

Quote of the week

“What a night for these boys and girls and for the best fans in the world.”

— Bruce Lamb, on the Moriah Vikings celebration live stream.

To learn more about public sector salaries, contracts and pensions visit seethroughny.net.

“Now the state folks know what an unfunded mandate feels like.”

— Essex County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Shaun Gillilland on the now-dashed amendment to Affordable Health Care Act that would have shifted county Medicaid costs to the state by 2020.

NEWS IN REVIEW Event of the week

PERSON OF THE WEEK

Schroon Lake Central School students performed their rendition of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” on March 24-25.

The musical was directed by Wendy Sargeant with Mike Tracy as the accompanist. The cast included 55 students, with both performances attracting a large crowd. More photos from the SLCS production are available on mycapture.suncommunitynews. com.

The Adirondacks received a visitor from Timbuktu last week.

Mali native Madame Hawoye Fassoukoye was in town last week ahead of the Global Timbuktu symposium at Rutgers University.

Fassoukoye met with students at Paul Smith’s College and visited the “Dreaming of Timbuctoo’ Exhibition” before a quick visit to the John Brown Farm in Lake Placid.

While Fassouyoke has been to the U.S. before, this marked her first trip to the Adirondacks.

“I love it,” she said. “The lakes, the mountains — Whiteface — I really love it.”

Fassoukoye works as a high school English teacher.

“I will tell them how students behave here, and mainly the history of the Adirondacks and New York. I have plenty to tell them, I have many, many pictures to show them.”

Know someone who should be recognized here? Email suggestions to Managing Editor John Gereau at johng@suncommunitynews.com

AROUND THE REGION The DEC has issued a warning to look out for black bears, now coming out of hybernation and becoming active with the warm weather.

In Ray Brook

The Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates have joined a lawsuit over state plans to remove the railroad track between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid.

Two correction officers were injured following a drugrelated altercation with prisoners at Clinton Correctional on March 20.

Number of the week 14,440: The number of beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act in New York’s 21st Congressional District, according to the Kaiser

DEC WARNS RESIDENTS: LOOK OUT FOR BEARS

ADK TRAIL ADVOCATES JOIN LEGAL FIGHT

In Lake Placid

In Dannemora

Franklin County has been flagged as “uncooperative” by the U.S. Homeland Security when it comes to deporting illegal aliens.

Two state troopers were injured following a chase of a stolen vehicle on March 23.

The town has been cited by the state comptroller for failing to have proper oversight over their salt shed and internet projects.

The deadline for the state’s $152.3 billion spending plan, which includes a push for free tuition, is on April 1.

In Malone

In Schroon

In Thurman

In Albany

PRISON GUARDS INJURED

Family Foundation.

STATE BUDGET DEADLINE HOMELAND SECURITY TROOPERS INJURED AFTER COMPTROLLER CITES UPCOMING FLAGS FRANKLIN COUNTY STOLEN VEHICLE CHASE TOWN FOR SALT OVERSIGHT

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Following the nixed effort to repeal the ACA, Republicans are now pivoting to comprehensive tax reform and infrastructure.

In Washington, D.C.

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In the North Countryman The Vermont Green Line project has passed a critical milestone.

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Sen. Gillibrand railed against proposed cuts to federal arts funding in Plattsburgh last Friday.

It’s over: Port Henry dissolves on March 31.

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embers are still smouldering and show no sign of being extinguished.

NOT DEAD YET Despite the nixed vote — and House Speaker Paul Ryan’s comments that “Obamacare is the law of the land” — Rep. John Faso, one of the architects of the Medicaid amendment, indicated he’d continue to push for Medicaid relief, long a thorn in the side of county officials.

“I think it’s something that’s long overdue,” Faso told Capital Tonight. “I ran partially on this point.”

Faso, who represents the district south of Albany, said upstate continues to keep losing jobs over high property taxes and laid the blame chiefly on the Medicaid share.

Under the current agreement, counties pay 13 percent, with the state and federal governments divvying up the rest, 36 to 51 percent, respectively.

While local officials were jubilant last week — both of Essex County’s top elected officials endorsed the proposal — the potential impact on the county remained murky.

Essex County’s share of Medicaid costs currently represents 32 percent of the total tax levy, or about $7 million annually.

But Essex County Manager Dan Palmer said he was uncertain if the Collins/Faso Amendment actually would have gone beyond health care funding or if was strictly limited to health care-associated costs.

And despite the flamethrowing rhetoric, it remained unclear if the savings would have resulted in a net gain for county taxpayers.

While Cuomo last week initially said the state wouldn’t fill the hole — and would have led to “devastating” effects on rural healthcare providers, all of whom signed off against the Affordable Health Care Act — he later threatened to raise the state income tax by 10 percent, and indicated he would tinker with the sales tax formula to allocate a bigger share to the state to reinvest in Medicaid, a measure that would penalize tourismheavy localities who generated higher portions of sales tax.

“The counties and the state are tied together on a vast amount of programs funded through state and federal dollars,” Palmer said before the nixed-vote. “Until we know how those other non-Medicaid funds would be impacted, we really can’t know the impact of this to us on the local level.”

CONSOLIDATION BUDGET PROPOSAL Last week’s dust-up was just the latest battle in the state’s war on property taxes.

The property tax cap, which caps increases in the tax levy at 2 percent or the rate of inflation, is a bedrock of the governor’s legacy, who has also touted his efforts to freeze spending at state agencies.

The winners of the Language Week Poster Contest at Ticonderoga High School recently were, from left: Most Artistic, Ethan Blanchette; Best Representation of Theme, Kat Gallop; and Most Original, Tori Lobdell.

Cuomo in January announced the latest initiative to reduce spending: a proposal that would require county governments to draft a consolidation plan to share services by Aug. 1, which would then go on the ballot for voter approval in November.

While the proposal wasn’t included in the one-house budgets submitted by the state Assembly and Senate last week, the issue remains a wildcard before the budget deadline of April 1.

County officials are already preparing for that possibility.

Palmer told lawmakers last week the county had flagged possible savings by moving to a countywide tax collecting system.

“One of the areas that makes sense long term is tax collection,” Palmer told lawmakers. “We do a huge amount already, so that’s something that could easily be rolled out.”

The manager also indicated a countywide assessment system might be possible, and said a shift could be done relatively quickly.

“I wouldn’t have any issues,” Palmer told lawmakers, “but you might have an issue passing it.”

Palmer expressed skepticism over the proposal not

because he questioned if any additional savings could be found — a common refrain of local officials — but rather because it may pit county managers and administrators against their legislative bodies: Consolidation proposals, he said, do not require board of supervisors approval, which means lawmakers could opt not to reappoint him if they receive blowback from angry constituents over unpopular proposals.

“It might be turned down,” Palmer said on the tax assessor proposal, which remains in its nascent stages, and has not yet been formally introduced.

County brass is divided.

Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Preston indicated he was in favor of the governor’s proposal — “It never hurts to look,” he said on Monday — while Vice Chairman Shaun Gillilland said it doesn’t go far enough, and the governor needs to start putting the pressure on school districts and towns to merge.

“It’s time,” said Gillilland, “for the governor to say, ‘Thou shall consolidate.’”

Gillilland has long said the town of Essex should merge into neighboring Willsboro, but the idea has not gained currency among residents and officials of the former.

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Combining tax collection and assessment efforts is just one idea. As recruitment efforts among local emergency squads have continued to sag — training requirements and a lack of volunteers have led to a dangerous depletion of manpower — county officials have also expressed interest in the possibility of a countywide EMS system.

A survey on the feasibility of such a system is due shortly.

OUTSIDE ANALYSIS With a tax rate of $3.25 per $1,000, the Essex County property tax rate is actually one of the lowest in the state.

The low rate is bolstered by a pair of new analyses re-

leased last week that reveal voters should perhaps redirect their ire over high taxes to other culprits besides Medicaid and local government.

The Empire Center, a fiscally-conservative watchdog, determined Essex County is in the bottom 10 counties when it comes to Medicaid as a combined share of property taxes.

Just 6 percent of property taxes are spent on Medicaid, or $176.21 average cost per resident — that’s 47th the state, making the overall savings for local taxpayers under the Collins/Faso Amendment debatable.

Numbers in other North Country locales were comparable, with Hamilton County clocked in at the lowest in the state at just 1.9 percent, or $137.25 per resident.

Chemung County ranked the highest at 16.7 percent, or $233.57.

That analysis dovetailed with a study by SmartAsset, a financial technology company, that ranked Essex second among the state’s counties when it comes to taxpayers getting the most value for their property taxes.

BACK TO SCHOOL? The New York State Associations of Counties has rejected the governor’s consolidation proposal.

An examination of school taxes and how public education is funded is really needed if the state wants to get serious about driving a stake through the heart of high

taxes, said the organization.

School taxes account for approximately 65 percent of local property tax bills.

At $6.99 per $1,000 in assessed property value for the 2016-17 school year, Lake Placid Central has one of the lowest tax rates in the region.

But the number is still twice as high as Essex County’s $3.25, and higher than Franklin County’s $4.62 or Clinton County’s composite rate of $5.93 per $1,000.

Taxes in some local districts creep into the doubledigits, with numbers reaching as high as $17.26 at AuSable Valley Central, and $18.80 at Moriah Central.

“Should that be looked at? Absolutely,” said Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava when asked if the state should get serious about addressing those numbers.

That could be done through tweaking foundation aid, the largest source of funding for the state’s public schools.

Cuomo in January proposed a tweak that would boost the total amount by 1 percent, or $428 million, but critics have said that his plan funnels money to more wealthy districts, thus depriving rural, poor districts — including those in the Adirondack Park — both their rightful share and relief for taxpayers.

How the complex formula will be adjusted is a critical lynchpin, and one to watch, as the budget winds down to the April 1 deadline.

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Moriah campground study nearly done, upgrades eyed

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MORIAH – Information for “solid decisions” on the future of the Town of Moriah’s two campgrounds on Lake Champlain is being compiled in a new study.

What to do with those waterfront campgrounds and beaches is the subject of a report being prepared by Michael Crane of Crane Associates of Burlington, Vt. At the last Moriah Town Council session, Town Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava said Crane has been conducting surveys as part of the waterfront plan effort.

“Mike is working extremely hard on this,” Scozzafava said.

“He spent the whole day, in fact he spent a lot of days here, in Moriah and Port Henry.”

Scozzafava said he and Crane have met with a group of interested citizens, sort of an ad hoc committee.

“This is a detailed project I’m working on,” Crane said.

“What I’ve done so far, we’re up to the highest and best use analysis.

“We need to determine highest and best use of the waterfront, the two parcels you own, to make solid decisions. I should deliver my recommendations in about a month.”

He said they did intercept interviews with residents and a visioning session.

“Seasonal campers have been your market down there for a very long time,” he said. “If you make any changes you’re hitting the market you rely on.”

This will be the first season the Town of Moriah owns and operates the former Village Champ RV Park and Campground, which it acquired through village dissolution, in addition to its own Bulwagga Bay Campground.

Profit of $81,931 is what the town received from its Bulwagga Bay Campground last year, Crane said.

“Your campground is overcrowded and you’re undercharging,” Crane said. “You’re on a downward spiral.”

The report so far outlines three possible scenarios.

One is an upgrade to the town campground of $800,000 in landscaping, motorcoach sites, playground, swimming pool, and an entertainment venue.

The seasonal rate would increase by about $1,000, Crane said, based on a survey of 40 other campgrounds and their rates.

The second is a modern RV park with cabins and yurts, and all the improvements of the first scenario, for $1.1 million.

The third would add a hotel at the parcel, with 50 rooms, along with 25 cabins and 24 yurts.

The hotel would cost $4.6 million, and the cabins and yurts, $300,000. Twenty full-time jobs would be created.

All the scenarios include the town getting out of the campground management business, and starting a board of directors with a campground manager.

“They all require an entirely new management structure,” Crane said.

The town would still own the campgrounds, but no longer manage them.

Revenue would increase to $1.3 million for plan one, $2.1 million for two, and $10 million for three.

The town would need investors for the various scenarios, who would receive a rate of return on their speculation. The state also has $500,000 grants available for that purpose, Crane said.

Scozzafava said the town couldn’t afford to do one of the scenarios without help, and that’s where the report will come in.

“We will finally have a document that we can attract private investment with,” Scozzafava said.

APA reviews Broad Street junkyard violation in Moriah Property at Leroy’s has over 60 used, unregistered vehicles though owner does not have junkyard permit

By Kim Dedam

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RAY BROOK — At their March meeting, Adirondack Park Agency commissioners discussed proposed enforcement proceedings against local car repair shop and junkyard in Port Henry.

APA reviewed the issue, according to their attorney, as the Town of Moriah does not have a land-use code in place.

APA enforcement staff had visited and reviewed the one-acre property owned by Leroy Snow last summer.

They found his lot on Broad Street has some 60 unregistered and partly dismantled cars used for car parts. The one-acre property

is in a Moderate Intensity Use area, which is defined as “primarily residential in nature,” according to the agency review.

APA staff were told he goes to auto auctions and purchases used or wrecked police vehicles for resale or parts sales.

In the APA Act, “commercial use” involves any property that engages in sales, rental or distribution “of goods, services or commodities ...”

And APA found the existing auto repair garage and dealership located at the site have lawful commercial use but no junkyard permit.

The state agency began proceedings to clear up the alleged violation last spring.

Contacted last week to get his view of the apparent junkyard violation, Snow told the Sun “it’s really none of your business” before hanging up the phone.

But APA documents show the agency proposed a settlement for the unpermitted land use asking Snow to reduce the number of

junk vehicles to 10 or less.

A letter sent on June 17 last year asked Snow to remove most of the vehicles by July 29.

APA Enforcement officer Frederick Aldinger sent another letter to the property owner on Aug. 18, 2016.

“The proposed agreement required a plan to remove the materials associated with the junkyard ... and reduce the number of unregistered vehicles on the property to 10 or less

by September 30, 2016.”

APA did not receive a signed settlement agreement, according to agency documents included with the March agenda mailing.

Snow was notified by registered mail in January that the case would go before commissioners on the Enforcement Committee in March.

The formal notice invited Snow to “appear and make a statement before the Enforcement Committee either in person, by authorized representative so long as you also ap-

pear, or by legal counsel.”

Snow did not attend and sent no representation to the meeting.

Relief proposed by APA could require the small business owner to “cease adding materials to the junkyard.”

In addition, APA enforcement documents recommended that the committee ask Snow to submit a clean-up plan to the agency, proposing that junkyard materials be moved from the lot by Aug. 1, 2017.

APA enforcement committee members went into executive session to discuss the matter after the public meeting.

But no formal enforcement action was made public afterward.

According to state regulations, APA can assess civil penalties of up to $500 for each day a violation has continued.

Snow purchased the property in January of 2009, according to public deeds, and began accumulating used vehicles and tires in 2010.

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Children scurry around finding Easter eggs at last year’s Moriah Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt.

Easter egg hunt slated in Moriah

By Lohr McKinstry

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MORIAH – In what’s being promoted as the biggest egg hunt in the area, the Moriah Chamber of Commerce is preparing droves of candy-filled eggs.

The Easter Egg Hunt is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 8 in the Town Park in front of the Moriah Town Hall.

“We’ll have thousands of eggs,” Moriah Chamber of Commerce President Cathy Sprague said. “It’s a community-wide event.

“We want this to be the biggest Easter egg hunt in the area.”

She said students at Moriah Central School, King George restaurant workers and others have filled large plastic eggs with candy to help.

“We’ll also have golden eggs, which can be turned in for prizes,” Sprague said. “The Easter bunny and Miss Spring (characters) will be at the hunt with baskets of eggs for kids as well.”

She said donations are still being accepted to pay for the event, and can be brought to the Chamber of Commerce office on Main Street in Port Henry.

“The students from the school will hide the eggs,” Sprague said. “That’s the part I love.”

She said last year’s egg hunt had a large turnout, and they’re hoping for even more children and their parents this year.

“I want to thank the DPW crew for the hours of hard work they give every day,” Laing said. “This has been one of the best jobs I ever had.”

He also thanked Village Clerk Denise Daly and Acting Treasurer Janelle Jurkiewicz.

Daly said she appreciated the support from those she worked with.

“It’s been a sincere pleasure to work for the Village of Port Henry,” Daly said. “It has been my honor to serve the constituents of Port Henry for the last 10 years. I remain hopeful as we head toward our future together.”

Jurkiewicz came out of retirement to serve as treasurer in the last months of the village.

“It’s been a pleasure working for the village,” she said.

The village was incorporated on May 1, 1869, and has been around for 147 years. It currently has about 1,200 residents.

The village is winking out of existence at midnight on The Port Henry Village Hall will be dark soon, when the village government ends Friday, March 31, 2017. Voters approved dissolution in Photo by Lohr McKinstry after 147 years.

2015, and affirmed the dissolution plan last year.

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Word of Life preps new Pottersville facility The Bollback Student Life Center is open on Word of Life campus

By Lohr McKinstry

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POTTERSVILLE – The new Bollback Student Life Center at the Word of Life Bible Institute campus here opened to rave reviews in mid January.

The official dedication and community open house is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 8.

Word of Life Chief Operating Officer Roger Peace Jr. said the 40,000-square-foot dining hall, bookstore and campus center was much needed by the organization’s Bible Institute in Pottersville.

“It was named for Harry Bollback, one of our founders,” he said. “He started our work in Brazil. He was always invested in our students.”

The structure also incorporates two classrooms, locker rooms, a student services desk, campus store, two cafes, a mail room, and a commercial kitchen. The dining hall will seat 650 people, almost triple the 225 at the former facility.

“This is where they (students) get their daily needs,” Peace said.

He said they tried to keep an Adirondack motif in the building, which sits overlooking Schroon Lake. Scenic photographs by Jonathan Esper of Long Lake decorate many rooms in the center.

“We did out best to make it as energy efficient as possible,” Peace said. “It has radiant floor heat. The convection ovens cut cooking time for meals in half.”

He said they’ve had 1,000 people come through the center on weekends, including 350 students and 350 campers, and all went smoothly.

The dining hall ceiling has specially designed sound baffles that reduce the noise there to acceptable levels, he said.

“You can carry on a conversation,” he said. “With that many people in there at once, you’d almost have to shout otherwise.

You did in the previous dining room.”

The Bible Institute has about 400 students in a two-year program, he said. The center fits in with their plans to increase the student body to 800.

The building was designed by Troy architectural firm Architecture Plus (A+), and constructed by Bolton Landing builder C. Raymond Davis and Sons, with engineering by Sage Engineering Associates of Albany.

“They were (all) great to work with,” Peace said.

Architecture Plus prepared the master plan for the Word of Life Bible Institute to develop a 190 acre campus.

Besides the Student Life Center, the master plan includes a new welcome center, health and fitness center, and residence halls, all coming later.

Word of Life is a nondenominational Christian organization, with local campuses in Schroon Lake and Pottersville, that seeks to create faith-defining experiences for students and families. Through family campground, lodge and ranch ministries, biblical training, local church ministries, and international missions, Word of Life’s mission is to share the message of salvation.

The Bollback Student Life Center is available for community functions, and local groups are already using it, Peace said, including the Schroon Lake East Shore Association.

“The students love it and our team loves it,” Peace said.

ABOVE: Word of Life Chief Operating Officer Roger Peace Jr. walks in front of the new Bollback Student Life Center in Pottersville. The center chiefly serves the Christian organization’s Bible Institute.

Photo by Lohr McKinstry

Schroon Lake Chamber of Commerce seeking community nominations SCHROON LAKE — The Schroon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations from the community for Schroon Lake’s 2017 Citizen/Organization of the Year. If you know a person or organization that you feel should be recognized for their contributions to our community, the Schroon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce wants to hear from you.

Any individual or organization may submit a nomination to chamber@schroonlakechamber.org. Include your name and contact information. All nominations must be received by May 13. Call the chamber office at 532-7675 for more information.

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The thaw

Y

ou know spring is coming when the fly fishing catalogs show up in the mail along with the seed catalogs. The internet is filled with upcoming fly fishing movies and fly fishing competitions.

Opening season for trout is just around the corner. The Beaverkill clan of fly fishers will be celebrating in Roscoe NY by dipping some line in the cold water of the Junction pool, but not really expecting to catch much, yet. Opening day is more than just a fishing date on the calendar. It’s a celebration to fly fishers that spring is here, and a new season of life begins.

For many, it signals road maps and adventures to lower latitude states where the waters warm earlier and the bug’s hatch, while Adirondack streams remain ice jammed and swollen. Like the words of the song said, “A change of Latitude is a change of Attitude!”

Mud season may draw some people to Florida or other hot spots, but it also draws many fly fishers to warmer streams where bugs and fish are active. Road maps for Pennsylvania, Virginia, Connecticut and Massachusetts are now needed. Limestone streams in PA like the Spring Creek and Yellow Breeches run fifty degrees. These nutrient rich lime

stoner’s will be hot spots for the guys and gals who want to try their luck on one of these weedy bug rich streams.

Pennsylvania’s free stoners, like the Little Juniata and Penn’s Creek are running temps of forty degrees. They are starting to warm. Fish are lean right now, but will pick up soon. Warming waters mean actively feeding trout. It won’t be long before the Pine and its tribs, the Slate, and Cedar Runs start. These are unique brookie waters; catch and release only.

The Farmington in Connecticut and the Deerfield in Massachusetts are running temps in the high 30’s. Reports are questionable right now as to how good they are, but things will improve with rising temps. Chuck some streamers out and go catch some fish.

Adirondack fishing will be starting once the ice is out and the rivers calm down from the spring runoff. Some southern New York streams, along the PA border should be perking up very soon. The Genesee near the PA line is one good potential.

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degrees. If stream conditions are right, drift boating or wading along the shoreline and landing a steelhead is a possibility. Working the shoreline can be hazardous if there is ice on the banks. You need to watch your step as well as watching your line. Filling your waders with thirty four degree water will shrivel your attitude. For spring steelies, in cold water you need to dredge the bottom with a nymph or egg sack to hook up.

Ice out on the ponds is a ways off, so the canoe and kayakers will need to chill out for a while longer.

If fishing from the warmth of the woodstove and couch sound good to you, check out Tom Rosenbauers new book: Fly Fishing for Trout, the Next Level. I had the chance to meet Tom at a recent Trout Unlimited banquet in South Burlington. As the local TU president, I felt it was my duty to go network with other chapters. At least that’s my story and it made sense to me. Cabin fever also said: “Get out of the house and go have some fun.”

Tom Rosenbauer works, (if you call it that) for the Orvis Company out of Manchester Vermont, which looms over the Battenkill River. I once lived in Washington County NY, and fished the Mettawee and Battenkill Rivers, so Orvis is partial to me. Orvis is the oldest fly fishing supplier in the USA and is a local company, so I support them. Buy local is the theme, not only for local foods but for fishing too!

If getting out and having some fun is on your list, check out these Fly Fishing Films (F3T) which will be showing locally in two locations. These are head- banging fast action, loud music, fishing movies that you will either enjoy, or say no way. I like them. My wife says NEVER AGAIN! I like to think and LIVE out of the box at times. Life is short so enjoy it!! Google, F3T- fly fishing for more info.

Lake Placid, NY - April 01 Lake Placid Center for the Arts Lake Placid, NY 12946 Middlebury, VT - April 07 Town Hall Theater Middlebury, VT 05753 As I write this, I turn to the right and look out of my picture window. I question springs advance. It’s snowing rain and there is a foot of mush out in the yard. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to change, and yes spring is coming. The thaw has started, even for us Adirondackers.

Rich Redman is a retired District Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and an avid outdoorsman. His column will appear regularly. He may be reached at rangeric@nycap.rr.com.

Pictured at left is Rich Redman with author and fellow fly fisherman Tom Rosenbauer.

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TheÊ 2016-17Ê TimesÊ boyÕ sÊ basketballÊ team

Brian Cross Coach

Dylan Trombley, Moriah Player of the Year • NYSPHSAA Final Four MVP

Colton Huestis Ticonderoga

Todd Gregory Moriah

Jordan DeZalia Schroon Lake CVAC All Stars First team: Dylan Trombley, Moriah

Joe Stahl Moriah

Evan Graney Ticonderoga

Jay Strieble Moriah

Dewey Snyder Moriah

Evan Graney, Ticonderoga Joe Stahl, Moriah Third team: Brett Mosier, Ticonderoga Honorable mention: Todd Gregory, Moriah Sam DuShane, Ticonderoga Coach of Year: Joe Defayette, Ticonderoga

MVAC All Stars South MVP: Branden Hall, Schroon Lake First Team: Chad Stephens, Crown Point Hunter Pertak, Crown Point Jordan DeZalia, Schroon Lake Second team: Andrew Pelkey, Schroon Lake Honorable mention: Reese Celotti, Crown Point

Branden Hall Schroon Lake

Brett Mosier Ticonderoga

Chad Stephens Crown Point

Hunter Pertak Crown Point

Micah Stout, Schroon Lake Coach of Year: Lee Silvernail, Schroon Lake

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MoriahÊ celebratesÊ theirÊ champions!

The NYSPHSAA Class D state semifinalists Moriah Lady Vikings varsity basketball team.

Photos by Jill Lobdell

This fan shows off her autographed basketball. Above, fans cheer at the parade.

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The NYSPHSAA Class D state champion Moriah Vikings boy’s varsity basketball team.

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TICONDEROGA - Bingo, Ticonderoga fire house, 6:45 p.m. Doors 5 p.m. Every Thursday.

PORT HENRY – Essex County 2017 WIC shedule at the Knights of Columbus January 12, Feb 9, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 15, July 13, august 10, September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14 9:30-2:30pm.

Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

TICONDEROGA - Nar-Anon Family Group A support group for family and friends of addicts. Location: Office of the Prevention Team 173 Lord Howe St., Ticonderoga, N.Y.Mondays at 6PM (excluding Holidays). For more info go to naranon.org

ELIZABETHTOWN – Alzheimer's Association April 26, 2017: The 10 Signs One Work Source Conference Room, 103 Hand Avenue, Elizabethtown, NY 12932 1:00pm2:15pm. For more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley 518-867-4999 ext. 200

MALONE – Alzheimer's Association April 18, 2017: Effective Communication Strategies Wead Public Library, 64 Elm Street, Malone, NY 12053 | 11:00am-12:15 pmFor more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley 518-8674999 ext. 200

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SCHROON LAKE – Essex County 2017 WIC Clinic Schedule at the Schroon Lake Health Center January 11, Feb 8, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 6, September 13, October 11, November 8, December 13 9:302:30pm.

Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518-569-3296

TICONDEROGA - Elks cook to order breakfast will start Oct. 23, from 8-11 every 2 and 4th Sunday each month any question please contact me at 518-585-1052

LAKE PLACID - Alzheimer's Association April 5, 2017: The Basics Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid, Kate Smith Auditorium, 185 Old Military Rd., Lake Placid, NY 12946 | 1:00-2:15 pm For more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley at 518-867-4999 ext. 200

MALONE – Alzheimer's Association April 25, 2017: Effective Communication Strategies Wead Public Library, 64 Elm Street, Malone, NY 12053 | 11:00am-12:15 pmFor more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley 518-8674999 ext. 200

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS TICONDEROGA - Take Control Exercise classes. Ticonderoga Armory Senior Center. 9:30 a.m.

Free.

Details: 518-585-6050, rsvp@logocail.net. Every Wednesday.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH LAKE GEORGE - Grief and Loss Support Group Wednesdays , 3:00 pm. Explore the root of your grieving & learn to process it in a healthy, healing way. Randi Klemish, a retired mental health thrapist leads this healing group All are welcome.

Group meets every Wednesday, From 3-5 pm at St. James Episcopal church in Lake George Village.

LAKE GEORGE – SA @ St James Episcopal Church 175 Ottawa Street Lake George Saturdays 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall weather permitting Call St. James' for more information Tuesday - Thursday 518 668-2001 MORIAH – Essex County 2017 WIC schedule at the Moriah Fire Department January 10, Feb 14, March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, July 11, august 8, September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12 9:30-2:45pm.

Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296 TICONDEROGA Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group monthly support group for caregivers InterLakes Health, Ethan Allen Library.

4 p.m. Details: 518-564-3370.

Second Tuesdays

TICONDEROGA - Essex County Lethernecks, Marine Corps League, Det 791, Ticonderoga American Legion Post. 6 p.m. Active Marines and Marine Veterans invited. First Thursday of every month.

TICONDEROGA – Essex County 2017 WIC Clinic Schedule at the Cornerstone Alliance Church January 9, 23, 30, Feb 13, 27, March 13, 20, 27, April 10, 17, 24 May 8, 15, 22 ,June 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17, 24, August 14, 21, September, 11,18, 25, October 16, 23,30 November 13, 20, 27, December 11,18 9:30- 2:30 PM. January 19, Feb 6, 16, March 6, 16, April 3, 20 , May 1, 18, June 5, 22, July 3, 20, August 7, 28, September 21, October 2, 19, November 6, 16, December 4, 21 1:30-6pm.

Call us to schedule an appointment or find out more information at 518-873-3560 or 518- 569-3296

PUBLIC MEETINGS CROWN POINT - Crown Point Central School Board of Education Budget Workshop Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 6:00 p.m. District Library SCHROON LAKE - Southern Adirondack Softball Umpires and Westport Chapter of NYSBUA will be holding umpires meetings on Tuesdays at Schroon Lake Central School in the Library at 6pm on Mar 7,14,21,28 and April 4,2017.

Anyone interested in umpiring for the upcoming 2017 season should attend TICONDEROGA - American Legion Post #224 Monthly Meeting. Second Thursday TICONDEROGA - The Champlain Valley Bluegrass & Old Time Music Association holds their Monthly Meeting on the 2nd Sunday of each month at the Ticonderoga American Legion, Montcalm Street at 1 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Please bring a dish to share.

LAKE PLACID – Alzheimer's Association April 19, 2017: Effective Communication Strategies Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid, Kate Smith Auditorium, 185 Old Military Rd., Lake Placid, NY 12946 | 1:00-2:15 pm. For more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley 518-867-4999 ext.

200 MALONE - Alzheimer's Association April 3, 2017: The Basics Wead Public Library, 64 Elm Street, Malone, NY 12053 | 11:00am-12:15 pm For more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley at 518-867-4999 ext. 200 PLATTSBURGH – Alzheimer's Association April 17, 2017: The 10 Signs Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901| 11:00am-12:15 pmFor more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley 518-867-4999 ext. 200

PLATTSBURGH - Alzheimer's Association April 4, 2017: Effective Communication Strategies Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 | 11:00am12:15pm For more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley at 518-867-4999 ext. 200 PLATTSBURGH - Alzheimer's Association April 6, 2017: Understanding and responding to Dementia-related Behavior Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 | 11:00am12:15pm For more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley at 518-867-4999 ext. 200 PLATTSBURGH – Alzheimer's Association April 24, 2017: The Basics Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901 | 11:00am-12:15pm For more information or to register contact Tonya Garmley 518-867-4999 ext. 200 TICONDEROGA - Free arthritis exercises. Ticonderoga Senior Center, 10 to 11 a.m. Details: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County 518-962-4810, mba32@cornell.edu. Second and Fourth Wednesday

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Gunnison is DYW winner

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Comedy will be spring CPCS play Audiences will howl at “27 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview”

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CROWN POINT – The spring drama production at Crown Point Central School will be “27 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview.”

The comedy-drama by Ian McWethy shows viewers exactly what not to do during the crucial interview part of the college application process.

Scenes that last from 30 seconds to

a few minutes describe exactly how to ruin a college interview.

“The only candidates available are the wait-list students,” Director Crystal Wright Farrell said. “The legends can’t be true about the wait-list candidates, can they? Join us and find out.”

The play by the school’s Crown Point Theatre Company will be performed at the facility on Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, both at 7 p.m., and a matinee on Sunday, April 2 at 2 p.m. Admission is $5 each for students and senior citizens, $8 for adults, and $12 for a family.

People can call ahead for reservations, 597-3285, and state the number of tickets and show time desired.

The director/technical director is Farrell, technical assistant is Tristan Carey, and stage manager is Abigail Barber.

The play’s plot is that two college recruiters need to fill one last opening, and eccentric, dazed, and slightly insane high-school seniors come in for interviews. What seems like a simple thing turns into a nightmare when the applicants turn out to be a reality TV star, a vampire, an amateur magician, and others that are even worse.

Crown Point Central School is putting on the comedy “27 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview.” From left are actors Emily Harmon, John-Roch Sears, and Lilli Peters.

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CROWN POINT – Mickaela Gunnison9 pictured) is the new Distinguished Young Woman of Crown Point.

The 32nd-annual Distinguished Young Women of Crown Point Scholarship Program was held recently, with seven juniors at Crown Point Central School competing.

“The ladies entertained a packed auditorium,” Director Jill Spring said. “This year’s theme was ‘Move to the Beat of Your Own Drum, Feel the Beat!’ The fitness routine was a high impact routine done with drumsticks and lighted ones, too. The show was a wide variety of talent, from skits to a musical array.

“The girls did an amazing job.”

Participating this year were Kayli Stone, Stephanie Glidden, Torrie Vrandenburg, Shayla Trepanier, Mackie Trombley, Mickaela Gunnison and Christina Simpson “What a great bunch of young ladies,” Spring said.

Mickaela Gunnison received scholastic, fitness and was selected Distinguished Young Woman of Crown Point 2018.

She will represent Crown Point at the 60th-annual state program in Cohoes on July 29.

The other results were: Shayla Trepanier received the interview award, Christina Simpson won Be Your Best Self, self expression, talent, spirit and first runner-up awards. Sophomores and juniors entertained with a fashion show while the judges made their decision for the winners.

The event was held in the Crown Point Central School auditorium.

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west of the village. Raw water flows by gravity from the intake structure via a ten-inch transmission main Published by Denton Publications, Inc. for approximately 8,650-feet to the water filtration plant.

The water filtration plant LEGALS is located off of Storm NOTICE OF FORMATION Road to the west of the OF 2361 Atlantic Estates village border. Raw waLLC. Arts of Org. filed ter flows by gravity to with New York Secy of the treatment building State (SSNY) on where it is filtered via 2/10/17. Office location: two continuous backEssex County. SSNY is wash upflow filters. The designated as agent of water is disinfected usLLC upon whom pro- ing sodium hypochlorite cess against it may be solution. A corrosion served. SSNY shall mail control chemical (zinc process to: 2 Nickles- orthophosphate) is also burg Rd, #301, Monroe, added to control the levNY 10950. Purpose: any els of lead and copper in lawful activity. the finished water. The TT-02/25-04/01/2017finished water is dis6TC-144358 charged to a 700,000gallon concrete storage NOTICE OF FORMATION OF AMP E&C, LLC Arti- reservoir. Finished water flows by gravity to cles of Organization filed with the Secretary of the distribution system State of New York SSNY via 1,400-feet of 10-inch On 03/14/17 Office Lo- transmission main. cation: Essex SSNY des- The NYS Dept. of Health ignated as agent of LLC completed a source water assessment for this upon whom Process system based on availagainst it may be served. able information. This SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 41 Ken Ma- assessment found no son Way, Minerva NY noteworthy risks to 12851. Purpose: any source water quality. It should be noted that lawful activity. surface waters in generTT-03/25-04/29/2017al are highly sensitive to 6TC-146949 phosphorus and microANNUAL DRINKING WA- bial contaminants.

TER QUALITY REPORT The health department FOR 2016 VILLAGE OF will use this information PORT HENRY to direct future source 4303 Main Street, Port water protection activiHenry, NY 12974 ties. These may include (Public Water Supply water quality monitorID# 1500290) ing, resource manageIntroduction ment, planning, and edTo comply with State ucation programs. A and Federal regulations, copy of the assessment, we will be annually issu- including a map of the ing a report describing assessment area, can be the quality of your drink- obtained by contacting ing water. The purpose us as noted below. of this report is to raise Are there contaminants your understanding of in our drinking water? drinking water and As the State regulations awareness of the need require, we routinely test to protect our drinking your drinking water for water sources. Last year numerous contamiyour tap water met all nants. These contamiState drinking water nants include: total colhealth standards. We iform, turbidity, inorganare proud to report that ic compounds, nitrate, our system did not vio- nitrite, lead and copper, late a maximum contam- volatile organic cominant level or any other pounds, total triwater quality standard. halomethanes, and synThis report provides an thetic organic comoverview of last years pounds. The table prewater quality. Included sented below depicts are details about where which compounds were your water comes from, detected in your drinking what it contains, and water. The State allows how it compares to us to test for some conState standards. If you taminants less than once have any questions per year because the about this report or con- concentrations of these cerning your drinking contaminants do not water, please contact change frequently.

Mr. Chip Perry, Water Some of our data, Operator, at (518) 546- though representative, 8635. are more than one year Where does our water old. come from?

It should be noted that In general, the sources all drinking water, inof drinking water (both cluding bottled drinking tap water and bottled water, may be reasonwater) include rivers, ably expected to contain lakes, streams, ponds, at least small amounts reservoirs, springs, and of some contaminants. wells. As water travels The presence of contamover the surface of the inants does not necesland or through the sarily indicate that water ground, it dissolves natposes a health risk. urally occurring minerals More information about and can pick up sub- contaminants and postances resulting from tential health effects can the presence of animals be obtained by calling or from human activi- the EPAs Safe Drinking ties. Contaminants that Water Hotline (800-426may be present in 4791) or the New York source water include: State Health Department microbial contaminants; at (518) 891-1800. inorganic contaminants; Table of Detected Conpesticides and herbi- taminants cides; organic chemical Contaminant contaminants; and ra- Violation Yes/No dioactive contaminants. Date of Sample In order to ensure that Level Detected tap water is safe to Unit Measure-ment drink, the State and the MCLG EPA prescribe regula- Regulatory Limit (MCL, tions which limit the TT or AL) amount of certain con- Likely Source of Contaminants in water pro- tamination vided by public water Microbiological Consystems.

The State taminants Health Departments and Turbidity 1 the FDAs regulations es- No tablish limits for con- 11/30/16 taminants in bottled wa- 0.60 ter which must provide NTU the same protection for n/a public health.

TT=<1NTU The source of water for Soil Runoff the village is Pilfershire Brook, also known as Turbidity 1 Bartlett Brook. Raw wa- No ter is collected at an im- 2016 poundment dam and in- 99.9 % < 0.3 take structure located off NTU of Cheney Road approxi- n/a mately two miles north- TT=95%of samples west of the village. Raw <0.3NTU water flows by gravity Soil Runoff from the intake structure via a ten-inch transmis- Inorganic Contaminants sion main for approxi- Barium mately 8,650-feet to the No water filtration plant.

2015 The water filtration plant ND is located off of Storm mg/L Road to the west of the 2 village border. Raw wa- 2 (MCL)

n/a TT=95%of <0.3NTU Soil Runoff

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Inorganic Contaminants Barium No 2015 ND mg/L 2 2 (MCL) Erosion of natural deposits Lead No 9/14 2.0 2 ND 92.0 3 ug/L 0 15 (AL) Corrosion of household plumbing; Erosion of natural deposits.

Copper No 9/14 0.35 2 0.035 0.393 mg/L 1.3 1.3 (AL) Corrosion of household plumbing; Erosion of natural deposits Nitrate No 2016 0 mg/L 10 10 Erosion of natural deposits Disinfection Byproduct Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) No 2016 34 4 22 44 5 ug/L n/a 80 (MCL) By-products of drinking water chlorination needed to kill harmful organisms.

TTHMs are formed when source water contains measurable amounts of organic matter.

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) No 2016 37 4 15 61 5 ug/L n/a 60 (MCL) By-products of drinking water chlorination needed to kill harmful organisms.

Notes: 1 - Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness of our water. We monitor it because it is a good indicator of the effectiveness of our filtration system.

Our single highest measurement for the year occurred on 11/30/16 (0.6 NTU).

The regulations require that 95% of the turbidity samples collected in a month have measurements below 0.3 NTU. 2 - The level presented represents the 90th percentile of the 10 sites tested. A percentile is a value on a scale of 100 that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it. The 90th percentile is equal to or greater than 90% of the copper values detected at your water system. In this case, 10 samples were collected from your water system and the 90th percentile value was the second highest value.

The range of copper levels measured was 0.035 0.39 mg/L. The action level for copper was not exceeded at any of the sites tested during 2014.

3 - The level presented represents the 90th percentile of the 10 sites tested. A percentile is a value on a scale of 100 that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it. The 90th percentile is equal to or greater than 90% of the copper values detected at your water system. In this case, 10 samples were collected from your water system and the 90th percentile value was the second highest value.

The range of lead levels measured was ND 92.0 ug/L. The action level for lead was exceeded at one of the sites tested during 2014.

4 The value represents the highest Locational Running Annual Average of the 4 most recent quarterly samples collected last year.

cerned about lead in The range of lead levels your water, you may measured was ND 92.0 wish to have your water ug/L. The action level tested. Information on for lead was exceeded at lead in drinking water, one of thewww.suncommunitynews.com sites tested testing methods, and steps you can take to during 2014. minimize exposure is 4 The value represents the highest Locational available from the Safe Running Annual Average Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or at of the 4 most recent quarterly samples col- http://www.epa.gov/safe lected last year. water/lead.

5 The values represent Is our water system the range of the quarter- meeting other rules ly samples collected last that govern operations?

Last year, our system year. was in general compliDefinitions ance with applicable Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL): The high- State drinking water opest level of a contami- erating, monitoring and reporting requirements. nant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs Do I Need to Take Speare set as close to the cial Precautions?

Although our drinking MCLGs as feasible. water met or exceeded Maximum Contaminant state and federal regulaLevel Goal (MCLG): The tions, some people may level of a contaminant in drinking water below be more vulnerable to disease causing miwhich there is no known or or expected risk to croorganisms health. MCLGs allow for pathogens in drinking water than the general a margin of safety.

ImmunoMaximum Residual Dis- population. infectant Level (MRDL): compromised persons The highest level of a such as persons with undergoing disinfectant allowed in cancer chemotherapy, persons drinking water. There is convincing evidence that who have undergone oraddition of a disinfectant gan transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other is necessary for control of microbial contami- immune system disorders, some elderly, and nants.

Maximum Residual Dis- infants can be particularinfectant Level Goal ly at risk from infections.

(MRDLG): The level of a These people should drinking water disinfec- seek advice from their tant below which there health care provider about their drinking wais no known or expected ter. EPA/CDC guidelines risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the bene- on appropriate means to fits of the use of disin- lessen the risk of infecfectants to control mi- tion by Cryptosporidium, Giardia and other microcrobial contamination. bial pathogens are availAction Level (AL): The concentration of a con- able from the Safe taminant which, if ex- Drinking Water Hotline ceeded, triggers treat- (800-426-4791). ment or other require- Why Save Water and ments which a water How to Avoid Wasting It? system must follow.

Although our system Treatment Technique has an adequate amount (TT): A required process of water to meet present intended to reduce the and future demands, level of a contaminant in there are a number of drinking water.

Non-Detects (ND): Lab- reasons why it is impororatory analysis indi- tant to conserve water: Saving water saves cates that the constituent is not present. energy and some of Nephelometric Turbidithe costs associated ty Unit (NTU): A meawith both of these sure of the clarity of wanecessities of life; ter. Turbidity in excess Saving water reof 5 NTU is just noticeduces the cost of able to the average perenergy required to son. pump water and the Picocuries per liter need to construct (pCi/l): A measure of costly new wells, the radioactivity in wapumping systems ter. and water towers; Milligrams per liter and (mg/l): Corresponds to Saving water one part of liquid in one lessens the strain million parts of liquid on the water system (parts per million during a dry spell or ppm). drought, helping to Micrograms per liter avoid severe water (ug/l): Corresponds to use restrictions so one part of liquid in one that essential fire billion parts of liquid fighting needs are (parts per billion - ppb). met.

What does this informa- You can play a role in tion mean? conserving water by beAs you can see by the coming conscious of the table, our system had no amount of water your violations.

We have household is using, and learned through our by looking for ways to testing that some con- use less whenever you taminants have been de- can. It is not hard to tected; however, these conserve water. Consercontaminants were de- vation tips include: tected below the level alAutomatic dishlowed by the State. Even washers use 15 galthough we did not exlons for every cycle, ceed the Action Limit for regardless of how lead, we are required to many dishes are present the following inloaded. So get a formation on lead in run for your money drinking water: and load it to capacIf present, elevated levity. els of lead can cause seTurn off the tap rious health problems, when brushing your especially for pregnant teeth. women, infants, and Check every faucet young children. It is in your home for possible that lead levels leaks. Just a slow at your home may be drip can waste 15 to higher than at other 20 gallons a day. homes in the community Fix it up and you as a result of materials can save almost used in your homes 6,000 gallons per plumbing. Port Henry year.

Village is responsible for Check your toilets providing high quality for leaks by putting drinking water, but cana few drops of food not control the variety of coloring in the tank, materials used in plumbwatch for a few ing components. When minutes to see if the your water has been sitcolor shows up in ting for several hours, the bowl. It is not you can minimize the uncommon to lose potential for lead expoup to 100 gallons a sure by flushing your day from one of tap for 30 seconds to 2 these otherwise inminutes before using visible toilet leaks. water for drinking or Fix it and you save cooking. If you are conmore than 30,000 cerned about lead in gallons a year. your water, you may wish to have your water Closing tested. Information on Thank you for allowing lead in drinking water, us to continue to protesting methods, and vide your family with steps you can take to quality drinking water minimize exposure is this year. In order to maintain a safe and deavailable from the Safe pendable water supply Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or at we sometimes need to make improvements that http://www.epa.gov/safe will benefit all of our water/lead.

more than 30,000 gallons a year.

Closing Thank you for allowing us to continue to provide your family with quality drinking water this year. In order to maintain a safe and dependable water supply we sometimes need to make improvements that will benefit all of our customers. The costs of these improvements may be reflected in the rate structure. Rate adjustments may be necessary in order to address these improvements. We ask that all our customers help us protect our water sources, which are the heart of our community, our way of life and our childrens future. Please call our office if you have questions.

TT-04/01/2017-1TC147265 ANNUAL DRINKING WATER QUALITY REPORT FOR 2016 Moriah Water District #1, #2 and #4 38 Park Place, Suite 1 Port Henry, New York 12974 (Public Water Supply ID#1500287) Introduction To comply with State and Federal regulations, we will be annually issuing a report describing the quality of your drinking water. The purpose of this report is to raise your understanding of drinking water and awareness of the need to protect our drinking water sources. This report provides an overview of last years water quality. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, and how it compares to State standards. If you have any questions about this report or concerning your drinking water, please contact Mr. Art Morgan, Water Superintendent, at (518) 942-3340. If you want to learn more, please attend any of our regularly scheduled town board meetings. The meetings are held the second Thursday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Court House.

Where does our water come from?

In general, the sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activities. Contaminants that may be present in source water include microbial contaminants; inorganic contaminants; pesticides and herbicides; organic chemical contaminants; and radioactive contaminants.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the State and the EPA prescribe regulations, which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems.

The State Health Departments and the FDAs regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.

The source of water for the Moriah WD is Bartlett Pond. The water is filtered and chlorinated before distribution.

The NYS Dept. of Health completed a source water assessment for this system based on available information. Based on the analysis of available information, this drinking water source does not have an elevated susceptibility to contamination. There are no regulated facilities within this watershed and the corresponding land cover does not pose any substantial risks to the source water quality.

Facts and Figures Our water system serves approximately 3,100 individuals through 1,030 service connections. The total volume of water produced in 2016 was 167 million gallons. On average, 456,460 gal-

er does not pose any ND substantial risks to the mg/L source water quality. n/a Facts and Figures 10 (MCL) Runoff from fertilizer Our water system serves approximately use; â&#x20AC;˘leaching The3,100 Timesinof Ti Sun April 1, from 2017 sep| 23 dividuals through 1,030 tic tanks, sewage, eroservice connections. The sion of natural deposits. total volume of water produced in 2016 was Disinfection Byproduct Stage 2 167 million gallons. On average, 456,460 gal- TTHMs No lons of water is treated 2016 and distributed to users 74 4 of the water system 39 93 5 each day, our single ug/L highest day was 0 940,000 gallons on July 80 8, 2016. In 2016, we charged a flat rate for By-products of drinking water, $290.00 per water chlorination needed to kill harmful organhousehold per year.

Are there contaminants isms. HAA5 are formed in our drinking water? when source water conAs the State regulations tains measurable require, we routinely test amounts of organic matyour drinking water for ter. numerous contaminants. These contami- HAA5s. nants include total col- No iform, inorganic contam- 2016 inants, nitrate, nitrite, 54 4 gross alpha, lead and 40 62 5 copper, volatile organic ug/L contaminants, and syn- 0 thetic organic com- 60 pounds. The table pre- By-products of drinking sented below depicts water chlorination needwhich compounds were ed to kill harmful organdetected in your drinking isms.

TTHMs are water. The State allows formed when source waus to test for some con- ter contains measurable taminants less than once amounts of organic matper year because the ter. concentrations of these contaminants do not Radioactive Contamichange frequently. nants Radium 228 Some of our data, though representative, No are more than one year 3/08 <1.0 old. pCi/L It should be noted that all drinking water, in- 0 5 (MCL) cluding bottled drinking water, may be reason- Erosion of natural deposits ably expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. Radium 228 The presence of contam- No inants does not neces- 5/08 sarily indicate that water <1.0 poses a health risk. pCi/L 0 More information about contaminants and po- 5 (MCL) Erosion of natural detential health effects can posits. be obtained by calling the EPAs Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426- Notes: 4791) or the New York 1 - Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness of State Health Department our water. We monitor it at (518) 891-1800.

Table of Detected Con- because it is a good intaminants dicator of the effectiveContaminant ness of our filtration system.

Our single Violation Yes/No highest measurement Date of Sample for the year occurred on Level Detected 4/4/16 ( 0.275 NTU).

Unit Measurement The regulations require MCLG that 95% of the turbidity Regulatory Limit Likely Source of Con- samples collected in a month have measuretamination Microbiological Con- ments below 0.3 NTU. taminants 2 - During 2014, 10 Turbidity 1 samples were collected and analyzed for lead No 4/4/16 and copper. The 90th 0.275 percentile is equal to or NTU greater than 90% of the n/a lead or copper values TT=<1NTU detected at your water Soil Runoff system. In this case, 10 samples were collected 1 Turbidity at your water system No and the 90th percentile 2016 value was the second 100 % < 0.3 highest value for both NTU lead and copper. The n/a action level for lead was TT=95%of samples not exceeded at any of <0.3NTU the sites tested. The acSoil Runoff tion level for copper was not exceeded at any of Inorganic Contaminants the sites tested. Lead Copper was not detected in any No of the samples.

The 9/14 range of copper levels 2 0.12 measured was ND 0.13 mg/L mg/L. 1.3 4 - The value represents 1.3 (AL) the highest Locational Corrosion of household Running Annual Average plumbing systems. of the quarterly samples collected.

Lead 5 - The values represent No the range of the quarter9/14 ly samples collected.

ND2 Definitions: ug/L Maximum Contaminant 0 Level (MCL): The high15 (AL) est level of a contamiCorrosion of household nant that is allowed in plumbing systems. drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the Barium MCLGs as feasible.

No Maximum Contaminant 2016 Level Goal (MCLG): The ND level of a contaminant in mg/L drinking water below 2 which there is no known 2 (MCL) or expected risk to Erosion of natural de- health. MCLGs allow for posits. a margin of safety.

Action Level (AL): The Nitrate concentration of a conNo taminant which, if ex2016 ceeded, triggers treatND ment or other requiremg/L ments which a water n/a system must follow.

10 (MCL) Non-Detects (ND): LabRunoff from fertilizer oratory analysis indiuse; leaching from sep- cates that the contic tanks, sewage, ero- stituent is not present. sion of natural deposits.

Milligrams per liter (mg/l): Corresponds to Disinfection Byproduct - one part of liquid in one Stage 2 million parts of liquid TTHMs (parts per million ppm).

No Micrograms per liter 2016 (ug/l): Corresponds to

ment or other requirelessens the strain ments which a water on the water system system must follow. during a dry spell or Non-Detects (ND): Labdrought, helping to oratory avoid severe water 24 1, 2017 โ ข indiThe Times of Ti Sun | Aprilanalysis cates that the conuse restrictions so stituent is not present. that essential fire fighting needs are Milligrams per liter LEGALS met. (mg/l): Corresponds to You can play a role in one part of liquid in one conserving water by bemillion parts of liquid coming conscious of the (parts per million ppm).

Micrograms per liter amount of water your (ug/l): Corresponds to household is using, and by looking for ways to one part of liquid in one use less whenever you billion parts of liquid can. It is not hard to (parts per billion - ppb).

Picocuries per liter conserve water. Conser(pCi/L): A measure of vation tips include: Automatic dishthe radioactivity in water. washers use 15 galWhat does this informalons for every cycle, tion mean? regardless of how As you can see by the many dishes are table, the system had no loaded. So get a violations.

We have run for your money learned through our and load it to capactesting that some conity. taminants have been deTurn off the tap tected; however, these when brushing your contaminants were deteeth. tected below the level alCheck every faucet lowed by the State. in your home for Is our water system leaks. Just a slow meeting other rules drip can waste 15 to that govern operations?

20 gallons a day.

Last year, our system Fix it up and you was in compliance with can save almost applicable State drinking 6,000 gallons per water operating, moniyear. toring and reporting reCheck your toilets quirements. for leaks by putting Do I Need to Take Spea few drops of food cial Precautions? coloring in the tank, Some people may be watch for a few more vulnerable to disminutes to see if the ease causing microorcolor shows up in ganisms or pathogens in the bowl. It is not drinking water than the uncommon to lose general population. Imup to 100 gallons a muno-compromised day from one of persons such as perthese otherwise insons with cancer undervisible toilet leaks. going chemotherapy, Fix it and you save persons who have unmore than 30,000 dergone organ transgallons a year. plants, people with Use your water meHIV/AIDS or other imter to detect hidden mune system disorders, leaks. Simply turn some elderly, and inoff all taps and wafants can be particularly ter using appliat risk from infections. ances, then check These people should the meter after 15 seek advice from their minutes.

If it health care provider moved, you have a about their drinking waleak. ter. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to Closing lessen the risk of infec- Thank you for allowing tion by Cryptosporidium, us to continue to proGiardia and other micro- vide your family with bial pathogens are avail- quality drinking water this year. In order to able from the Safe maintain a safe and deDrinking Water Hotline pendable water supply (800-426-4791).

If present, elevated lev- we sometimes need to els of lead can cause se- make improvements that will benefit all of our rious health problems, customers. The costs of especially for pregnant improvements women and young chil- these may be reflected in the dren. Lead in drinking water is primarily from rate structure. Rate admaterials and compo- justments may be necessary in order to adnents associated with dress these improveservice lines and home ments. We ask that all plumbing. The Moriah Water District is respon- our customers help us protect our water sible for providing high quality drinking water, sources, which are the heart of our community. but cannot control the Please call our office if variety of materials used in plumbing compo- you have questions. nents. When your water TT-04/01/2017-1TChas been sitting for sev- 147708 eral hours, you can min- NOTICE CONCERNING imize the potential for THE EXAMINATION OF lead exposure by flush- ASSESSMENT INVENing your tap for 30 sec- TORY AND VALUATION onds to 2 minutes be- DATA (Pursuant to secfore using water for tion 501 of the Real drinking or cooking. If Property Tax Law) you are concerned about Notice is hereby given lead in your water, you that assessment invenmay wish to have your tory and valuation data water tested. Informa- is available for examination on lead in drinking tion and review. This water, testing methods, data is the information and steps you can take which will be used to esto minimize exposure is tablish the assessment available from the Safe of each parcel which Drinking Water Hotline will appear on the tentaor at http://www.epa.- tive assessment roll of gov/safewater/lead.

The Town of Putnam, Why Save Water and which will be filed on or How to Avoid Wasting before May 1st, 2017.

It? An appointment to reAlthough our system view the assessment inhas an adequate amount formation may be made of water to meet present by telephoning the asand future demands, sessor at 796-4548 by there are a number of April 12, 2017. reasons why it is impor- April 1, 2017 tant to conserve water: William McCarty Saving water saves Sole Assessor, Town of energy and some of Putnam the costs associated TT-04/01-04/08/2017with both of these 2TC-147263 necessities of life; Saving water re- NOTICE CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF duces the cost of INVENTORY AND VALUenergy required to ATION DATA pump water and the Pursuant to Section 501 need to construct of the Real Property Tax costly new wells, Law, notice is hereby pumping systems given that assessment and water towers; inventory and valuation and data is available for exSaving water amination and review. lessens the strain This data is the informaon the water system tion which will be used during a dry spell or to establish the assessdrought, helping to ment of each parcel avoid severe water which will appear on the use restrictions so tentative assessment roll that essential fire filed on May 1, 2017 for fighting needs are the Town of Ticonderomet. ga. Ann appointment to You can play a role in review this information conserving water by be- may be made by tele-

This data is the information which will be used to establish the assessment of each parcel which will appear on the tentative assessment roll filed on May 1, 2017 for the Town of Ticonderoga. Ann appointment to review this information may be made by telephoning the assessor's office at (518) 5855285.

Patricia A. Osier ASSESSOR(S) TT-04/01-04/08/20172TC-147832 NOTICE OF ANNUAL BUDGET HEARING BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Budget Hearing of the inhabitants qualified to vote at school meetings, of the Crown Point Central School District, Towns of Crown Point, Moriah, and Ticonderoga in the County of Essex, State of New York, will be held at the District Library in said district on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the New York State Education Law. A COPY OF THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN for the ensuing school year may be obtained by any taxpayer in the District during the seven (7) days immediately preceding the Annual Budget Hearing at the Crown Point Central School Superintendents Office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of trustees of the Board of Education must be filed with the District Office, by 3:00 p.m. on April 20, 2017, or the District Clerk, Jeanne McMurtry, by 5:00 p.m., not later than Thursday, April 20, 2017. Petitions must contain the signatures of at least 25 qualified voters of the District. There are two (2) vacancies to be filled for a period of three (3) years.

Incumbent(s) are: Florence St. Pierre Sears, and Terry Ross.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that voting on the proposed budget for the 2017-2018 school year, on candidates for the Board of Education and on any other propositions, will take place on Tuesday, May 16, 2017.

Voting will begin in the main entrance foyer of the Crown Point Central School beginning at 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m. and then relocate to the Cafeteria from 1:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. or until those present at that time have voted in the Crown Point Central School District, County of Essex, State of New York. Handicapped accessibility is gained by the cafeteria doors.

PETITIONS AND ABSENTEE BALLOTS may be obtained from the District Clerk, Jeanne McMurtry, 147 Pearl Street, Crown Point, New York or from the Office of the Superintendent, Crown Point Central School, Main Street, Crown Point, New York.

TT-04/01, 04/22,05/06,05/13/2017 -4TC-146950 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING, ELECTION AND BUDGET VOTE Schroon Lake Central School District, Town of Schroon, County of Essex, New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Schroon Lake Central School District, Essex County, Schroon Lake, New York will be held in the Schroon Lake Central School Auditorium on May 2, 2017 at 7:00 pm for the presentation of the budget. The budget will be available for review beginning on April 24, 2017 in the Schroon Lake Central School Office between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm daily excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting of the qualified voters of the Schroon Lake Central School District of the Town of Schroon, Essex County, New York

ING GIVEN that the the hours of 9:00 am School District Clerk is and 4:00 pm daily ex- hereby authorized to cluding Saturdays, Sun- amend the notice of the days and holidays. NO- District Meeting and TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Budget from time to www.suncommunitynews.com that the annual meeting time as, in her discreof the qualified voters of tion, such amendment the Schroon Lake Cen- might be required. tral School District of Dated March 31, 2017 District Clerk: Lisa DeZathe Town of Schroon, Essex County, New York lia of Education will be held at the Board Schroon Lake Central President: Robert Claus School district on Tues- Schroon Lake Central day May 16, 2017 be- School District Town of Schroon, Countween the hours of 12 Noon and 8:00 pm, or ty of Essex, New York until those present at TTthat time have voted, at 04/01,04/15,04/29,05/1 which time the polls will 3/2017-4TC-146917 be open to vote by paper NOTICE OF SALE ballot upon the following SUPREME COURT items: COUNTY OF ESSEX 1. To adopt the annual Deutsche Bank National budget of the School Company as District for the fiscal Trust year 2017-2018 and to Trustee for GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-7, authorize the requisite portion thereof to be Plaintiff AGAINST Rosemarie Winters a/k/a raised by taxation on the Rosemarie E. Winters taxable property of the a/k/a Rosemarie Eger District.

Winters; et al., Defen2. To elect one member of the Board of Educa- dant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclotion for a three year term commencing July 1, sure and Sale duly dated May 27, 2016 I, the un2017 and expiring on June 30, 2020 to suc- dersigned Referee will sell at public auction at ceed Eric Welch whose term expires June 30, the lobby of the Essex County Courthouse on 2017 3. To vote on a proposi- April 19, 2017 at 10:00AM, premises tion to purchase one 65 passenger school bus known as 75 Forest Way not to exceed the f/k/a 160 Old Chilson Road, Ticonderoga, NY amount of $123,000.00 4. To vote on any other 12883. All that certain propositions which will plot piece or parcel of be placed on the ballot, land, with the buildings and improvements which relates to school erected, situate, lying business at Schroon and being in the Town of Lake Central School.

FURTHER NOTICE IS Ticonderoga, County of HEREBY BEING GIVEN Essex and State of NY, that petitions nominat- Section 139.30 Block 2 ing candidates for the Lot 31.120. Approximate office of member of the amount of judgment Board of Education must $442,334.84 plus interest and costs. Premises be filed with the Clerk of the said school district, will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgnot later than April 17, ment Index# 916-10.

2017 by 5:00 pm. Each William M. Finucane, petition must be signed Esq., Referee Shapiro, by at least twenty-five qualified voters and DiCaro & Barak, LLC Atstate the name and resi- torney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing dence of the candidate Rochester, and the vacancy for Boulevard which the petition is be- New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: March ing submitted.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- 4, 2017 EN THAT absentee bal- TT-03/18-04/08/2017lots are available for 4TC-145980 qualified voters, who on NOTICE OF SALE the day of the Budget SUPREME COURT Vote will be absent from COUNTY OF ESSEX Nathe Schroon Lake Cen- tionstar Mortgage LLC, tral School District be- Plaintiff AGAINST Lisa cause of studies, occu- Bowman, Defendant(s) pation, duties, business, Pursuant to a Judgment illness, vacation, physi- of Foreclosure and Sale cal disability, or con- duly dated February 22, fined to a hospital or jail. 2017 I, the undersigned Application for an ab- Referee will sell at public sentee ballot must be re- auction at the Essex ceived by the District County Courthouse on Clerk at least seven (7) April 24, 2017 at days before the Budget 2:00PM, premises Vote so the ballot can be known as 53 Champlain mailed. A list of those Avenue, Ticonderoga, persons to whom absen- NY 12883. All that certee ballots have been is- tain plot piece or parcel sued will be posted for of land, with the buildinspection in the school ings and improvements office five (5) days be- erected, situate, lying fore the vote. An absen- and being in the Town of tee ballot must reach the Ticonderoga, County of office of the District Essex and State of NY, Clerk at the Schroon Section 150.51 Block 10 Lake Central School not Lot 21.000. Approximate later than 5:00 pm on amount of judgment the day of the Budget $92,625.50 plus interest Vote. and costs. Premises will FURTHER NOTICE IS be sold subject to proviHEREBY GIVEN, that the sions of filed Judgment qualified voters of the Index# CV14-0655.

School District shall be Robert W. Pulsifer, Esq., entitled to vote at the Referee Shapiro, DiCaro said budget vote.

A & Barak, LLC Attorney qualified voter is one (s) for the Plaintiff 175 who is: 1. A citizen of Mile Crossing Boulevard the United States. 2. Rochester, New York Eighteen years of age or 14624 (877) 759-1835 older. 3. A resident with- Dated: March 3, 2017 in the District for a peri- TT-03/25-04/15/2017od of thirty (30) days 4TC-146392 next preceding the BudNOTICE OF SALEget Vote. The School District may require all SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ESSEX persons offering to vote SANTANDER BANK, at the Budget Vote to provide one form of N.A., F/K/A SOVEREIGN N.A. F/K/A proof of residency pur- BANK, suant to Education Law SOVEREIGN BANK, Plaintiff #20018-c. Such form may include a drivers li- -againstcense, a non driver iden- DAVID J. FIGUEROA, LISA GLAD-FIGUEROA tification card, a utility bill, or a voter registra- A/K/A LISA ANNE GLAD tion card. Upon offer of A/K/A LISA ANN GLADJEFFREY proof of residency, the FIGUEROA, TUCKER, School District may also require all persons to Defendant(s) provide their signature, Pursuant to a judgment printed name and ad- of foreclosure and sale duly dated JANUARY 12, dress.

NOTICE IS HEREBY BE- 2017 ING GIVEN that the I, the undersigned RefSchool District Clerk is eree will sell at public hereby authorized to auction to the highest amend the notice of the bidder at THE LOBBY OF District Meeting and THE ESSEX COUNTY Budget from time to COURTHOUSE IN ELIZANEW time as, in her discre- BETHTOWN, YORK, THE COUNTY OF tion, such amendment ESSEX on April 12, 2017 might be required. at 10:30 AM premises Dated March 31, 2017 District Clerk: Lisa DeZa- known as 47 SAM CURRAN ROAD, CROWN lia POINT, NY 12928.

Board of Education

auction to the highest bidder at THE LOBBY OF THE ESSEX COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ELIZABETHTOWN, NEW YORK, THE COUNTY OF ESSEX on April 12, 2017 at 10:30 AM premises known as 47 SAM CURRAN ROAD, CROWN POINT, NY 12928.

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being on the northerly side of the Sam Curran Road in the Town of Crown Point, County of ESSEX and State of New York.

Section: 128.1 Block: 4 Lot: 38.211 Approximate amount of lien $410,505.46 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # CV14-0538 WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, ESQ., REFEREE STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514 DATED: March 02, 2017 FILE #: SANTANDER 66476 TT-03/11-04/01/20174TC-145713 NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Undersigned, on behalf of the Essex County Board of Supervisors, will accept separate sealed bids at the Office of the Purchasing Agent until 2:00 P.M. on April 7, 2017 for OEM Automotive Parts for the following: Light Duty Vehicles Medium Duty Vehicles Heavy Duty Vehicles The bids shall be opened publicly and read aloud on April 7, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, 7551 Court Street, Elizabethtown, New York 12932.

Please contact the Purchasing Office at (518) 873-3330 for additional information concerning the bidding. Specifications and standard proposals for the proposed work may be obtained at the above address, or on the Countys website at: www.co.essex.ny.us.

All bids submitted in response to this notice shall be marked "SEALED BID OEM DUTY AUTOMOTIVE PARTS" clearly on the outside of the envelope.

Dated: March 23, 2017 Linda M. Wolf, CPA Purchasing Agent Essex County Government Center 7551 Court Street PO Box 217 Elizabethtown, New York 12932 (518) 873-3332 TT-04/01/2017-1TC147525 NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Undersigned, on behalf of the Essex County Board of Supervisors, will accept sealed bids until April 14, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. for the following: ONE (1) NEW & UNUSED MINI VAN Specifications are available by contacting the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Linda M. Wolf, Essex County Government Center, 7551 Court Street, Elizabethtown, New York 12932, by calling 518-873-3332 or on the Countys Website: www.co.essex.ny.us.

Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Essex County Government Center, 7551 Court Street, Elizabethtown, New York 12932 until April 14, 2017 at 2:00 P.M. at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

All bids submitted in response to this notice shall be marked SEALED BID MINI VAN clearly on the outside of the envelope.

All bids shall be submitted on the bid sheets included in the package, and no other forms shall be accepted.

Dated: March 27, 2017 Linda M. Wolf, CPA Purchasing Agent Essex County Government Center 7551 Court Street Elizabethtown, New York 12932 (518) 873-3332 TT-04/01/2017-1TC-

other forms shall be ac- tion proceedings pursuant to section seven cepted. hundred seventy-four of Dated: March 27, 2017 this title, the governing Linda M. Wolf, CPA Purchasing Agent body of the local govEssex CountyPublished Govern-by Denton ernmentPublications, entity to be Inc. disment Center solved shall: 1. cause a copy of the 7551 Court Street dissolution Elizabethtown, New York proposed 12932 plan, along with a de(518) 873-3332 scriptive summary TT-04/01/2017-1TCthereof, to be displayed 147816 and readily accessible to the public for inspecNOTICE tion in a public place or TO: ALL CLAIMANTS places within the entity; AGAINST VILLAGE OF 2. cause the proposed PORT HENRY, dissolution plan, along ESSEX COUNTY, NEW with a descriptive sumYORK mary thereof and a referPursuant to the provi- ence to the public place sions of New York Gen- or places within the entieral Municipal Law Sec- ty where a copy thereof tion 787(2), you are may be examined, to be hereby notified that dis- displayed on a website solution proceedings maintained by the entipursuant to New York ty or otherwise on a General Municipal Law website maintained by Article 17-A, Title 3, the village, town and/or were successfully com- county in which the enpleted and dissolution of tity is located; the Village of Port Hen- 3. arrange to be pubry, Essex County, New lished a descriptive York shall be effective summary of the proon March 31, 2017. posed dissolution plan You are further notified and a reference to the that all claimants against public place or places the Village are required within the entity where a to present their respec- copy thereof may be extive accounts, claims, amined, at least once and demands against each week for four sucthe Village (excluding cessive weeks in a outstanding securities of newspaper having a the Village) in writing general circulation and in detail, to the Vil- within the entity; and lage Treasurer at 4303 4. in the case of a proMain Street, Port Henry, posed dissolution of a NY 12974, on or before village, the governing March 31, 2017 and to body of the village shall the Moriah Town Super- cause the proposed disvisor at 38 Park Place, solution plan to be Port Henry, NY 12974 mailed by certified or from April 1, 2017 to registered mail to the July 1, 2017. All claims supervisor of the town and demands which are or towns in which the not presented and filed village is situated. as provided in this No- TT-03/11-04/01/2017tice and on or before the 4TC-145824 date specified in this No- NOTICE OF SALE tice shall be forever SUPREME COURT: ESbarred as against the Vil- SEX COUNTY lage, its assets, its elect- JPMORGAN CHASE ed and appointed offi- BANK, NATIONAL ASSOcials and its employees, CIATION; Plaintiff(s) vs. except as provided by CHRISTI PALMER; et al; law.

Defendant(s) Dated: March 3, 2017 Attorney (s) for Plaintiff Village of Port Henry, (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI Essex County, New York & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2

By Order of its Board of Summit Court, Suite Trustees 301, Fishkill, New York, General Municipal Law 12524, 845.897.1600 ยง787. Winding down Pursuant to judgment of the affairs of a dissolved local govern- foreclosure and sale granted herein on or ment entity about December 23, 1. Upon the successful completion of dissolu- 2016, I will sell at Public tion proceedings pur- Auction to the highest bidder at the lobby of suant to this title, the the Essex County Courtgoverning body of the dissolving local govern- house in Elizabethtown.

On May 1, 2017 at 10:00 ment entity shall wind am. down the affairs thereof, Premises known as 10 dispose of its property as provided by law, HALL RD, TICONDEROmake provisions for the GA, NY 12883 payment of all indebted- Section: 138.15 Block: 1 Lot: 9.000 ness thereof and for the performance of its con- Parcel I: ALL that piece, tracts and obligations, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being and, if applicable and appropriate under law, in the Town of Ticonlevy taxes and assess- deroga, County of Essex ments as necessary to and State of New York. accomplish the dissolu- Parcel II: ALL that piece, parcel or tract of land, tion. situate, lying and being 2. In furtherance of its in the Town of Ticonduty to wind down the affairs of the local gov- deroga, County of Essex ernment entity, the gov- and State of New York.

As more particularly deerning body shall cause notice to be given, in scribed in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. the same manner as Sold subject to all of the notice for a proposed dissolution plan pur- terms and conditions contained in said judgsuant to section seven hundred seventy-five ment and terms of sale.

[BELOW] of this title, re- Approximate amount of quiring all claims against judgment $109,048.49 the dissolving local gov- plus interest and costs. ernment entity, exclud- INDEX NO. CV14-0488 ing any of its outstand- Reginald Bedell, Esq., Referee ing securities, to be filed within a time fixed in the TT-04/01-04/22/20174TC-147530 notice, but not less than three months or more PUTNAM CENTRAL than six months, and all SCHOOL NOTICE OF claims not so filed shall BUDGET HEARING AND be forever barred. At the NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING, BUDGET expiration of such time the governing body shall VOTE AND ELECTION adjudicate claims so NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVfiled, and any resident of EN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the entity at the time of the effective date of the the Putnam Central dissolution may appear School District, Washington County, New and defend against any York will be held in the claim so filed, or the governing body may in Putnam School building on County Route 2 in its discretion appoint some person for that the Town of Putnam, New York on May 2, purpose. ยง775. Publication of 2017 at 6:30 P.M. proposed dissolution (D.S.T.) for the presenplan tation of the budget. The No later than five busi- budget will be available ness days after com- for review on April 25, mencement of dissolu- 2017 at the Putnam tion proceedings pur- Central School.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN suant to section seven hundred seventy-four of that the annual meeting of the qualified voters of this title, the governing body of the local gov- the Putnam Central ernment entity to be dis- School District, Washington County, New solved shall: 1. cause a copy of the York, will be held in the gymnasium at the proposed dissolution plan, along with a de- School on County Route 2 in the Town of Putscriptive summary nam, New York, on thereof, to be displayed

ing on July 1, 2017 and 2017 at the Putnam expiring on June 30, Central School.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN 2022, to succeed Gerald Gendron, whose term that the annual meeting of the qualified voters of expires on June 30, Published

by Denton Publications, 2017. Inc. the Putnam Central School District, Wash- 3. Proposition that the ington LEGALS County, New Board of Education of The Putnam Central York, will be held in the gymnasium at the School be authorized to re-establish the Capital School on County Route 2 in the Town of Put- Reserve Fund and that nam, New York, on the Board of Education Tuesday, May 16, 2017, be authorized to fund between the hours of the Capital Reserve Fund in the amount of 1:00 p.m. (D.S.T.) and $300,000. which shall 8:00 p.m. (D.S.T.) be funded by the current during which hours the balance and $200,000. polls will be opened to from the Unrestrictive vote by ballot upon the Fund Balance for the following items: purpose of a future new 1. To adopt the annual roof. budget of the School District for the fiscal NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVyear 2017-2018 and to EN that a copy of the statement of the amount authorize the requisite portion thereof of money which will be required to fund the to be raised by taxation school districts budget on the taxable property for the 2017-2018, exof the district.

2. To elect one (1) mem- clusive of public monies, ber of the Board of Edu- and an exemption summary report as cation as follows: One (1) member, for a required by section 495 5-year term commenc- of Real Property Tax ing on July 1, 2017 and Law, may be obtained by expiring on June 30, any resident of the district during the business 2022, to succeed Gerald Gendron, whose term hours beginning Monexpires on June 30, day, April 24, 2017 at the Putnam Central 2017.

School.

3. Proposition that the Board of Education of NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN The Putnam Central that the petitions nomiSchool be authorized to nating candidates for the re-establish the Capital office of member of the Reserve Fund and that Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Education the District, not later be authorized to fund than 5:00 p.m. on April the Capital Reserve Fund in the amount of 17, 2017. Each petition $300,000. which shall shall be directed to the Clerk of the District and be funded by the current shall be signed by at balance and $200,000. least 25 voters of the from the Unrestrictive District, must state the Fund Balance for the purpose of a future new name and residence of the candidate and shall roof.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- describe the specific vacancy for which the canEN that a copy of the statement of the amount didate is nominated.

AND FURTHER NOTICE of money which will be IS HEREBY GIVEN that required to fund the applications for absenschool districts budget for the 2017-2018, ex- tee ballots will be obtainable between the clusive of public monies, and an exemption sum- hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Monday mary report as through Friday, except required by section 495 holidays, from the Disof Real Property Tax trict Clerk. Completed Law, may be obtained by any resident of the dis- applications for absentee ballots must be retrict during the business hours beginning Mon- ceived by the District day, April 24, 2017 at Clerk at least seven (7) the Putnam Central days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed School.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN to the voter, or the day that the petitions nomi- before election, if the ballot is to be personally nating candidates for the delivered to the voter. office of member of the Board of Education shall Absentee ballots must be received by the Disbe filed with the Clerk of the District, not later trict Clerk not later than than 5:00 p.m. on April 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2017.

17, 2017. Each petition shall be directed to the A list of all persons to Clerk of the District and whom absentee ballots shall be signed by at shall have been issued least 25 voters of the will be available in the office of the District District, must state the name and residence of Clerk from 8:00 a.m. unthe candidate and shall til 3:00 p.m. prevailing describe the specific va- time on each of the five cancy for which the can- days prior to the day of the election, except Sundidate is nominated. day, May 14, 2017, and AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the day set for the elecapplications for absen- tion. Any qualified voter tee ballots will be ob- present in the polling tainable between the place may object to the voting of the balhours of 8:00 a.m. and lot upon appropriate 3:00 p.m.

Monday grounds by making through Friday, except holidays, from the Dis- his/her challenge and reasons therefore known trict Clerk. Completed applications for absen- to the Inspector of Electee ballots must be re- tion before the close of ceived by the District the polls.

Clerk at least seven (7) AND FURTHER NOTICE days prior to the vote if IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ballot is to be mailed the qualified voters of to the voter, or the day the School District shall before election, if the be entitled to vote in ballot is to be personally said annual vote and election. A qualified votdelivered to the voter.

Absentee ballots must er is one who is (1) A be received by the Dis- citizen of the United States of America, (2) trict Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, Eighteen (18) years of age or older, and (3) 2017.

Resident within the A list of all persons to School District for a pewhom absentee ballots riod of thirty (30) days shall have been issued next preceding the annuwill be available in the office of the District al vote and election. The Clerk from 8:00 a.m. un- School District may require all persons offertil 3:00 p.m. prevailing ing to vote at the budget time on each of the five days prior to the day of vote and election to prothe election, except Sun- vide one form of proof day, May 14, 2017, and of residency pursuant to the day set for the elec- Education Law 2018-c. tion. Any qualified voter Such a form may include a drivers lipresent in the polling cense, a non-driver idenplace may object tification card, a utility to the voting of the balbill, or a voter registralot upon appropriate tion card. Upon offer grounds by making his/her challenge and of proof of residency, the School District may reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Elec- also require all persons offering to vote to protion before the close of vide their signature, the polls. printed name and adAND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that dress. the qualified voters of AND FUTHER NOTICE IS the School District shall HEREBY GIVEN, that be entitled to vote in pursuant to a rule adoptsaid annual vote and ed by the Board of Edu-

Law, may be obtained by any resident of the district during the business hours beginning Monday, April 24, 2017 at the Putnam Central School.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of the District, not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 17, 2017. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the District and shall be signed by at least 25 voters of the District, must state the name and residence of the candidate and shall describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday, except holidays, from the District Clerk. Completed applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before election, if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2017.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. prevailing time on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, May 14, 2017, and the day set for the election. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the qualified voters of the School District shall be entitled to vote in said annual vote and election. A qualified voter is one who is (1) A citizen of the United States of America, (2) Eighteen (18) years of age or older, and (3) Resident within the School District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding the annual vote and election. The School District may require all persons offering to vote at the budget vote and election to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law 2018-c.

Such a form may include a drivers license, a non-driver identification card, a utility bill, or a voter registration card. Upon offer of proof of residency, the School District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name and address.

AND FUTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with Sections 2035 and 2008 of the Education Law, any referenda or proposition to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said vote and election, must be filed with the Board of Education at the Putnam Central School on or before April 17, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. prevailing time; must be typed or printed in English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) of the qualified voters of the District; and must state the name and residence of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain or place before the voters any proposition if its purpose is beyond the power of the voters or is illegal, or any proposition requiring the expenditure of monies which fails to include specific

trict Clerk. Completed reasons therefore known applications for absen- to the Inspector of Electee ballots must be re- tion before the close of ceived by the District the polls.

Clerk at least seven (7) AND FURTHER NOTICE days prior www.suncommunitynews.com to the vote if IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ballot is to be mailed the qualified voters of to the voter, or the day the School District shall be entitled to vote in before election, if the said annual vote and ballot is to be personally election. A qualified votdelivered to the voter.

Absentee ballots must er is one who is (1) A be received by the Dis- citizen of the United States of America, (2) trict Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, Eighteen (18) years of age or older, and (3) 2017.

Resident within the A list of all persons to School District for a pewhom absentee ballots riod of thirty (30) days shall have been issued next preceding the annuwill be available in the office of the District al vote and election. The Clerk from 8:00 a.m. un- School District may require all persons offertil 3:00 p.m. prevailing ing to vote at the budget time on each of the five days prior to the day of vote and election to prothe election, except Sun- vide one form of proof day, May 14, 2017, and of residency pursuant to the day set for the elec- Education Law 2018-c. tion. Any qualified voter Such a form may include a drivers lipresent in the polling cense, a non-driver idenplace may object to the voting of the bal- tification card, a utility bill, or a voter registralot upon appropriate tion card. Upon offer grounds by making his/her challenge and of proof of residency, the School District may reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Elec- also require all persons offering to vote to protion before the close of vide their signature, the polls. printed name and adAND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that dress. the qualified voters of AND FUTHER NOTICE IS the School District shall HEREBY GIVEN, that be entitled to vote in pursuant to a rule adoptsaid annual vote and ed by the Board of Eduelection. A qualified vot- cation in accordance er is one who is (1) A with Sections 2035 and 2008 of the Education citizen of the United States of America, (2) Law, any referenda or Eighteen (18) years of proposition to amend age or older, and (3) the budget, or otherwise Resident within the to be submitted for votSchool District for a pe- ing at said vote and election, must be filed with riod of thirty (30) days next preceding the annu- the Board of Education at the al vote and election. The School District may re- Putnam Central School quire all persons offer- on or before April 17, ing to vote at the budget 2017 at 5:00 p.m. prevote and election to pro- vailing time; must be typed or printed in Envide one form of proof of residency pursuant to glish language; must be Education Law 2018-c. directed to the Clerk of the School District; must Such a form may include a drivers li- be signed by at least cense, a non-driver iden- twenty-five (25) of the qualified voters of the tification card, a utility bill, or a voter registra- District; and must state the name and residence tion card. Upon offer of each signer. However, of proof of residency, the School District may the School Board will not entertain or place also require all persons offering to vote to pro- before the voters any proposition if its purvide their signature, printed name and ad- pose is beyond the power of the voters or is illedress.

AND FUTHER NOTICE IS gal, or any proposition HEREBY GIVEN, that requiring the expendipursuant to a rule adopt- ture of monies which ed by the Board of Edu- fails to include specific appropriations for all cation in accordance such expenditures rewith Sections 2035 and quired by the proposi2008 of the Education Law, any referenda or tion.

Dated: March 24, 2017 proposition to amend the budget, or otherwise By order of the Board of to be submitted for vot- Education ing at said vote and elec- Kim M. Brown tion, must be filed with School District Clerk TTthe Board of Education 04/01,04/15,04/29,05/1 at the Putnam Central School 3/2017-4TC-147699 on or before April 17, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. prevailing time; must be typed or printed in English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) of the qualified voters of the District; and must state the name and residence of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain or place before the voters any proposition if its purpose is beyond the power of the voters or is illegal, or any proposition requiring the expenditure of monies which fails to include specific appropriations for all such expenditures required by the proposition.

Dated: March 24, 2017 By order of the Board of Education Kim M. Brown School District Clerk TT04/01,04/15,04/29,05/1 3/2017-4TC-147699

the School District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name and address.

AND FUTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with Sections 2035 and 2008 of the Education Law, any referenda or proposition to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said vote and election, must be filed with the Board of Education at the Putnam Central School on or before April 17, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. prevailing time; must be typed or printed in English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) of the qualified voters of the District; and must state the name and residence of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain or place before the voters any proposition if its purpose is beyond the power of the voters or is illegal, or any proposition requiring the expenditure of monies which fails to include specific appropriations for all such expenditures required by the proposition.

Dated: March 24, 2017 By order of the Board of Education Kim M. Brown School District Clerk TT04/01,04/15,04/29,05/1 3/2017-4TC-147699

the School Board will TOWN OF TICONDEROnot entertain or place GA, NEW YORK before the voters any NOTICE OF PUBLIC proposition if its pur- HEARING pose is beyond the pow- PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The or Times of Ti Sun April 1,hearing 2017 |will 25 er of the voters is illethat aâ&#x20AC;˘ public gal, or any proposition be held by the Town requiring the expendi- Board of the Town of ture of monies which Ticonderoga on April 13, fails to include specific 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at the appropriations for all Offices of the Town of such expenditures re- Ticonderoga, 132 Montquired by the proposi- calm Street, Ticonderotion. ga, New York, to discuss Dated: March 24, 2017 a proposed Local Law By order of the Board of amending the Town of Education Ticonderoga Zoning OrKim M. Brown dinance in Reference to School District Clerk Solar Installation in the TTTown. Copies of the 04/01,04/15,04/29,05/1 proposed local law are 3/2017-4TC-147699 available at the Town Hall, 132 Montcalm THE TICONDEROGA Street, Ticonderoga, FIRE COMMISSION is New York during regular accepting Sealed bids business hours.

All for the repair of vinyl members of the public siding on the Southeast and interested parties side of the building (Fac- are permitted to appear ing Schuyler Street). and be heard.

Bids will be accepted By order of the Town until the 14th of April, Board of the Town of 2017.

Ticonderoga, New York, TT-04/01/2017-1TCdated March 23, 2017.

147817 Tonya Thompson TOWN OF TICONDERO- Town Clerk TT-04/01/2017-1TCGA, NEW YORK NOTICE OF PUBLIC 147531 HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Ticonderoga on April 13, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at the Offices of the Town of Ticonderoga, 132 Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga, New York, to discuss a proposed Local Law amending the Town of Ticonderoga Zoning Ordinance in Reference to Solar Installation in the Town. Copies of the proposed local law are available at the Town Hall, 132 Montcalm Street, Ticonderoga, New York during regular business hours.

All members of the public and interested parties are permitted to appear and be heard.

By order of the Town Board of the Town of Ticonderoga, New York, dated March 23, 2017.

Tonya Thompson Town Clerk TT-04/01/2017-1TC147531

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