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Snowmobile connector blocked Supervisors say ruling defining saplings as timber is nonsensical By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER
RAY BROOK | Environmentalists were pleased and supervisors in Five Towns were exasperated after a court ruling that, at least for now, appears to block construction of snowmobile trails connecting communities in the central Adirondacks. » Trails Cont. on pg. 9 A crowd meets at the Ticonderoga Board meeting do discuss new solar regulations.
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Solar hearing in Ti draws crowd Residents ask for more transparency By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER
Supervisors are decrying a court ruling that blocks snowmobile connector trails because of the number of trees that would have to be cut. Photo by Tim Rowland
TICONDEROGA | Ticonderoga’s efforts to write solar regulations into its zoning law got off to a choppy start last Thursday, when citizens at a public hearing said they had not received adequate background information about the proposal. At a packed town board meeting, residents said they felt there had not been adequate public notice of the hearing, that they had not had an opportunity to be briefed on the regulations and that they feared the rules would be passed without their input. “People feel like they don’t have any effect when they show up to a town meeting,” Ti resident James Cawley
Not the North’s best Fourth July 4, 1777, gave British leg up on Mount Defiance
Two hundred and forty two years and a day after the British lugged two hefty guns to the mountaintop, Ticonderoga historian Kevin Maher led a group of hikers from Champlain Area Trails up roughly the same route the British had carved out — slightly easier in modern times now that a paved road runs to the top. The colonists had taken the fort from the British in May 1775, less a product of military might than a product of knocking on the door and telling a sparse number of defenders to scram. It was Ethan Allen who has received the glory of that time period, but Maher said it was Benedict Arnold who was better prepared both legally (even in the wilderness, paperwork was still important) and militarily to take the fort and lead assaults on British troops in the region. Arnold, of course, lost his chance at lasting American heroism when he later threw his lot with the British. » 4th Cont. on pg. 7
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TICONDEROGA | July 4, 1776, was a great day for America. July 4, 1777 — not so much. As the colonists were puttering around Fort Ticonderoga a year after declaring their independence, a team of British scouts was scaling Mount Defiance, which overlooks the peninsula upon which Americans had built their defenses. Though they’d dug plenty of entrenchments down below, no one had seen fit to defend the prominence, a blunder that hastened the Americans’ evacuation of the fort.
said. “We have to learn to talk together, like we used to.” Others said they felt it would have been more appropriate to hold informational meetings before introducing it at a formal public hearing. There also was confusion because, instead of a separate solar ordinance, the new regulations were incorporated into a new rewrite of town zoning laws and presented all at once. Board members said they want to be transparent and that the community will have more opportunities to provide feedback. They also said they had tried their best to get the word out. Ticonderoga Town Clerk Tonya Thompson said notification of the meeting had been posted in seven media outlets, and that copies of the revised ordinance were, and had been, available in her office for anyone who wanted one. One resident said she had been notified of the meeting through the town’s electronic notification platform, and that she had no problem getting a copy of the ordinance. “I think you’re being a little unfair to the town board,” she said. » Solar Cont. on pg. 7
Fort Ticonderoga historian Kevin Maher leads a group of hikers from Champlain Area Trails up Mount Defiance. Photo by Tim Rowland
Ticonderoga Food Pantry in need of funds Even in good economy, people are short of food By Tim Rowland STA FF W RITER
Ticonderoga Food Pantry President Margaret Beuerlein, volunteer Jan Olcott and past president Joyce Barry in the stockroom just before opening for the day. Photo by Tim Rowland
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garet Beuerlein and Joyce Barry, current and past president of the Ticonderoga Food Pantry. Barry said the pantry is running low on funds at least in part because people assume that there are fewer people in need. Beuerlein said that’s true to a degree — the pantry has seen a slight decline in its clients, but the decline in contributions has been far steeper. The pantry does not receive local tax dollars and depends on private, civic and business cash contributions, grants, food drives, grocery store surpluses and local farmers. As she spoke, Bonnie Barnhart of Lily Valley Farm in Putnam dropped by with a large box and tote fi lled with dozens of eggs, a popular and healthy item.