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Stefanik and Trump
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DecisionÊ time:Ê VillageÊ terminusÊ planÊ voteÊ looms Port Henry voters will decide if they like the plan for dissolution
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he dissolution plan vote is from noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the village fire station on Church Street.
By Lohr McKinstry
lohr@suncommunitynews.com
PORT HENRY — So many different stories are circulating about what will or won’t happen if the Village of Port Henry dissolution plan is rejected by voters, that some public officials say no one knows what to believe. Signs have sprung up on lawns all over the village, telling people to vote yes or no on the plan. Village dissolution was approved by village
The board is hiring an election monitor from the Essex County Board of Elections to be present during voting and advise on election law, ballot marking and other matters that may come up. The Port Henry Village Board is reminding residents that New York state law prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of the polling place.
voters last year, but residents petitioned a second vote, this time on the plan for dissolution that the Village Board approved. That vote is from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Port Henry fire station on
Church Street. The non-binding plan that is the subject of the vote sets down how various services, employees and properties would be transferred to the Town of Moriah, which encompasses
TheÊ Night WeÊ Met A
n independent feature film shot around Schroon Lake is getting its world premiere at The Strand Theatre. Part of the movie, “The Night We Met,” was shot at the Adirondack General Store in the town of Horicon’s Adirondack hamlet, on the east shore of Schroon Lake. The film will premiere at The Strand Lohr Theatre on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. McKinstry Writer 13 and 14, with both shows at 8 p.m. The production was directed by Jon Russell Cring, with writing and cinematography by Tracy Nichole Cring, his wife. The Crings reside in the Albany area, but scouted filming locations in the North Country to settle on Schroon Lake. “The Night We Met” is a romance between two young people on their first date together. “It started with the idea of somebody who was friend of a friend calling up my (now) wife and saying ‘you don’t know her, but,’” Mr. Cring said in an interview. “They ended up dating for a few months. “We’re very vulnerable in the way we can open up to somebody else.” He said Schroon Lake turned out to be the ideal place for the 13-day shoot. “We had a connection through my producer, Stan Denis, and he had been up to the Adirondack General Store,” Mr. >> See MOVIE | pg. 14
the village. But some village residents see the vote as another chance to prevent dissolution. Dr. Gary Cooke has been taking out full page newspaper ads asking people to vote no on the plan, which would halt the dissolution process, in favor of a village-town co-terminus petition. That procedure would remove both the Village of Port Henry and the Town of Moriah and their elected officials and employees, and create new towns, with new boundaries, which he calls West Moriah and Greater Port Henry. >> See VOTE | pg. 13
Lyme disease on the rise in Essex County Local efforts to combat disease dovetail with state, federal efforts By Pete DeMola
pete@suncommunitynews.com
Sarah Joy Byington and Lorenzo Rodriguez are the stars of the independent picture, “The Night We Met,” which was filmed around Schroon Lake.
ELIZABETHTOWN — Lyme disease is on the rise in Essex County. “Our Lyme numbers are off the charts,” Susan Allott, Essex County Public Health Department’s Director of Preventive Services, reported to county lawmakers on Monday. Cases of the tick-born illness have doubled this year from 15 in 2015 to 33 to date. Allott is working with Champlain Area Trails to install warning signs for hikers, which are also available on request for lawmakers to install in their communities. The signs urge hikers to avoid tick bites by using repellents, walking in the center of trails and to check for ticks daily on children, pets and themselves. The majority of those cases were contracted along Lake Champlain, Allott said. But despite the trend, she said it’s a misnomer that inland residents can’t be affected, including North Elba residents. Lyme disease affects 300,000 Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. >> See LYME | pg. 17