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Essex Cty. to help bus-less patients
Saturday, August 16, 2014
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By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com
ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ Twenty-two Essex County residents have been left scrambling to adjust their transportation schedules after the Ticonderoga-based health consortium Inter-Lakes Health (ILH) cancelled the bus service that ferried elderly passengers from the southern part of the county to medical appointments across the region, including Middlebury and Burlington. Essex County officials remain in the dark two weeks after the decision was made on July 28. Ò ItÕ s been hard to get information,Ó Essex County Transportation Coordinator Nancy Dougal told the Board of Supervisors on Monday, Aug. 11. Dougal said one resident has already called the county requesting transport. Ò I have 22 people that we need to decide how to move,Ó said Dougal. Ò Many are in wheelchairs.Ó ILH spokesperson Jane Hooper said residents will still be served. Patrons of the former service were notified in a letter sent on Aug. 1 that the Essex County Bus and Ticonderoga Senior Bus would be available as replacements. Dougal didnÕ t receive the letter. Ò The patients started calling and thatÕ s how we got involved,Ó said Dougal. CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
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Mission accomplished for Strand By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com
SCHROON Ñ If you enjoy Hollywood when the movie has a happy ending, then this is the story for you. The Strand Theatre in Schroon Lake became the eighth of 10 local, community cinemas to reach their goal as part of the Go Digital or Go Dark fundraising program, led by the Adirondack North Country Association and Adirondack Film Society.
To celebrate, the Save the Strand Committee will host a celebration event Saturday, Aug. 16, at noon at the cinema on Main Street. Ò We would like all supporters of the Strand to assemble in front of the theatre for a celebratory photo,Ó Committee chair Emily Rossi-Snook said. Ò If you have an Ô I Helped Save the Strand,Õ t-shirt, please wear it. We would like as many supporters as possible in this photo. This should take only a few minutes.Ó Snook said she was grateful when she heard the
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Anita Johnson and Chasity O’Connor, both cancer survivors, walk during the opening of the Relay for Life event at Crown Point Central School Aug. 9. Photo by Nancy Frasier
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news the fundraising goal had been met. Ò This wonderful, supportive community, through their generosity has made sure that the Strand Theatre lights will shine again and we will have our movies, our programs with other local organizations and our holiday parties for the little ones,Ó she said. Ò We received word (Aug. 10) that our goal has been met and the Schroon Lake community has raised the required goal of $40,000.Ó CONTINUED ON PAGE 12