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TICONDEROGA | Artists from all over the Northeast converged on Ticonderoga last weekend for the 4th-annual Adirondack Harvest Plein Air Festival. They painted and painted on Saturday, scenes like the Middle LaChute Falls and Mount Defiance. Jessica Fligg came from Ashland, NH to paint the Ticonderoga Community Building cupola from the LaChute River Trail. “I’m having fun,” she said. “I was attracted to the color and light, the flag flying at the building.” She said it was a great experience staying in the community, with her and her family at the Rogers’ Rock State Campground south of Ticonderoga. “It’s a great place,” Fligg said. “I’ve met some of the other artists. It’s a beautiful community.” Fligg works mostly in oils and is a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association.
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Top cop recalls Dannemora manhunt in new memoir pg. 7
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HAGUE | The couple who allegedly held up the Hague Market and shot the owner have been indicted for multiple felonies by a Warren County grand jury. Vittorio L. Campano, 26, has 12 charges against him, and his girlfriend, Christine W. Tomko, 28, both of Queensbury, has 11 counts for the April 25 holdup in which store owner James Rypkema was critically wounded. Campano was indicted for two counts of attempted murder,
MORIAH | The hydro-electric project planned for Moriah’s old iron mines is nearing regulatory approval. Albany Engineering President James Besaw Sr. notified the Town of Moriah that he expects a federal construction permit at the beginning of next year. “We are in the final stages of regulatory approval,” Besaw wrote. “We expect FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) will proceed with a final environmental assessment and the license should be issued in the first quarter of 2018.” The firm has until December to submit additional information, and
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