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In SPORTS | pg. 24
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Sentinels v Railroaders
Ticonderoga takes on Whitehall in D playoffs
In OPINION | pg. 6
Live United
Annual fundraiser is underway
Ti supervisor race to be decided Friday
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Bridge Point expanding
Company expanding into Moriah area
Fast cat!
By Pete DeMola
pete@suncommunitynews.com
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Ticonderoga ballots have been cast, but still need to be looked at to be sure whose name is on the 782 write-in votes. While the board of elections will begin recanvassing on Thursday to answer the questions left hanging on election night, the two main players in the Ticonderoga supervisor race, incumbent Bill Grinnell and announced write-in candidate Joseph Giordano, were informed the Ticonderoga ballots would not be canvassed until Friday, Nov. 13, because of the need to go through every regular vote cast along with the incoming absentee and military ballots. Many believe the final results will show Grinnell, who defeated then incumbent Deb Malaney in the 2013 election, defeated by Giordano, a political novice who mounted an eleventh hour write-in campaign. While the board tallied 782 write-in votes to Grinnell’s 345, some will inevitably be tossed — including jokes, grievous misspellings or those who wrote in the name of candidates who appeared elsewhere on the ballot. On Monday, Giordano said he knew some would be thrown out, but was confident he had earned the victory. “I know there will be some people who just wrote in �Joe,’
Members of the Schroon Lake cross country team embrace Angie Stellabotte, who qualified for the NYSPHSAA championships Nov. 6. Stellabotte is the first student from the school to advance to a state championship event. See more on page 25. Photo by Keith Lobdell
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Crown Point moves forward to repair water issues
By Keith Lobdell
keith@suncommunitynews.com
CROWN POINT — The long awaited repairs to the water system here are underway, with the bulk of phase one having been completed on Veteran’s Day. “The last segment to occur this year was the repair of the pressure relief vaults located in Veteran’s Park and on Pearl Street,” Supervisor Charles Harrington said. The work was done on Veteran’s Day in order to accommodate the school, which would be closed while the town shut down the water lines.
The initial phase of the project has been to repair the water lines near the three-way intersection in the middle of the hamlet as well as the water line down to Veteran’s Park. “We have straightened out the mess that was at the intersection,” Harrington said, adding there was more than just leaky pipes to deal with. “Several lines were coming into the intersection,” he said. “Some should have been capped years ago. Others did not show up on any of the maps we had. It was a maze of puzzles.” Harrington said their contractor had knowledge of the system, which helped with sorting out the underground mess.
“We had a lot of good communication with all involved, solved the puzzles and put in a new system from the intersection, down Main Street to the fire department.” Harrington said the town hopes to add another 150 of pipe replacement by the end of the current construction season along with the improvements to the pressure release valve located at the park. “Those improvements will complete this section of the project,” Harrington said. “Next year, we will do down to the intersection of Ferry Road which will tie into the existing lines which extend to the south. We will also fix the pressure release valve on Pearl Street, which has given us
a number of problems, and the new well will be drilled at the water shed site at the fish hatchery with a new pumping station at the treatment plant.” While construction to the line will continue into next year, Harrington said the town will temporarily replace any sidewalk which has been removed with black top. “The sidewalks will come next year when the plan is completed,” he said. “You do not want to build and tear them up again. We will have new, five-feet wide sidewalks when we are done.” The supervisor said the process has been a long one, but it is pleasing to see plans put in motion.