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Future engineers design bridges in Ticonderoga Ti Kiwanis Bridge Building Contest drew 32 students

By Lohr McKinstry

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TICONDEROGA – A snowstorm didn’t keep 32 potential engineers from building and crushing balsa wood bridges in the 9thannual Ticonderoga Bridge Building Contest.

Students from the Ticonderoga Middle and High School, and Crown Point and St. Mary’s schools all participated in the event, held on a snowy Saturday morning.

The Middle School student teams designed their bridges and constructed them out of popsicle sticks during a 90 minute time limit, and then loaded a bucket suspended from the bridge with weights until the bridge collapsed, resulting in displays of shattering popsicle sticks.

Seventy percent of the bridges built by the Middle School students carried more than 50 pounds before breaking. The formula was weight of the load the bridge carried prior to failing, in pounds, divided by the weight in grams of the bridge. >> See BRIDGES | pg. 10

Officials: Brew-pubÊ OKÊ in village Businesses like a proposed brewery would be welcome in Port Henry

By Lohr McKinstry

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Construction is progressing on the new Crown Point Health Center on Main Street. The facility is expected to be open in the spring, and will replace an older, smaller building on Creek Road.

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PORT HENRY – The controversial new Port Henry village zoning law can be modified as they go along, officials say.

Village Mayor Ernest Guerin said the ordinance, which divides the village into land-use districts, is not absolute and can be changed to accommodate businesses and residents.

The village is dissolving on March 31, 2017, so most adjustments would have to be made by the Moriah Town Council.

The town will receive village responsibilities and assets following dissolution. Village laws will continue for two years after dissolution, then must either sunset or be passed by the town.

Guerin was responding to comments from the developer of a proposed brewpub in the village, who said the new zoning would actually prohibit his business from being created.

Gabriel Jaquish of Moriah said at a previous meeting the zoning bans breweries in the waterfront zoning district where >> See BREWERY | pg. 22

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Ti Central student named national delegate Katherine-Michelle Gallipo is headed to medical congress

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TICONDEROGA – Ticonderoga High School freshman Katherine-Michelle Gallipo has been named a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Lowell, Mass.

She will attend the congress, an honors program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields, on June 25 through 27, 2017.

Gallipo was nominated by Dr. Robert Darling, the medical director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, to represent Ticonderoga High School, “based on her academic achievement, leadership potential and determination to serve humanity in the field of medicine.”

Darling said the purpose of the event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country who as-

pire to be physicians or medical scientists, to stay true to their dream and, after the event, to provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal.

He said that during the three-day congress, Gallipo will join students from across the country and hear Nobel Laureates and National Medal of Science winners talk about leading medical research; be given advice from Ivy League and top medical school deans on what to expect in medical school; witness stories told by patients who are living medical miracles; be inspired by fellow teen medical science prodigies; and learn about cutting-edge advances and the future in medicine and medical technology.

“This is a crucial time in America when we need more doctors and medical scientists who are even better prepared for a future that is changing exponentially,” said Richard Rossi, executive director of the National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists, based in Washington, D.C. “Focused, bright and determined students like KatherineMichelle Gallipo are our future and she deserves all the mentoring and guidance we can give her,” Rossi said.

Best Western Plus Ticonderoga Inn & Suites honored Ti hotel given Chairman’s Award for outstanding quality standards

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TICONDEROGA — The Best Western Plus Ticonderoga Inn & Suites in Ticonderoga has received the Best Western Chairman’s Award, the hotel chain’s highest honor for outstanding quality standards.

The Chairman’s Award recognizes Best Western International hotels with a cleanliness and maintenance inspection score of the top five percent of more than 2,100 North American properties. Hotels must also meet Best Western’s requirements for design and high customer service scores to qualify for the award.

“Receiving the Chairman’s Award from Best Western is a tremendous honor,” said Karen Laundree, general manager.

Located at 260 Burgoyne Road, the Best Western Plus Ticonderoga Inn & Suites features 50 rooms, gym, pool, jacuzzi, and a restaurant on site.

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Water rates stable for next year With a municipal well ready, water schedule coming in Ticonderoga

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TICONDEROGA – The planned uniform charge schedule for the public water system in Ticonderoga will probably have to wait until the first quarter of 2017.

Water and sewer rates will remain the same for 2017, so there’s no hurry, town officials say.

The Town of Ticonderoga is planning a workshop to draft a consistent chart of user charges for water and sewer utilities, Ticonderoga Town Supervisor Joseph Giordano said.

The town sets water rates based on EDUs, or Equivalent Dwelling Units, a unit of measure for customers. For residential customers, a single-family dwelling unit is one EDU, a duplex is two EDUs, and an apartment building is one EDU per apartment. Commercial customers are assigned EDUs based on usage.

Lord Howe Estates, a senior housing complex, has a special arrangement in which they pay one-half EDU per home.

Moses Circle Senior Apartments has asked for a similar break on water rates there.

“Moses Circle wants the same, but we can’t do it,” Giordano said. “If we did, everyone would come and want the same deal.”

The system would no longer be able to support itself, because the rates are based on the town’s costs, so they’re instead going to draft a uniform user fees chart.

“We thought we could do it sooner,” the supervisor said.

“Now it’s the first quarter of 2017.”

Giordano said he plans to met with Moses Circle residents to discuss the situation, including the rates and the cautionary notices the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires them to send that say surface water supplies such as those used by the town can be contaminated by fecal bacteria.

The annual warning notices alarmed some Moses Circle residents, who believed that meant the water was contaminated, when in fact the water is OK. The town plans to switch sometime next year from a surface water source at Gooseneck Pond to a municipal well drilled in the Streetroad hamlet.

Ticonderoga Town Councilor Wayne Taylor stands in front of the HydroSource Associates drill rig in the town’s Streetroad hamlet. A municipal well drilled there is expected to go online at some point, replacing surface water sources.

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Tri-county area grapples with home aide crisis Lagging Medicaid reimbursement rates threatens service to local patients

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ELIZABETHTOWN — The tri-county area is scrambling to maintain funding for a program that provides personal care assistance to keep residents living independently.

North Country Home Services reported earlier this month they would have been forced to pull out of Essex County by Dec. 31 without a financial lifeline from county lawmakers.

Lawmakers on Tuesday approved $80,000 in eleventh-hour emergency funding to keep the programming afloat. But the lifeline is a stop-gap measure and officials have broader questions about the future sustainability of the service across the region.

The Ticonderoga High School Travel Group is collecting returnable bottles. The 2017 California and Grand Canyon travelers will be collecting bottles on Monday, Jan. 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. in and around the Ticonderoga area. If anyone has bottles to be picked up, leave a message at 585-7925 with the address. Pictured above, back row from left: Hailiegh Rivard, James Burke, Nate McLaughlin, Lexii Billetts and Sam Holmberg. Front row from left: Dalton Charboneau and Eryka Hayes. The travelers said they are very appreciative of the community’s support of educational travel.

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‘CRISIS SITUATION’ The nonprofit serves 150 patients in Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties.

Care is split into two components: Level 1 services are generally hands off, and include tasks like light cooking and cleaning and changing bed linens, among other errands.

Level 2 services include bathing, grooming and more traditional nursing services.

Those are billed back to insurance companies. But the former is covered by Medicaid — and the reimbursement rates to the providers are lopsided.

While it costs $29.50 per hour to provide those services, NCHS is only being reimbursed $22 from the state Department of Health, resulting in what Essex County officials say are cumulative six-figure losses.

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Ticonderoga Fatal fire probed as possible arson Kimberlee Budwick lost her life to a blaze that began on her porch

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TICONDEROGA – The fire that killed a Ticonderoga woman at her home on Dec. 21 is being investigated as a possible arson.

The State Police Forensic Unit and Bureau of Criminal Investigation, State Office of Fire Prevention and Control, and Essex County Fire Investigation Unit all sent investigators to the 80 Burgoyne Road fire scene.

The day after the fire that killed Kimberlee J. Budwick, 58, state investigators remained at the scene continuing the probe into the cause of the fire.

An autopsy conducted at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake showed Budwick died of smoke inhalation in the 1:35 a.m. fire.

She was taken to Moses-Ludington Hospital after being pulled from her burned home, but was pronounced dead at the hospital by Essex County Coroner Paul Connery.

The blaze began on the enclosed front porch of her home, and forensic experts have been concentrating their probe on

that area.

Budwick was alone in the house, and was able to call 911 before succumbing to the smoke and heat from the fire. She was found in her bedroom in the single story wood-frame home. Neighbors also called 911 when they saw the flames.

Essex County Emergency Services Director Donald Jaquish said the cause of the fire couldn’t be determined yet.

“We treat it as a crime scene, obviously, because someone has died, and we proceed from there until it’s proven that there is no criminal activity,” he said.

He said further information couldn’t be released.

Budwick is survived by a daughter, Chelsea, a sister, Karen Bessett, and two brothers, Keith O’Connor and Kevin O’Connor.

Ticonderoga Fire Chief Matt Watts said he was told by radio while enroute that it was a fully involved structure fire.

“I arrived on scene at 1:39 (a.m.) and found a large fire on the front of the house, which was an enclosed porch,” he said.

The flames spread into the living room of the home, Watts said, and there was extensive heat and smoke damage through the entire building.

“The house is destroyed,” he said.

Firefighters were called back about 5 a.m. for a minor rekindle, he said, and were back in service in a little over half

an hour.

Jaquish said firefighters and EMS personnel tried to revive Budwick.

“They brought her outside, (and) tried to do CPR,” he said.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Budwick’s family with expenses, at: www.gofundme.com/budwickoconnorshouse-fire

The Ticonderoga home where Kimberlee Budwick died is being probed for the cause of the early morning fire that took her life.

Essex County sales tax ends year on strong note County on track to meet projections for 2016, treasurer reports

By Pete DeMola

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ELIZABETHTOWN — Good news for Essex County as they close out the year: The county is ahead on projected cash receipts by nearly $521,000, Treasurer Mike Diskin reported to lawmakers on Dec. 19.

“We’re right on target, to me, if not exceed-

ing the budget this year,” Diskin said. “If we continue the cycle the way we are, through the end of the budget year, we will meet our budget numbers.”

Total projected sales tax collections for 2016 have been pegged at $28.5 million.

Occupancy tax numbers are also sunny, with collections up over $24,000 in November over the same period last year.

Total collections through the end of November are $1.93 million, about $184,000 over last year’s numbers.

The majority of that increase, about $135,000, stems from the new vacation rent-

al unit tax, as well as a tax on Airbnb units, which went into effect in October.

The first month of collections on those units netted $9,950.

STATE OUTLOOK Statewide, sales tax numbers are looking dicey.

Collections through November declined $1.1 billion, or 2.4 percent, from the same period last year, according to a state cash report issued Dec. 21 by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The decrease is largely due to lagging per-

sonal income tax receipts.

“The state’s tax revenues are down from last year but in line with revised projections,” said DiNapoli in a statement. “In the coming weeks, we will watch closely to see the impact the holiday shopping season as well as endof-year Wall Street bonuses will have on tax collections.”

The state received $273 million in new monetary settlements in November, and year-to-date tax collections of nearly $45.2 billion were $23.3 million higher than the latest projections included in the mid-year update to the state’s financial plan, according to the report.

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A United States of America

can’t help but wonder if the fast pace of a wireless society these days, where we are overloaded with too much information, much of which is over glorified, lends to how quickly the years seem to slip by.

The past year was one of major change both here at home in the United States and around the world.

Terrorism, war, the economy, immigration, refugees, guns, rising debt, email hacking and the election results no one expected seem destine to capture the headlines as we move into 2017 and beyond, in what should be another pivotal year in our ongoing nation’s story.

It’s anyone’s guess what direction the powers that be will allow the nation to take in 2017. The one thing we know for sure is the side that lost the election seem hell bent on making certain that if they couldn’t win the other side must completely fail.

If we can believe the news reports some are threatening disruptions at the inauguration and even talking impeachment before the president-elect is even sworn into office.

Not only is that dead wrong, but it’s unamercian.

We had an election, the opposition needs to get on board and let the new administration get their feet under them.

We need to start working together to find common ground. We can’t continue tearing at the very fabric of the nation at a time when we need to be united in purpose.

The audition for role of Commander and Chief has ended. He doesn’t need cartblanche, but he needs a fair opportunity to do what he does best which is to bring a sense of business acumen to the office of President.

It’s time to quit hurling insults and threats, and begin looking for the silver linings that most certainly will be in our future, if we can look past the bitter campaign.

2017 Can hold a great deal of promise but at the same time presents potential risks to the stability of the world.

A united America sends a much stronger message to friend and foe alike. A divided country only invites greater challenges from those outside our borders.

We can only hope and pray that reasonable national and world leaders take steps to lessen the growing tensions and that all God’s people can take a step back and learn to live in harmony on this small planet and great country we must to share if we are to live in peace.

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Boreas classification process was flawed from the start

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egardless of where you stand on the classification of the Boreas Ponds Tract, on one point it seems everyone agrees — the state dropped the ball on adequately surveying what is there and presenting that information in a usable form so people could make a fact-based decision.

Just why that happened is open for interpretation.

But the results are indisputable: The dearth of accurate information made available — like environmental impact statements and the exact location and condition of the man-made components in the tract — left the door ajar for inaccurate information to be disseminated.

As such, people were coerced to take a stand with half-truths.

There is no daylight between the two sides when it comes to this.

All seem to also agree that the process was rushed by the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, leading both sides to believe it was internally biased from the start.

Interestingly, they are not the first to make that assumption.

Former APA Commissioner Richard Booth believes the process is flawed as well, a fact he made clear during his farewell speech last spring.

Instead of allowing a full, honest dialogue of the facts, Booth said the governor steered APA staff into presenting pre-determined conclusions.

He said the chief executive and his staff “rigidly controlled” the analysis APA staff were allowed to prepare and present to the commissioners and public during the hearing process.

That influenced public comment and prevented commissioners from making recommendations based on full disclosure, Booth contends.

The broader ramifications past the current debate, he said, is a precedentsetting discussion that may weaken the agency in the long run.

So is the Boreas Ponds Tract classification déjà vu all over again?

We will leave that conclusion to you, but something doesn’t smell quite right.

Take, for example, the point made by Access the Adirondacks that the roadways within the parcel weren’t laid out by APA staff until the sixth public hearing — after hundreds of people had already voiced an opinion.

Some attendees of the initial hearings no doubt did not even know roads existed — or certainly not to what extent they exist — pointed out Access member Jason Kemper, forcing members of the group to use their precious speaking time simply presenting the facts.

Across the aisle, members of BeWildNY pointed to trails nowhere near hikeable on APA maps and “phantom roads” that were listed as navigable — aged logging roads that had all but been overtaken by the forest.

Adirondack Council Executive Director Willie Janeway pointed out that council members sunk six inches into some roadways when attempting to navigate them with mountain bikes.

So did the governor have a preconceived notion for the parcel well before anyone had a chance to speak and held much of this information close to the vest?

Given the facts, it is hard to say he did not, which as Booth pointed out in March, is a slippery slope that undermines environmental safeguards and due process of allowing New Yorkers to chime in.

Either way, the stark reality is that none of this has been good for the process and has only served to stifle dialogue, drive people apart and widen our distrust in a transparent process.

Zooming out to examine the bigger picture, all of this could have most like-

ly been averted if the state would just add a new classification allowing certain uses like mountain biking while slamming the door permanently on others altogether — including the use of ATVs. Again, interestingly, Cuomo was against a similar measure during the classification of the Essex Chain Lakes Complex — another fact brought forth by Booth prior to his departure from the board.

As we’ve witnessed speaking with everyone involved, compromise can be attained, but not in a vacuum in which the decision has already been made.

That simply is not good for anyone.

Cuomo’s love for the Adirondacks is well-documented — and sincere.

The governor seldom leaves the state, and the fact that the chief executive chooses to vacation here year after year over more exotic locales speaks volumes.

In fact, the governor’s public schedule had him Essex County this week.

While his itinerary was not made public, we hope he spent some time on the ground in Boreas to get a true lay of the landscape and walks away with the proper understanding to make an informed and fact-based decision.

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Wilderness v. Wild Forest debate more than just citing stats

To the Editor: Mr. Peter Nelson, Co-founder, Adirondack Wilderness Advocates, may well teach statistics, but it is my belief that he is missing a very important variable in his equation. It seems to be his belief that if the Adirondack Park Agency and the Department of Environmental Conservation simply call a tract of land a ‘wilderness’ that the people will suddenly flock to the area in unmanageable crowds.

They obviously screwed up by not classifying the entire Essex Chain as Wilderness, proven by his statement regarding the declining use of the area.

The hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake is, in fact located at the junction of two major state highways on the interior of the Park, but they don’t have quite the amount of access that Route 87 provides.

Blue Mountain Lake does, however provide the easiest access to the Blue Ridge Wilderness via the Northville-Lake Placid trial. The Blue Ridge Wilderness, at 47,125 acres, is not one of the larger Wilderness areas, but it does have some 23 miles of foot trails, according to the APA website.

West Canada Lakes Wilderness, at 168,920 acres, and Siamese Ponds, at 113,176 acres, located nearby, are both fairly significant in size.

The APA website lists Hamilton County at 1,156,130 acres, or 1,097,515 acres when the area of the water (lakes and ponds) is excluded. This equals about 1714.87 square miles of land.

The state of Rhode Island has a land area of only 1,045 square miles, according to 50states.com, and the state of Delaware is 1955 sq. miles. Hamilton County is therefore 1.64 times the size of Rhode Island, and about 88 percent of the size of Delaware.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, we have a population of 4,836 full time residents, and not a single traffic light. Imagine attempting to travel through Providence or Baltimore with no street lights.

The latest statistics listed on the APA website for parkwide land use classification is for the year 2014. They list Hamilton County as having 473,279 acres of land classified as Wilderness under the State Land Master Plan. Slightly more than 40.9 percent of Hamilton County was classified as Wilderness in 2014. That number has now grown with the approval of the Hudson River Gorge Wilderness Area as part of the classification of the Essex Chain.

Mr. Nelson’s esteemed and robust town of Keene is located in Essex County. Essex County, at 1,224,679 acres, water included, is a bit larger than Hamilton County, but, in 2014, contained only 366,640 acres of land classified as Wilderness, only about 77 percent of the amount of wilderness that is located in Hamilton County.

Mr. Nelson states that 93 percent of the respondents to the survey stated that natural beauty and open space draws them to the Adirondacks. With our full time population of 4,836 people, about 12 percent of the 2010 population of 39,370 in Essex County, and 40 percent of our land area classified Wilderness, or 66.68 percent (770,978 acres) of the total land area classified as either Wilderness, Primitive or Wild Forest in 2014, it seems like we should qualify as having a fair amount of open space.

As a statistician, please teach me where your simple equation of “wilderness is the answer” fails for Hamilton County.

Maybe all the Hamilton County open spaces just somehow lack “natural beauty.”

Meade Hutchins, Indian Lake

TrumpÊ supportersÊ canÕ tÊ faceÊ the truth To the Editor: The letters of Lori Kovarovic and Raynard Corrow in the Times of Ti sounded like the same old rhetoric Republicans have been using for years.

Ms. Kovarovic states that she is sick of Hillary Clinton’s lies, even though these charges have been proven false.

The Clinton Foundation has done nothing but good for those who needed help, but this is contrary to Republican philosophy. (One should never help those less fortunate less they be called “liberal!”)

She ignores the deaths that occurred when Reagan had the marines stand down and a terrorist ran a truck loaded with explosives into their barracks, killing 241 of our finest.

She ignores the 76 who were killed at our embassy in Beirut, Lebanon while Regan was president — but blames Hillary Clinton for the four deaths at Benghazi.

My guess is that she simple ignores the truth. As the days pass we find out more about Trump and the “Russian connection!”

Trump has been hobnobbing with the very elite of Russian society who are friends with Putin. Also, his children have visited Russia many times doing the same thing: selling their condos and living the good life.

The Russians are not our friends, but to Trump, it is money in the bank!

Ms. Kovarovic listened to the lies of Trump and her letter was filled with hate for Hillary Clinton. Will she acknowledge that Trump lied? No, this won’t happen!

Will Raynard Corrow rethink his comments? I don’t think so!

Like Trump, his supporters have so much hate they can’t face the truth when it is plainly shown. The fact is; Trump will be our President and I will accept him. I will pray for him to be what he isn’t now and that he grows to be humble. Humility is something Trump supporters should learn, as hate will do nothing but bring them down.

In my prayers, I ask the Lord to be with these people and bring us back to a better time. God bless America.

Gary Philip Guido Ticonderoga

CostsÊ forÊ newÊ countyÊ nutrition building seem excessive To the Editor: Well hurrah! Here we go again. Where is a Trump-like person at our county level to challenge, “The structure clocks in at $1.2 million, not including equipment costs.”

This for a very plain building, single-story 3,689 square feet.

Now if I have done my math correctly, that equals $325.29 per square foot.

Granted, a building for this purpose will have multiple special purpose sinks as well as rest room(s), handicapped accessible and heavy duty electrical capacity.

Perhaps I am mistaken. However, this sounds a little excessive. Somebody saw willing taxpayers coming.

Susan C. Sherman Westport

Schuyler Falls supervisor: ‘Thank you!’

To the Editor: On behalf of the Town of Schuyler Falls, I’d like to thank all who participated and attended the third Annual Tree Lighting event at the town hall in Morrisonville.

The weather again cooperated and a good-sized crowd of all ages enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies, conversation and storytelling inside, followed by carol sing and brief introductions outside.

The event culminated with the countdown and lighting of the huge evergreen tree in front of the town hall lit from top to bottom with a bright star (new this year), multi-colored lights, with the white lights inside from the early tree-lighting times over 25 years ago still visible!

We’d like to thank those special groups that attended. The Morrisonville Fire Department with their trucks, the Morrisonville-Schuyler Falls Ambulance Corps with their equipment (and for leading the carol-sing), the town government members and other volunteers and who decorated and organized and participated, members of the town board, the highway department, the historians’ office, the town hall.

We especially thank the town residents and friends whom, we hope, enjoyed the event.

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year — and we look forward to next year’s event. If you have ideas, would like to help organize and/or participate, please contact me.

Richard “Rick” Potiker Supervisor Town of Schuyler Falls

No illegal or secret meetings To the Editor: Keith Parent’s statements are not all as they appear. He states he has lost his right to speak, talks of illegal meetings and equates his crude actions to that of state Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury) and Assemblyman Dan Stec (R-Queensbury).

Privilege of the floor was suspended when necessary for four months due to uncontrollable behavior by unruly members of the audience. Yelling and vile language prevented those speaking from being heard and they refused to stop. It was difficult for the Board to converse and to do their work.

When privilege of the floor was suspended, the unruly behavior stopped and work was completed.

During open floor, all are called on and given three minutes to speak on agenda topics. Parent has spoken several times, often over the allowed three minutes, and mostly off topic. He complained about not getting a job with the highway, made accusations regarding hiring practices, and praised himself as though he should be chosen above others.

Another time when he was called on, a full minute went by but he did not speak due to disturbance in the audience. The board eventually closed the floor, not to shut him down, but because his cronies were uncontrollable. In attempting to gain order, an apology was given to Parent, the floor was closed and Parent was invited to speak to the supervisor after the meeting. The next time Parent was given privilege of the floor, he spoke over the three minutes again, complaining about being “shut down,” and made accusations of secret meetings.

There are no secret or illegal meetings. Board members Seaman, Shepler and Youngblood individually check in with Supervisor Wood throughout the month, keeping up to date on town issues. Secret or illegal meetings, as Parent claims, simply do not happen. These board members are conscientiously doing their job so that they show up to board meetings

prepared (something not done by Mr. Eddy unless it relates to his own personal agenda).

Parent was rightly “booed” by the Post Star for his crude behavior during “Meet the Candidates” night. Due to busy schedules, Sen. Betty Little and Assemblyman Dan Stec left only after being offered that opportunity by the moderator, Thom Randall. Their actions can’t even begin to compare to Parent’s crude actions.

As Don Lehman says, “facts be damned.”

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‘We have met the enemy, and he is us’ To the Editor: As I read Dan Alexander’s plea for “Respect and Understanding,” to end the senseless killing, I was struck with the strength of his desire, if only he/we could somehow make it so.

The problem is, no one hears anyone today unless it’s something he/she would want to say and likes hearing it from someone else, probably having heard it already many, many times.

We hardly make contact with or listen to anything that might actually lead or induce us to change. We are ill equipped to open to adversity. We would rather ignore or try to stamp out (kill) than painfully struggle to learn to become better people, or struggle to help others become better people.

Efforts to make a difference can fall in the realm of individual, relational (e.g., spouse or child), group (e.g., family or team), culture (e.g., organization or town, national or global), but I believe it has to start with each of us, individually. I say this because I have to know what seems right and effective to me, for me, before I can intelligently focus on it. There are meaningful answers to questions of what to focus on, and how, but we each have to sincerely ask before there will be answers.

As Pogo said, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” The root causes are not something you can just cite, vote for, and have someone else do the changing for us. Until we grasp this and begin to change ourselves, “it” is not going to get better!

Don Austin Elizabethtown

Bomb trains pass through our precious farmland To the Editor: During the weekend of the memorable “Super Moon” that shone over Essex County, I stopped at a railroad crossing between Essex and Whallonsburg and watched a hundred tankers full of highly volatile Bakken Crude Oil pass by.

The Keene town board adopted a resolution of the board last Monday evening calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of a derailment.

Accidents involving this highly volatile crude oil carried in rail cars designed for vegetable oils include one in Lac Megantic, Quebec that killed 47 residents, one as young as 4 years old, and an explosion in Oregon that narrowly missed a school raise concerns about these shipments through the Champlain Valley rail corridor.

Keene’s board sent copies of the resolution to our U.S. senators and congresswoman, as well as the governor and Essex County Board of Supervisors. Moreover, our local fire departments are not prepared for a catastrophic derailment and cannot afford to train for such an event.

The local action group Mothers Out Front hopes that other towns in the Champlain Valley will pass resolutions to draw attention to this danger on the rails. I urge concerned residents in other Essex County towns to ask their town board to pass a similar resolution.

Only with the support of our government can we draw attention to these “bomb trains” that pass through our precious farmland and beautiful countryside, and the lacustrine wetlands and shoreline of our local treasure, Lake Champlain, home to fish, birds and other wildlife that we share our natural resources with.

Don Pachner Keene

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EyE ON THE ARTS

New Year Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

Benjamin Franklin said that.

Though one does not have to wait until a new year arrives to become a better person, there’s something nice about having a definitive start date for life goals.

Whether misguided or not, it’s comforting to say: next year, I will be better.

I’m a firm believer that getting involved in the arts can aid anyone in their journey toward betterment.

Here are a few suggestions on how to start your year — and your personal journey — off right with local music, arts and entertainment: The Champlain Wine Company in Plattsburgh will open a new exhibit by Ann Praire on Jan. 6. Praire is a Plattsburgh native, whose photographs have been shown in juried art shows throughout the North Country. Praire’s exhibit will be on display throughout the month of January. The opening reception is slated Jan. 6 from 5-8 p.m. For more information, call 564-0064.

“Monsters in the Closet,” an exhibit by Rose Herbert, will open at the Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh on Jan. 6 at 5:30 p.m.

Hebert is a contemporary folk artist best known for her paintings that drip with vibrant colors, organizers say.

“Rose has a fresh, energetic style, very intense, very brash, and we are very lucky to have her work in our gallery,” said Gallery Director David Monette.

Hebert’s artwork will be on display from Jan. 6-27. For more information, call 563-1604 or visit strandcenter.org.

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The Newman Center in Plattsburgh 16mm film series will screen the 1972 film “The Man,” a Rod Serling screenplay imagining the first African-American presidency 36 years before the fact. Starring James Earl Jones, this undiscovered classic will be shown Friday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. in a “pre-Inauguration Day special engagement.” Tickets are free, with donations encouraged. For more information, contact serious_61@yahoo.com.

Timothy Messner of SUNY Potsdam will present “Hidden Beneath Our Feet,” a presentation on recent archaeological investigations carried out over the last several years, at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. The presentation will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, in the museum auditorium. Admission is $5.

The Wells Memorial Library in Upper Jay will display works by Becky Pace now through February. An artists’ reception for Pace’s exhibit, titled “Becky Pace: New Work,” is slated for Jan. 8 from 1-3 p.m.

Shoreline Cruises in Lake George will offer their annual “Frostbite Cruise Party” on Jan. 1. Tickets cost $40 and include hors d’oeuvres, drink tickets for wine and beer and live entertainment. For more information, visit lakegeorgeshoreline.com.

King Neptune’s in Lake George will host a free performance by Margo Macero on Jan. 7 from 5-8 p.m. This year, Macero was named “best vocalist of New York’s Capital region.” For more information, visit kingneptunespub.com.

The Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance will host a transgender/LGBTQ group meeting on Jan. 8 from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Plattsburgh United Methodist Church. For more information, visit facebook.com/ adkncga.

John Eisenhart will perform at Lake Placid’s Delta Blue on Jan. 7. Eisenhart is known for his mix of 17th century classical guitar pieces and gritty delta blues. The concert is slated from 9 p.m. to midnight. For more information, visit deltabluelp. com.

The Saranac Lake Free Library will screen the Jim Griebsch film “Hotel Hope: the Story of Will Rogers Hospital” at noon on Jan. 5 in the Cantwell Room.

Organizers say that the film “provides an overview of the history of Will Rogers Memorial Hospital from its beginnings as the National Vaudeville Artists Lodge in the 1920’s through its many stages of evolution as a hospital.” The movie was made in conjunction Historic Saranac Lake.

This free presentation is part of the Library Luncheon Series. Organizers encourage attendees to bring soup or sandwich. For more information, call 891-4190.

A paint and sip fundraising event is slated for Jan. 8 at the Ticonderoga American Legion Post 224. The program aims to raise money for the Ticonderoga Stewart’s Shop’s Holiday Match Program to benefit local children. Tickets will cost $40.

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providing Level 1 services based on the previous information,” Essex County Department of Social Services Commissioner John O’Neill told lawmakers earlier this month. “The Medicaid rates are just far below their actual costs.”

If NCHS pulls out of Essex County, officials fear 40 patients will be pushed to the second category, causing an uptick in future costs.

And if they are determined to be ineligible for that program, the result could mean a complete loss of care.

“If these people don’t get Level 1 care, they’re going to end up in a nursing home,” said Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava.

While the state’s Medicaid program is undergoing deep reforms as part of the Affordable Care Act, including county takeover of Medicaid eligibility, the looming problem — which local officials are referring to as a “crisis” — can more be attributed to the rural nature of the North Country, said Essex County Manager Dan Palmer.

“Rural counties are facing more problems simply because it’s harder to make a visit,” Palmer said. “I think that’s what’s driving the crisis.”

Clinton County Deputy Commissioner of Social Services Rich Holcomb said the state didn’t take into account the region’s remote geography when crafting the rate structure.

The travel time to Ellenburg to Rouses Point, for instance, is more cost-intensive compared to an aide making a dozen-or-so appointments in a single highrise in the Bronx.

“It’s the nature of being in a rural county,” Holcomb said.

But while the crisis appears to be independent of broader health care reforms, NCHS CFO Scott Tooker said the agency was operating under the assumption that patients requiring hands-on care would be transitioned to managed care plans by 2016.

“If it had all gone to managed care, we wouldn’t be here discussing this,” Tooker said. “They’ve basically frozen the rates years ago.

The $22, $22.50 an hour — we can’t sustain that. We can’t continue to bleed and support the state — we’ve been doing that for years.”

The rate deficit has also created a recruitment problem in other areas, said O’Neill.

Some agencies have hired more staff to provide the services themselves, while others now have long waiting lists due to an aide shortage.

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O’Neill said the agency, which has five satellite offices across the region, has conducted an “exhaustive detailing” of costs, and there is nothing left to pare away.

“They have been working diligently to reduce their administrative overheads,” O’Neill said.

NCHS is the only provider for these personalized care services, he said.

“There are no other organizations in the North Country.”

SEEKING ANSWERS O’Neill said he’s been aggressive in seeking answers from the state health department and Medicaid office.

The best-case scenario would have been a Medicaid rate adjustment before Dec. 27, O’Neill said, a change for which he has been lobbying for two years. However, the state historically hasn’t been forthcoming with information — even after a “strongly worded email” led to deeper discussions.

Subsequent attempts to glean info failed to add clarity to the issue, O’Neill said, citing Byzantine emails and cryptic comments from state officials that “there’s more to the story,” which sparked anger from lawmakers who were skeptical that the emergency funds would eventually be reimbursed.

The state DOH told the Sun they are working to ensure “continued access” to home care services in the North Country.

“To this end, DOH will make Vital Access Provider Program funding available to NCHS as longer term options are explored,” a spokesman said via email.

O’Neill told the Sun on Tuesday that funding for Level 1 services had tentatively been promised for all three counties for a minimum of 12 months.

And the state health department will work in “good faith” to address the reimbursement rate concerns raised by county officials, according to email correspondence provided by O’Neill.

O’Neill told lawmakers the funds would send a “very strong message” to aides and patients that services will not be terminated despite the bureaucratic challenges.

Palmer, the county manager, expressed a dimmer outlook on the prospects for recouping the $80,000, which was peeled from the county’s contingency fund just weeks after the 2017 budget had been finalized.

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Students work on their balsa wood bridges in the shop for the Ticonderoga Bridge Building Contest.

Trophies were presented for aesthetics and bridge efficiency.

Team Architects of Ticonderoga Middle School was the most efficient bridge, carrying a load of 179.1 pounds.

Ticonderoga Central School Superintendent John McDonald addressed students prior to the loading of the bridges, and noted that engineering can be a very rewarding career.

The High School students designed and built their balsa wood bridges in school as part of Paul Jebb’s physics class. The High School bridges were also judged for efficiency and aesthetics.

Seven teams competed in the High School part of this year’s contest. Organizers said more than half of the competitors were female.

The most efficient High School bridge, built by the If You’re Not First You’re Last team of Evan Graney and Adam Kerr, weighed but four and one-quarter ounces, yet carried 104 pounds.

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Without the funds, Tooker said those patients may have fallen between the cracks.

“I don’t think there’s a lot of compassion at the state level, unfortunately,” he said.

Mike Marnell (R-Schroon) said if the county can afford to buy new pickup trucks, then they can find the funds to care for ailing residents.

“There’s enough (vehicles) that we could probably do without,” Marnell said.

Essex County said they would like to take an active leadership role in the region, and has reached out to Clinton and Franklin counties to discuss ideas for a regional approach, O’Neill said.

While lawmakers unanimously approved the stopgap spending measure, they also wanted to know how those counties were tackling the issue.

Essex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Randy Preston (I-Wilmington) said it’s counterproductive when the state steers municipalities towards a property tax cap, but continues to push unfunded mandates.

“It’s concerning that this is something rolled down to counties,” Preston said.

Outgoing Franklin County Chairman Billy Jones, who leaves office Dec. 31, said lawmakers were in the midst of exploring ways to bridge the reimbursement rate to NCHS, including possible subsidies from the county.

“But we have to look at how we can do that in a legal manner,” Jones said. “We want to keep home health services there. Our number one priority is taking care of residents in their homes.”

Holcomb said the county was working with their 45 patients to explore alternative programs.

That may include a switch to another Medicaid program. In that case, the county would work with NCHS to hire their own aides before the consumer would eventually take charge of their own care.

The attempt to retain the services isn’t seamless, he said, but is rather a scramble, trying to triage by taking care of those who are in the most immediate crisis first.

He agreed the rate reimbursement adjustment is preferred.

But for now, just retaining the services is their chief priority.

“It’s going to look very different,” Holcomb said.

Members of this year’s contest were invited to compete in the Capital District Engineers Week celebration at the Albany Marriott Inn in February 2017.

The contest was sponsored by the Ticonderoga Kiwanis Club at the Ticonderoga Elementary/Middle School.

“It will be a great opportunity to test their design skills and model bridges against some very tough competition,” Kiwanis President Tom Shaffer said.

He said that because of the generosity of the event’s sponsors, Kiwanis will provide a $500 scholarship to a Ticonderoga graduating senior enrolled in engineering.

Last year, the Ticonderoga High School team of Sam Shelmidine and Colvin Chapman won second place in efficiency among 140 bridges from the region and got a $250 award.

Special Rookie of the Year trophies went to the sixth grade class at Crown Point Central School, the Web Warriors, Edward Miller, Cole Potter and Maurice Rice, whose bridge was the most efficient.

Judges for the aesthetic portion of the contest were Joyce Cooper, James O’Toole and Anthony DeFranco.

Many Kiwanis Club members volunteered at the contest, including John Bartlett, Jack Bast, Joyce Cooper, Kenneth Engler, Donald Johnston, William Pitman, Pamela Savage, Steve Boyce, Darlene Dosett, and Anthony DeFranco.

Graham Bailey, event organizer, recognized each of the teachers who prepared the students for this event.

Those teachers were Jim Marshall, Paul Jebb. Bill Clark and Donna Labounty.

Bailey also thanked the sponsors for this year’s event:

DeFranco Landscaping, Reale Construction, International Paper, Rotary Club of Northern Lake George and the Ticonderoga Teachers’ Association.

The Bridge Contest winners were: Middle School Efficiency Awards First, The Architects (David LaPoint, Connor Robarge-Greene), St. Mary’s School Second, TWS Construction 2 (Aubrey Whitford, Riley Abare), St. Mary’s School Third, The Does (Molly Price, Lilly Bain), Ti Middle school Middle School Aesthetics Awards First, Halo Builders (Avery Kidder, Tru Gallipoi), Ti Middle school Second, El Fugu (Julianna Holeman, Raelyn King), St. Mary’s School, Third, Something Stupid (Kirsten Strum, Ruby Bennett), Ti Middle school High School Bridge Efficiency Awards First: If You’re Not First You’re Last, Evan Graney and Adam Kerr.

Second: M&M, Grace Montvill and Meg McDonald.

Third: The Bee’s Knees, Sarah Bresset and Jessica Bruce.

High School Bridge Aesthetic Awards First: SVZBN, Sara Vrandenburg and Zach Bennett.

Second: The Bee’s Knees, Sarah Bresset and Jessica Bruce.

Third: If You’re Not First You’re Last, Evan Graney and Adam Kerr.

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OBITUARIES

Paul Bessler

Aileen Louise Peregrim

CROWN POINT — Paul Douglas Bessler, 42, of Crown Point, passed away Friday, Dec. 23 doing what he loved — flying.

Paul was born April 18, 1974 in Garden Grove, CA. He leaves a loving wife, Keri Cole Bessler, and an 8-year-old daughter Ava Bessler, who was the light of his life.

He also leaves his mother, Meridy Petricciolli of Las Vegas, NV. His father, Frank Bessler and step-mother Teri of Pearce, AZ. He leaves a brother, Michael Allen Bessler, and his companion Amy Mero of Crown Point; his mother-in-law and father-in-law Dixie and Stevan Thorpe also of Crown Point; his father-in-law Charles Cole of Ticonderoga; a sister-in-law and brother-inlaw Kristin and Cody Cable, niece and nephew of Dayton, NV. He also leaves aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends.

Paul was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was a devoted father, husband, brother and son. He was an integral part of his community and loved to talk to and help people.

He was his brother’s hero and a friend to all who knew him.

Paul had many accomplishments with all his knowledge of planes. He always had a joke and a smile.

We ask all his friends and family who can to please join us in a Celebration of Life Ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at 3 p.m. at the Crown Point Fire Department. We would love to see you there and bring your stories of our beloved Paul.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Wilcox & Regan Funeral Home of Ticonderoga. To offer online condolences, please visit wilcoxandreganfuneralhome.com.

MINEVILLE — Aileen Louise Peregrim, 87, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, in Ocala, Florida.

Born March 27, 1929, in Mineville, New York, she was predeceased by her mother, Helen French, her grandmother Anna French, and her favorite aunt, Ruth (French) Knight.

Aileen was the wife of the late David Meachem. She remarried Bernard Bruce who predeceased her and later married her husband, John Peregrim, who also predeceased her. She is the mother of three children, Sarah Ryan, Steve Meachem, and Sam Meachem, stepmother of six children Bernadine Gunning, David Bruce, Donald Peregrim, Ronald Peregrim, John M. Peregrim, and Amy Peregrim. She is the proud grandmother of 24, the lucky great-grandmother of 32, and the blessed great-great-grandmother of 6.

Aileen, a nurse’s aide, was recognized by New York State for her devoted service caring for seniors with developmental disabilities. As the light of every room, she made those around her feel special. Aileen was a social butterfly, making new friends wherever she went. Going to and hosting get-togethers was a delight for her; the more the merrier. She loved going “Up North” for time with family and long-time friends. At home, Aileen was lovingly known as Ma. She was a sharp rummy player and vivid story teller. Baking, crocheting, and watching her “stories” were favorite hobbies. She loved heavy sweaters and joked about junk mail. Aileen was honest, even sassy, and, boy could she dance! To know Aileen was to know joy for life. Although Alzheimer’s affected her

later years, her natural instincts to make those around her feel loved shined through and highlighted a true heart of gold.

Services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. at the Moriah United Methodist Church. Family and friends are welcome.

Free community screenings on tap SCHROON LAKE — Starting on Jan. 13, the Schroon Lake Central School will offer high-rated movies on its large screen in the auditorium. The first screening will be “Brooklyn,” a movie that received three Oscar nominations, including best picture. A total of four movie nights (Jan. 20, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3) are planned but more can be offered based on community interest.

Movie nights are free of charge and families and adults are welcome. For more information on movie nights, contact the school at 532-7164.

New Year service slated CROWN POINT — First Congregational Church and the United Methodist Church will hold a combined communion and worship service at the First Congregational Church on Jan. 1 at 9:30 a.m. This service will include: communion, seasonal songs, moments of prayer and reflection, and a positive, timely message. For more information, call 597-3398 or visit brickchurchonline.com.

Taft’s 1901 visit in ‘Fort Fever’ TICONDEROGA — Fort Ticonderoga’s “Fort Fever” series will begin on Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Mars Education Center with “President Taft Comes to Ticonderoga,” a presentation by Director of Education Rich Strum. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit fortticonderoga. org.

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9. Moriah Lady Vikings

10. Beekmantown 4-by-100 Loudon Frechette, Matt Villa, Daryn Nephew and Nate Handy came together this spring to become the top 400-meter relay team in Division II as they took home the gold in the NYSPHSAA 4-by-100 championship event. The quartet earned the fourth state championship of the 2015-16 season for Section VII, joining the PHS boys soccer team and Lake Placid’s cross country and nordic ski teams.

8. PHS v. Peru It started with a scoreless 40 minutes.

That time then turned into 80 minutes. Then 95. Finally 110 minutes passed without a score from either the Hornets or the Indians. Onto penalty kicks the two teams went before Tyler Robinson and the Indians ousted the defending Class B state champions from the tournament in the sectional finals.

The Lady Vikings scored one regular season win in the 2016 season, but went into the Class D tournament knowing they could compete, which they did in a dominate opening round win over Willsboro before pulling the 2-0 upset over top-seeded Keene and an upset win over Elizabethtown-Lewis/Westport. The Cinderella run ended in the Class D finals with a loss to Chazy, but the game marked the first time an eighth seed had made the championship game.

7. Dalton Exford perfection Exford, who basically started as a self-taught bowler, had been working for this accomplishment his whole career. On Jan. 6, he realized it, throwing 12 strikes in 12 attempts in the third game of the match.

“It was the loudest scream I’ve had in my life,” he said.

“I never thought I would be one of those names on the screens at North Bowl. Now I am.”

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The top 10 performances of 2016

6. Bryce Smith v. Logan Dubuque

5. Chazy v.

NAC

The two wrestlers had met three times in the regular season, with Peru’s Dubuque having held the advantage. In the 99-lbs. championship match, it was Smith’s turn, able to rally early and scored a takedown win, followed by an emotional run into the stands to celebrate with his family. The win propelled Smith to the Most Outstanding Wrestler ward and a sixth place finish in the NYSPHSAA tournament.

The teacher remained the teacher, as Rob McAuliffe bested former Chazy standout player Damien Nevader in the Class D sectional title game. The two teams exchanged goals in the first 80 minutes of play, with Chazy scoring in the first 40 and the Bobcats in the second before Josh McCauley scored the golden goal in the ninth minute of overtime.

3. Beekmantown v.

Hudson Falls

4. Beekmantown v. Albany Academy

It came down to the last point of the match, as Beekmantown and Hudson Falls split the first four games and found themselves at 24-23 in the fifth and decisive game. While Hudson Falls was the one who was able to score the championship point, the Eagles held their heads high knowing they were in one of the best volleyball matches to have been played this season.

Kirsten Villemaire came down the left side of the Stafford Ice Arena boards in a tie game against Albany Academy in the Section VII girl’s hockey championships, made her way behind the net and then reversed course, recovering the puck and scoring the game-winning goal in overtime to give the Eagles a sectional crown.

1. Joe Stahl v.

Bjorn Kroes

2. Moriah v.

Panama With Panama leading 59-46 with 5:26 left in the fourth quarter, it looked like the Moriah Vikings would not be returning to the Class D state title game in 2016. Not so, as the Vikings mounted a 23-4 run to score the largest comeback win in state championships history.

Taylor Slattery scored 24 points in the win.

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Thirty-six holes of championship golf were not enough in the sectional finals last May, as Moriah’s Stahl and Lake Placid’s Kroes battled to matching scores, with Kroes having to shoot a 73 to level things through 36. The two matched scores on the first playoff hole before Stahl made a par on the finishing hole at Saranac Inn to win the individual title.

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Girl’s basketball

Northeastern Clinton Moriah

Thursday, Dec. 22

NCCS: Gabe Sisco 213, 579; Josh McGoldrick 190

Northeastern Clinton Ticonderoga

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NCCS: Kya McComb 18; Abbie Sample 17 TCS: Delaney Hughes 18; Emily Pike 14

51 47

CPCS: Shawna McIntosh 14; Heather Foote 10

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Recaps of games covered by the Sun Sports Wednesday - Boy’s basketball PORT HENRY — The Moriah Vikings followed up their first league loss in three seasons by going on a 16-0 run to start the third quarter of play as they cruised past the Northern Adirondack Bobcats, 72-56, Dec. 21.

The top moments of the game came at the end of the second and third quarters. In then waning seconds of the first half, Dylan Trombley dribbled the ball over half court, then cut to the right and used a double-screen to get off a three-pointer that swished through the basket as the buzzer sounded.

Trombley then outdid himself at the end of the third, hitting a turn-around jumper from 30-feet away over a defender, also to beat the buzzer.

Trombley finished with 24 points in the game, while Joe Stahl added 18, Jarin Sargent 15, Brayden Swan 9, Kyle Wilson 2, Matt Pelkey 2, Jay Strieble 1 and Matt Rollins 1.

Stephen Peryea led the Bobcats with 14 points and added 11 rebounds.

Photos from this game, covered by sports editor Keith Lobdell, can be found online at mycapture.suncommunitynews. com.

MCS: John Martinez 172

Girl’s bowling Thursday, Dec. 22

Wells Crown Point Moriah’s Joe Stahl boxes out a Northern Adirondack player as the Vikings scored a victory over the Bobcats Dec. 22.

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Ticonderoga AuSable Valley

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TCS: Abigail Melvin 257, 645; Cerise Bush 157, 454

Tuesday, Dec. 20

AVCS: Nicole SantaMaria 202, 497

Crown Point Whitehall

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CPCS: Torrie Vradenburg 13; Shawna McIntosh 11

Northeastern Clinton Moriah

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NCCS: SAbrina Phair 178, 504; Cassidy Nixon 201 MCS: Hailey Morgan 223, 510

Schroon Lake Minerva/Newcomb

38 13

ScLCS: Alora Bearor 11; Emily Maisonville 9

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SCHROON LAKE – Essex County 2017 WIC Clinic Schedule at the Schroon Lake Health Center January 11, Feb 8, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, July 12, August 6, September 13, October 11, November 8, December 13 9:302:30pm.

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TICONDEROGA – Essex County 2017 WIC Clinic Schedule at the Cornerstone Alliance Church January 9, 23, 30, Feb 13, 27, March 13, 20, 27, April 10, 17, 24 May 8, 15, 22 ,June 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17, 24, August 14, 21, September, 11,18, 25, October 16, 23,30 November 13, 20, 27, December 11,18 9:30- 2:30 PM.

CROWN POINT - Crown Point Board of Fire Commissioners will hold monthly meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of each month commencing at 7:00 pm at the Crown Point Fire Station 2764 Main St., Crown Point New York.

BOOKS SCHROON LAKE – Schroon Lake Public Library's, Writers GroupMeets the 2nd and 4th Monday At 1:00 p.m., In the downstairs meeting room. New Members welcome!

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS TICONDEROGA - Free Opioid overdose responder training. Ticonderoga Community Building, 152 Montcalm Street, Basement Meeting Room. 2nd Tuesday of every month, 5 p.m. 6 p.m. Must call 518.563.2437, ext. 3403 to register. Must be at least 16 years of age to participate.

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SUNY Canton student kickstarts CFES mentoring initiative ‘16 grad Logan Harrington, who mentored Crown Point students, spearheads effort to encourage kids to enter dental profession CROWN POINT — Logan Harrington, former mentee at Crown Point Central School, collaborated with College for Every Student (CFES) at her alma mater to connect students to dental career pathways.

“College For Every Student was always there for all the students at Crown Point, and I’m excited to be able to help students now going through the CFES Program,” Harrington said. “I never imagined that I would do something like this at Crown Point. I want to introduce students to dental careers and show them there are more specialties than

they might think.”

Equipped with knowledge from her current studies at SUNY Canton and the leadership skills gained through the CFES program, Harrington not only introduced 75 high school students to dental career options, she also gave them pointers to support their own oral health care practices.

A grant from the DentaQuest Foundation is supporting CFES in its effort to develop and implement this initiative in 12 Adirondack schools, potentially impacting 750 lowincome rural students over the next year.

Pictured: Students join Logan Harrington, third from left, in the advanced Dental Hygiene Select program.

Harrington is working with CFES to kick off a mentoring initiative at the school.

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The Ticonderoga Central School Night Voices choir has been performing at various venues for the holidays, including the Community Luncheon at the Middle School. Music instructor Wayne Chagnon is directing them here.

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PORT HENRY – The building housing the Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department has been nominated for the State and National Registers of Historic Places.

The New York State Board for Historic Preservation recently recommended adding 26 properties, resources and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, including the former Henry’s Garage in Port Henry.

Originally constructed in 1911 to meet the needs of a horse and automobile livery business, Henry’s Garage was soon adapted to serve as an early automobile showroom, service garage and car storage facility. The brick building has an auto lift running through all three floors.

State and National Registers listing can assist property owners in revitalizing buildings, making them eligible for various public preservation programs and services, such as matching state grants and state and federal historic rehabilitation tax credits. The Village of Port Henry, which owns the building until the village dissolves on March 31, 2017, has

been attempting to get grants to renovate the structure.

The new Port Henry-Moriah Fire District #3 will own the structure on April 1, 2017.

Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, said the nominations bring to light the diverse forces that have shaped New York’s history.

“Listing these important places from our past the recognition and support they deserve,” she said.

Once the recommendations are approved by the state historic preservation officer, the properties are listed on the State Register of Historic Places and then nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, where they are reviewed, and, once approved, entered on the National Register.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his state is leading the way to preserve the sites of significant events for future generations.

“The nominations of these sites will help ensure that these parts of this state’s rich heritage remain viable and able to serve as destinations to attract visitors to every corner of this state,” the governor said.

Besides the Fire Department, part of the massive building is used as the shop for the Port Henry Village Department of Public Works.

The former Henry’s Garage is now the Port Henry Volunteer Fire Department. The three-story structure has been nominated to the State Register of Historic Places.

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New park could aid quality of life for residents

Moriah is considering a new park and new bicycle paths in town

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The Cake Shop and Cafe at Main Street and Shea Lane in Port Henry opened last weekend to large crowds. Cutting the grand opening ribbon (with scissors) is owner Heather Curran, surrounded by family and friends. The bakery is open Thursday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. with cakes, coffee, cupcakes, muffins, breakfast sandwiches, cookies and other fare.

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Moriah Girl Scouts sang Christmas carols at the lighting of the Community Tree at the Town Gazebo. Several groups participated in the event.

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MORIAH – The proposed Mill Brook Park at Moriah Center could become a reality.

The town’s newest park at 2814 Plank Road would include picnic tables and fishing access to Mill Brook, Moriah Town Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava said.

“It’s a nice location, by the brook,” he said. “People fish back there. It would be good for the town.”

The state Department of Environmental Conservation lists Mill Brook as one of the top brown trout waters in the state.

The location was the site of the former Millbrook Diner, which was torn down when the new Moriah Center Bridge was constructed nearby.

“We acquired it from the bank,” Scozzafava said. “Essex County needed it for the bridge. It’s a nice piece of property.”

The county stored construction materials there, and used part of the front of the parcel when the bridge rightof-way was widened.

Money is available from the state’s Creating Healthy Places program, administered by the Essex County Department of Public Health.

“Under Creating Healthy Places, we’re trying to place recreational facilities in each hamlet,” Scozzafava said.

He said the new town pickleball courts at Moriah Corners have proven very popular, along with the basketball and tennis courts there.

“You wouldn’t have what you have without the volunteers who worked on that,” he said. “The pickleball success is because it appeals to people of all ages. You have 20 year olds playing with 70 year olds.

“It’s been a really good thing for the community.”

The town also maintains John W. Pepper Memorial Field, a softball diamond, at Moriah Corners, and Linney Field, used by Moriah Central School as its football field, in Mineville.

They recently installed shuffleboard courts at the Bulwagga Bay Town Campground, available to campers and the public, and those are also getting use, he said.

“There’s a lot of potential with these parks,” Scozzafava said.

The Cheney Mountain Town Trailhead on Pelfershire Road has also been well used, he said.

“What a success,” he said. “Next, we’re going to put a walking trail around the former town landfill, near the trailhead.”

The town’s old landfill has been closed and capped for decades.

Another project is to create some bicycle paths in the town, he said.

“We hear there’s no place for the kids to ride their bikes,” the supervisor said.

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The Schroon Lake Senior Citizens Club opened for visitors as part of the Chamber of Commerce’s “Old Tyme Christmas” celebration. Visitors stopped by to warm up, let their children color Christmas pictures and to enjoy cookies and hot chocolate.

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Sights of the season

Schroon Lake Boy Scout Troop 37 has awarded to Thomas J. Garcia, the son of Thomas and Amy Garcia, of North Hudson the rank of Eagle Scout recently. Thomas completed his Eagle Scout project in the town of North Hudson. The project involved planting five cherry trees behind the Veterans Memorial. By doing so, he helped to beautify the memorial while also helping to stabilize the soils and reduce erosion.

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BIRTHS

Maverick Louis Shaw MORIAH — Maverick Louis Shaw, a baby boy, was born on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2016, to parents Brandi McCray and Jason Shaw of Moriah.

The Port Henry Fire Department held its annual Santa Run around the village recently. This Santa — who looked a lot like Fire Chief James Hughes — distributed candy to children as the fire truck came by their homes.

Photo by Lohr McKinstry

To accommodate the large number of individuals wishing to visit the Hancock House Festival of Trees, the Ticonderoga Historical Society has extended its hours for the last two weeks of the festival. The Hancock House will be open and free to the public, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Dec. 26 through 31. The Festival of Trees includes many theme-decorated trees, including antique and woodland themes.

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he’d be located, doesn’t allow more than one business at a location, but there’s already a marina there, and requires a 100 foot setback that would be difficult to achieve.

At a recent Village Board session, Guerin said the new zoning regulations, which haven’t been passed yet, will not be “written in stone.”

“You can change things at any time,” he said. “You can add or subtract things as you go along.”

He said they want to attract businesses like the brewpub.

“You want to be more friendly to people coming in here,” the mayor said. “We need more businesses in here.”

The board removed the 100 foot setback from the ordinance, he said.

Trustee James Curran said they’re waiting for the preamble and board resolution for the new law from Village Attorney Robert Hafner before voting.

“There’s a couple things (in the law) we have to look at,” he said.

Trustee James Curran said he’s contacted consultant Nan Stolzenburg of Community Planning and Environmental of Berne about the restrictions. It was Stolzenburg who wrote the zoning law.

Village voters decided last year to dissolve Port Henry as a municipal unit, and then again to approve the plan for dissolution.

RIGHT: The Van Slooten Harbour Marina is one possible location for a new brew-pub in Port Henry. The developer fears restrictive new village zoning will lock him out.

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THE PLAINTIFF ONE of such Special Meeting.

Said hearing will be held est, and recorded in the your taxes.

OLD COUNTRY ROAD, BY ORDER OF THE on the 11th. day of Jan- Dated: December 21, Office of the Clerk of EsRose M. French LEGALS Town of Moriah BOARD OF EDUCATION uary at the Putnam 2016 sex County on March SUITE 113 CARLE ADIRONDACK COMMU- Town Clerk/Tax Collector PLACE, NY 11514 OF THE CROWN POINT Town Hall at 7:00 pm at Linda M. Wolf, CPA Pur- 24, 2015 in Book: 2319 NITY HOUSING TRUST which time all interested chasing Agent Page: 209.

DATED: December 2, CENTRAL SCHOOL TT-12/31/2016-1TCRequest for Proposal persons will be given an Essex County Govern- That Mortgage Electron2016 FILE #: WELLS DISTRICT 139383 Environmental Site-spement Center Elizabeth- ic Registration Systems, opportunity to be heard.

58904 Jeanne McMurtry INVITATION TO BID cific Services town, New York 12932 By order of the Putnam Inc., as nominee for TT-12/10-12/31/2016Title: Clerk of the Board The Adirondack Commu- PC Construction is solic- 4TC-138181 (518) 873-3332 Planning Board Quicken Loans, Inc. duly TTnity Housing Trust iting bids from all trades TT-12/31/2016-1TCPaula M. Wilson, Clerk assigned said Note and 12/31/16,01/07/17,01/2 for the Moses Ludington NOTICE OF SPECIAL (ACHT) is requesting 140030 TT-12/31/2016-1TCMortgage to Quicken 1/17,02/04/17-4TCHospital Alternations MEETING AND VOTE proposals from qualified Loans, Inc. by Assign140061 140230 Project in Ticonderoga, The Board of Education Environmental firms or STATE OF NEW YORK ment dated September NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE OF FORMATION NY. NYS Certified of the Crown Point Cenindividuals for site speSUPREME COURT 11, 2015 and recorded M/WBE contractors and tral School District, New NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- OF Prime Property Man- COUNTY OF ESSEX cific opinions for each on September 11, 2015 EN, that the Undersuppliers are strongly agers LLC Articles of OrYork, HEREBY GIVES participating property rein the Office of the Clerk QUICKEN LOANS INC., signed, on behalf of the encouraged to particiganization filed with the NOTICE that a Special ceiving State assisted of Essex County in Book: Plaintiff, Essex County Board of pate.

All bids will be due Secretary of State of Meeting of the qualified housing purchase funds.

449 Page: 193. vs.

Supervisors, will accept 1/13/17.

Interested bidNew York SSNY. On voters of said District Sealed proposals must Any unknown heirs to The relief sought in the sealed bids at the Office ders should contact at 11/30/16 Office Locawill be held at the be received no later than the Estate of WILLIAM within action is a final tion: Essex SSNY desig- C. SMITH, next of kin, polling place hereinafter of the Purchasing Agent 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, cduffy@pcconstruction.judgment directing the until 2:00 P.M. on Jancom or 802.651.1244. nated as agent of LLC January 10, 2017. set forth on the 7th day devisees, legatees, dis- sale of the Mortgaged uary 27, 2017 for Hulls upon whom Process TT-12/31/2016-1TCPlease include Qualificaof February, 2017, at described tributees, grantees, as- Premises Falls Road Embankment against it may be served.

140185 tions, Experience and 12:00 noon, Prevailing signees, creditors, above to satisfy the debt Stabilization.

SSNY shall mail process Pricing per site: lienors, trustees, execu- secured by the Mortgage NOTICE OF ORGANIZA- Time, for the purpose of The bids shall be opened to: The LLC, PO Box 21 A person who holds a voting by paper ballot tors, administrators or described above.

TIONAL MEETING publicly and read aloud Schroon Lake, NY Baccalaureate or higher The Schroon Lake Fire upon the proposition Plaintiff designates Essuccessors in interest, on January 27, 2017 at 12870 degree in a relevant sci- District will hold the An- hereinafter set forth. sex County as the place as well as the respective 2:00 P.M. at the Office Purpose: any lawful ac- heirs at law, next of kin, of trial. The basis of ence or engineering field nual Organizational The Poll for the purpose of the Purchasing Agent, tivity plus equivalent of 5 Meeting on Tuesday, of voting will be kept devisees, legatees, dis- venue is the County in years relevant work ex- January 17, 2017 at open between the hours 7551 Court Street, Eliza- TT-12/10-01/14/2017tributees, grantees, as- which the Mortgaged bethtown, New York 6TC-138023 of 12:00 oclock noon perience signees, lienors, Premises is situated.

6:00 PM at the Schroon 12932.

A person who holds a OF SALE trustees, executors, ad- Section: 154.4 Lake Fire House, 28 In- and 8:00 oclock p.m., Please contact the Pur- NOTICE Prevailing Time.

The current engineers or dustrial Drive, Schroon SUPREME COURT ministrators or succes- Block: 6 proposition is as fol- chasing Office at (518) COUNTY OF ESSEX sors in interest of the professional geologist li- Lake, NY. All meetings Lot: 21.000 873-3330 for additional lows: cense or registration aforesaid classes of per- DATED: 8/19/2016 Bayview Loan Servicing, are open to the public. from a state, tribe or US Patricia Savarie, Secre- VOTER PROPOSITION information concerning sons, if they or any of Rochester, New York LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Shall the District be au- the bidding. Plans, spec- Amy L. Schryer, et al., them be dead, all of NOTICE Territory atary An official of the site lo- Schroon Lake Fire Dis- thorized to spend an ifications, standard pro- Defendant(s) Pursuant whom and whose names YOU ARE IN DANGER amount not to exceed posals and drawings for to a Judgment of Fore- and places of residence OF LOSING YOUR calitys Building Depart- trict the proposed work may $58,845 to purchase a HOME ment with expertise in TT-12/31/2016-1TCare unknown to the closure and Sale duly be obtained at the above If you do not respond to parcel of land and the assessing environmental 140084 plaintiff; address or on the Coun- dated 11-2-2016 I, the BEVERLY WEST; this summons and comdemolition and haul conditions OR undersigned Referee will tys website at: www.plaint by serving a copy NOTICE OF SALE away of building at 2756 A person who has the sell at public auction at KEN SMITH; co.essex.ny.us. of the answer on SUPREME COURT - Main Street, Crown equivalent of 10 years the Essex County Court- KAREN TENEYCK; All bids submitted in rethe attorney for the relevant work and field COUNTY OF ESSEX Point, NY (adjacent to MICHAEL SMITH; house, Front Lobby, sponse to this notice Mortgage company who experience in performing WELLS FARGO BANK, the school). A full de7559 Court St., Eliza- BILLY WEST; be marked filed this forecloenvironmental site as- NA, scription of the parcel shall bethtown, NY on 2-2- ROBERT WEST; "SEALED BID HULLS sure proceeding sessments. being available at the Plaintiff 2017 at 11:00AM, MICHELLE WEST; FALLS ROAD" clearly on against you and filing For more information District Office during -againstKERRI WEST; the outside of the enve- premises known as 4 VALERIE WEST; the answer with the contact the Adirondack MICHAEL G. DISKIN- regular business hours, Oak Street, Ticonderoga, lope. court, a dePUBLIC ADMINISTRA- weekdays from 8:00 am Community Housing NY 12883. All that cer- PEOPLE OF THE STATE Dated: December 20, fault judgment may be TOR AS ADMINSTRA- to 4:00 pm. Funds will Trust office at 873-6888 OF NEW YORK; tain plot piece or parcel 2016 entered and you can TOR OF THE ESTATE OF be spent in current year or in writing at 103 Hand of land, with the build- UNITED STATES OF lose your home.

Linda M. Wolf, CPA (16-17) Budget, taken Avenue, Elizabethtown GARY ROSS BICKFORD AMERICA; ings and improvements Purchasing Agent Speak to an attorney or A/K/A GARY BICKFORD from Fund Balance.

New York 12932.

Defendants. erected, situate, lying go to the court where Adirondack Community A/K/A GARY R. BICK- NOTICE IS ALSO HERE- Essex County Govern- and being in the Village Filed: 11/22/2016 ment Center your case is pending for Housing Trust is an FORD, DECEASED, VE- BY GIVEN that a person Index No.: CV16-0047 and Town of TiconderoEqual Opportunity Em- RIONICA K ABARE A/K/A shall be entitled to vote 7551 Court Street PO ga, Essex County, New SUPPLEMENTAL SUM- further information on Box 217 how to answer the sumVERONICA ABARE AS at said Special Meeting ployer.

York, SECTION: 150.51, MONS AND NOTICE mons and protect your HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF of the voters of the Elizabethtown, New York VN/TT-12/31/2016-1TCMortgaged Premises: BLOCK: 10, LOT: 13.100 property.

Crown Point Central 12932 KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE 139990 and 13.300. Approxi- 38 Morse Memorial Hwy School District who is: (518) 873-3332 OF THE ESTATE OF Olmstedville, (Town of Sending a payment to mate amount of judgyour Mortgage compa(1) a citizen of the Unit- TT-12/31/2016-1TCGARY ROSS BICKFORD ment $129,741.75 plus Minerva) NY 12857 139992 ny will not stop this A/K/A GARY BICKFORD ed States; (2) eighteen interest and costs. TO THE ABOVE NAMED foreclosure action.

A/K/A GARY R. BICK- years of age or older on DEFENDANTS: Premises will be sold PLEASE TAKE NOTICE YOU MUST RESPOND COLLECTORS NOTICE I, FORD, DECEASED, IN- the date of said Special that the organizational subject to provisions of YOU ARE HEREBY SUM- BY SERVING A COPY OF Rose M. French, the un- TERNAL REVENUE SER- Meeting; and (3) a resi- meeting for the Ticon- filed Judgment Index#: MONED to answer the THE ANSWER ON dersigned Collector of VICE-UNITED STATES dent within the Crown deroga Fire District of CV15-0232. John W. Complaint in the above Taxes in and for the OF AMERICA, NEW Point Central School entitled action and to THE ATTORNEY FOR the Town of Ticondero- Caffry, Esq., Referee Town of Moriah, Essex YORK STATE DEPART- District for a period of at ga, County of Essex, Frenkel Lambert Weiss serve a copy of your An- THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) County, New York have MENT OF TAXATION least thirty consecutive New York, will be held Weisman & Gordon, LLP swer on Plaintiff's attor- AND FILING THE ANreceived the Tax Roll AND FINANCE-TAX days next preceding the on the 2nd day of Jan- 53 Gibson Street Bay ney within twenty (20) SWER WITH THE and Warrant for the col- COMPLIANCE DIVISION- Special Meeting date.

Shore, NY 11706 01- days after the service of COURT. uary, 2017, at 7:00 NOTICE IS ALSO HERE- oclock p.m. on that day lection of taxes for the C.O.-ATC,Defendant(s) this Summons, exclu038447-F01 Pursuant to a judgment

BY GIVEN that absentee at Ticonderoga Fire TT-12/31-01/21/2017year 2017. sive of the day of ser- WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ballots may be applied of foreclosure and sale I will sit at the following vice, or within thirty (30) 4TC-139767 House, 60 Montcalm ANY INFORMATION OBfor at the office of the Street, Ticonderoga NY. named place for the pur- duly dated FEBRUARY days after completion of TAINED WILL BE USED Superintendent/District REQUEST FOR PROpose of receiving taxes, 29, 2016 service where service is This notification is being FOR THAT PURPOSE. I, the undersigned Ref- Clerk. Any such applica- given to the news media POSALS from 9AM-4PM (closed made in any other mantion must be received by pursuant to the provi- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- ner than by personal de- LEGAL DESCRIPTION 12:00-1:00 for lunch) on eree will sell at public EN; that the Under- livery within the State. ALL THAT TRACT OR the following dates with- auction to the highest the Clerk at least seven sions of Section 94 of PARCEL OF LAND, lying bidder at ESSEX COUN- days before the date of the Public Officers Law signed, on behalf of the The United States of out a penalty: January and being in the Town of the aforesaid Special of the State of New Essex County Board of America, if designated TY COURTHOUSE, 7559 3, 2017 through January Minerva, County of EsSupervisors, will accept as a Defendant in this COURT STREET, ELIZA- Meeting if the ballot is to York.

31, 2017, Monday sex and State of New through Friday at the BETHTOWN, NEW YORK be mailed to the voter, By order of the Board of sealed proposals at the action, may answer or York, described as folTown of Moriah Town Office of the Purchasing on January 12, 2017 at or the day before such appear within sixty (60) Fire Commissioners of lows: Hall, 38 Park Place Suite Agent until Special Meeting, if the 11:00 AM premises days of service hereof. the Ticonderoga Fire BEING designated as 2, Port Henry, NY known as 16 SANFORD ballot is to be delivered 2:00 P.M. on January 4, In case of your failure to District 2017 for a Physical appear or answer, judg- Lots Number 6 & 7 on a 12974.

LANE, NEWCOMB, NY personally to the voter. Paul LaRock map entitled Map of Therapist.

A list of all persons Secretary As of February 1, 2017, 12852. ment will be taken Binn Bea, a Subdivision Specifications are avail- against you by default one (1) percent penalty ALL that certain piece or whom absentee voters Ticonderoga Fire District of Lands in the Town of able by contacting the will be added, two (2) parcel of land situate, ly- ballots shall have been for the relief demanded TT-12/31/2016-1TCMinerva made for Bruce Office of the Purchasing issued shall be available 140182 percent penalty added as ing and being in the in the Complaint.

Agent, Linda M. Wolf, NOTICE OF NATURE OF A. and Marion M. LaBar, of March 1, 2017 and Town of Newcomb, ES- for public inspection in Essex County, New York CPA, Government Cen- ACTION AND RELIEF the office of the Superin- PLEASE TAKE NOTICE three (3) percent penalty SEX County, New York. dated February 22, added as of April 1, Section: 110.18 Block: 5 tendent/Clerk of said that the Putnam Plan- ter, 7551 Court St., Eliz- SOUGHT abethtown, New York THE OBJECT of the 1987, by Philip J. Hask2017 until the return of Lot: 3 District not less than five ning Board of the Town ins, Licensed Land Sur12932 or by calling 518- above captioned action unpaid taxes on May 1, Approximate amount of days prior to the date of of Putnam will hold a veyor, No. 049337, and 873-3332.

Specifica- is for the foreclosure of: lien $ 70,970.81 plus in- the Special Meeting (ex- public hearing, pursuant 2017 is made to the filed in the Essex County cluding Saturdays and to Section 276 of the tions are also available Mortgage bearing the County Treasurer pur- terest and costs.

Sundays) during regular Town Law, on the appli- on the website at: www.- date of March 11, 2015, Clerk's Office on April Premises will be sold suant to law.

27, 1987, Map 3674. cation of Michael Kisel, co.essex.ny.us. subject to provisions of office hours until the executed by William C. You will be offered the Premises: 38 Morse for the approval to con- All proposals submitted opportunity to pay your filed judgment Index # date of the aforesaid Smith to Mortgage ElecSpecial Meeting. In ad- struct a single family in response to this no- tronic Registration Sys- Memorial Highway, Olmtaxes in four install- CV15-0245 stedville, NY 12857 tems, Inc., as nominee ments, but you must HILARY ROGERS, ESQ., dition, such list shall home. The site plan is tice shall be marked PROPOSAL for Quicken Loans, Inc. Tax Parcel ID No.: STEIN, also be posted conspic- located on 6200 Oliver SEALED choose to do so by Jan- REFEREE Section: 154.4 Block: 6 to secure the sum of Way in the Town of Put- PHYSICAL THERAPIST WIENER AND ROTH, uously at the place of uary 31st. Instructions clearly on the outside of $154,225.00, and inter- Lot: 21.000 nam.

L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR voting during the hours will be included in with TT-12/10-12/31/2016THE PLAINTIFF ONE of such Special Meeting. the envelope. your taxes. est, and recorded in the Said hearing will be held OLD COUNTRY ROAD, BY ORDER OF THE on the 11th. day of Jan- Dated: December 21, Office of the Clerk of Es- 4TC-137792 Rose M. French SUITE 113 CARLE 2016 Town of Moriah BOARD OF EDUCATION uary at the Putnam sex County on March PLACE, NY 11514 Town Clerk/Tax Collector OF THE CROWN POINT Town Hall at 7:00 pm at Linda M. Wolf, CPA Pur- 24, 2015 in Book: 2319 DATED: December 2, CENTRAL SCHOOL chasing Agent TT-12/31/2016-1TCPage: 209. which time all interested

THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE AN•SWER DecemberWITH 31, 2016 THE | 25 COURT. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. LEGAL DESCRIPTION ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, lying and being in the Town of Minerva, County of Essex and State of New York, described as follows: BEING designated as Lots Number 6 & 7 on a map entitled Map of Binn Bea, a Subdivision of Lands in the Town of Minerva made for Bruce A. and Marion M. LaBar, Essex County, New York dated February 22, 1987, by Philip J. Haskins, Licensed Land Surveyor, No. 049337, and filed in the Essex County Clerk's Office on April 27, 1987, Map 3674.

Premises: 38 Morse Memorial Highway, Olmstedville, NY 12857 Tax Parcel ID No.: Section: 154.4 Block: 6 Lot: 21.000 TT-12/10-12/31/20164TC-137792 TOWN OF MORIAH ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING The Town of Moriah Town Board will hold their Organizational Meeting on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at 6 PM at the Town Hall, 38 Park Place, Port Henry, NY. The public is welcome to attend.

TT-12/31/2016-1TC138809 TOWN OF SCHROON LEGAL NOTICE Please take notice that I, Patricia J. Savarie the undersigned Collector Receiver of Taxes of the Town of Schroon, County of Essex and State of New York, have duly received the warrant for the 2017 Tax Year. I will collect taxes Monday Friday from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. at the Town Hall, Schroon Lake N.Y. Taxes may be paid 30 days from the postmark without charge of interest.

Taxes remaining unpaid thereafter are subject to a 1% penalty in February; 2% penalty in March; and 3% penalty in April until the 30th of that month. Taxes are returned to the County Treasurers Office on May 1, 2017.

Patricia J. Savarie Tax Collector TT-12/31/2016-1TC139677 TOWN OF SCHROON ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 2017 6 PM TT-12/31/2016-1TC139676 WATER & SEWER RENTS TOWN OF MORIAH Water & Sewer Clerk Julie L. Ida, will be collecting Water and Sewer rents beginning January 3, 2017. After the 3rd of the month, following each quarterly billing there will be a 10% penalty. Due to the taxes coming out at the same time as the land taxes, the penalty for the February payment will be forgiven if paid by the due date of the second payment which is May 3, 2017. Rents will be collected through November 3, 2017, after which any unpaid balance will be levied onto the land taxes in January 2018.

PLEASE REMIT PAYMENT STUB WHEN PAYING YOUR BILL TO ENSURE CREDIT TO THE PROPER ACCOUNT. Thank you Julie L. Ida Water & Sewer Clerk TT-12/31/2016-1TC139189

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