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Denno murder trial continues By Katherine Clark
katherine@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Angela Rivers, recounted for the court the events she witnessed on the night of Aug. 25 during day four of the Scott E. Denno murder trial at the Essex County Courthouse to close the first week of testimony May 3.. Rivers, Wife of Michael Rivers, one of the three charged in the death of Robert Rennie, said on the night of Aug. 25 she saw her husband of 19 years along with Denno, whom she said she called her son, “partially dragging (Rennie) like a young child that doesn’t want to walk,” down to the Frontier Communications Building on Front Street where Denno, Michael, and Paul Taylor engaged Rennie in
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Essex Wastewater Plant Manager Tina Gardner stands outside the municipal plant and talks about the solar paneling used to power the facility as well as provide hot water. The town recently received an Excellence In Building Design Competition Award during the Adirondack Park Local Government Day Conference held in Lake Placid. For more, see the story on page 10. Photo by Keith Lobdell
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keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — While there was little opposition to changing the rules for alcohol sales during the Essex County Board of Supervisors meeting May 6, most of the discussion focused on a change to when it could be sold on a specific day. The Board of Supervisors passed a resolution that calls for the cutting back of hours bars and other establishments can serve alcoholic beverages from 4 a.m. until 3 a.m., with only Newcomb Supervisor George Canon voting against the measure (Minerva’s Sue Montgomery Corey and Westport’s Dan Connell were absent). Along with the hours, the board also did away with the prohibition of alcohol sales in stores between the hours of 1 and 3 p.m. on Good Friday. “Nobody ever knew that they could
not sell liquor in their stores from 1 to 3 p.m. on Good Friday, so why keep something in the books when it is not being enforced?” Chesterfield Supervisor Gerald Morrow said. “I had forgotten about this, but I remembered that we did close for those hours when I was a kid and my parents ran a business where alcohol was served,” Jay Supervisor and board chairman Randy Douglas said. “We would shut down during those hours.” Some supervisors questioned if there should be a law concerning alcohol sales based on a religious holiday. “I was surprised to hear that there was a law that was enforced with Good Friday,” Elizabethtown Supervisor Margaret Bartley said. “I think that we should stay out of that. A religion law is something that is personal.” “I think you are walking on a thin line
when it comes to regulating sales for a religious purpose,” Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava said. Schroon Supervisor Michael Marnell said he felt that if there was a law on the books regarding sales on Good Friday, there should also be one regarding Christmas Eve. “Again, that is a religious holiday. I don’t think we should be looking at that,” Scozzafava said. “You never know, the spouse may want them to go to the bar on Christmas Eve.” Canon, the lone vote against the resolution, had said he would not support the measure based on the input he received from his local owners. “My local establishment is not in favor of this so I am not going to support it,” Canon said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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