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February 6, 2010
Attorney for Douglas fires back at Adirondack Council
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By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — The attorney for Black Brook property owner Leroy Douglas is firing back at the Adirondack Council after reports indicated that Douglas had previously attempted to sell a portion of his property to the state in 2000 and then alleged that environmentalists and state officials colluded in an attempt to drive him off of his land. Documents released Wednesday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation indicated that Leroy Douglas offered to sell the 139-acre Bainbridge parcel to the state. The revelation led Adirondack Council spokesman John Sheehan to further question Douglas’s credibility, arguing the documents constituted proof the Black Brook landowner wasn’t being pressured to sell by anyone and that a $2.1 million suit against the green group is baseless. But according to Douglas’s attorney Matt Norfolk of Lake Placid, attempts made to sell the small parcel a decade ago have nothing to do with the lawsuit, which concerns other parts of the 3,500-acre Silver Lake parcel. Norfolk said that recent reports from WNBZ and North Country Public Radio suggesting that the lawsuit filed by Douglas involved a 139-acre piece of land west of Silver Lake known as the Bainbridge Property, were off target. He said the property in question, one involved in past Adirondack Park Agency enforcement proceedings and is at issue in the pending civil lawsuit against The Adirondack Council, is part of a different, 3,500-acre tract of land on Silver Lake. In 2007, the APA initiated enforcement proceedings against Douglas for what the agency suspected may have been illegal work on a road that bordered a wetland and runs through the expansive property. The APA was in negotiations with Douglas, but then undertook the enforcement proceedings. Norfolk contends this is a result of the Adirondack Council’s influence at the APA, specifically naming Council chairman Brian Ruder, who happens to own property next to Douglas’ property. “The lawsuit pending against The Adirondack Council, Mr. Ruder and Hawkeye Conservationists is premised on allegations that the defendants intentionally and wrongfully interfered with the settlement agreement entered into between APA and Mr. Douglas,” Norfolk said. “But, Mr. Douglas’ past intentions to sell the Bainbridge Property are not at issue in the pending lawsuit, and have nothing to do with
ESSEX — Ferry service at the site of the former Lake Champlain Bridge is now in operation, but another southerly crossing has been shut down for the rest of winter. On Feb. 2, officials at Lake Champlain Transportation, the company that owns and operates year-round ferry service between New York and Vermont, announced the closure of its Essex-Charlotte crossing following its last scheduled run Feb. 3. It will remain closed until spring. Heather Stewart is operations manager at Lake Champlain Transportation. She said thickening ice on the lake was quickly closing the window of opportunity to reassign ferries. “It was our hope to keep a boat at the Essex-Charlotte crossing longer,” said Stewart, “but the ice is getting thick and
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Westport junior Molly Rascoe stands beside the pull tabs collection box at Westport Central School. Westport is one of four schools around the region that are collecting the aluminum tabs to support the Ronald McDonald House in Burlington, Vt.
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Essex Ferry closed until spring By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com
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WESTPORT — One person’s trash may be something one local student and her family can treasure. Four local schools are currently collecting metal pull tabs to show their support for Molly Rascoe, a junior at Westport Central School. This past summer, Molly was diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis, a rare disease that inflames blood vessels and can cause poor circulation to vital organs such as the lungs or kidneys. In Molly’s case, the disease caused her kidneys to fail. Continued treatment could put her Wegener ’s syndrome into remission, though, and she could become a candidate for a kidney transplant before the end of this year. In the meantime, she travels to Fletcher Allen
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Ferry service from Essex, NY to Charlotte, VT will be suspended for the remainder of winter as icebreaker ferries in operation there will be reassigned to the Plattsburgh-Grand Isle and Crown Point crossings.
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