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March 6, 2010
Fire Towers
DEC reschedules public hearings
‘Anything Goes’ AuSable Valley Players present Cole Porter’s 1930s classic
By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com RAY BROOK — Public hearings that will deal with the future of two historic fire towers have been rescheduled. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has set new dates for public meetings dealing with proposed changes to Unit Management Plans for the St. Regis Canoe Area and the Jay Mountain Wilderness and Hurricane Mountain Primitive area. Both meetings, originally scheduled for Feb. 25, had The Hurricane Mountain Fire been cancelled due to poor Tower is one of two Adironweather. dack fire towers that would be Among the changes pro- slated for demolition if Unit posed is the removal of fire Management Plan amendtowers atop Hurricane ments proposed by NYSDEC Mountain and St. Regis are approved. A public hearing Mountain, both of which are regarding the Jay Mountain listed on the State and Na- and Hurricane Mountain areas tional Historic Registers. is scheduled for March 11 at DEC officials say the tow- Keene Central School. ers must be removed to comPhoto courtesy of Friends of Hurricane ply with the Wilderness desMountain Fire Tower ignation of the forest preserve lands where they’re located. Also, stairs to the towers have been removed, making them inaccessible to the public. However, many groups are intent on keeping the towers, namely private organizations that have been working for their preservation as historic landmark. The public meeting dealing with the St. Regis Canoe Area
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(L to R): Rebecca Reynolds, Jonathan Wright, Adam Payette, Victoria Whitney, Martin Deslauriers, Karianna Garrand, Joli Straight, Brad Belanger, Boone Nolan, and Sebastian Pray headline a cast of more than 30 students performing in the AuSable Valley Players production of “Anything Goes” March 11-14. Photo by Matt Bosley
By Matt Bosley denpubs@denpubs.com CLINTONVILLE — The sights and sounds of the 1930s will take over the stage next week as the AuSable Valley Players present “Anything Goes.” “We wanted to do a big musical, something spectacular and fun,” said the show’s choreographer, Diane White, “and we wanted to do some tap
dancing. There’s a lot of tap dancing in the show.” Set in the 1930s when it was written, “Anything Goes” tells the lighthearted story of Billy Crocker, a love-sick stockbroker who stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of winning the heart of Hope Harcourt, an heiress stuck in a loveless engagement with a wealthy British nobleman. Though Hope’s feelings for Billy are mutual, she feels mar-
rying is the only way to save her family’s business. With help from a night club singer and a pair of second-rate gangsters, Billy struggles to find a way for he and Hope to be together while trying to avoid the attention of sailors mistaking him for a crime boss. Hilarity ensues as their pretentious schemes produce
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‘Save Shock’
Local officials continue efforts to save Moriah correctional facility By Matt Bosley denpubs@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County officials are expressing increasing optimism for the future of Moriah Shock correctional facility as they continue to lobby for its removal from the governor ’s list of proposed budget cuts. Jay Supervisor Randy Douglas, chair of the Essex County Board of Supervisors, spoke at the group’s regular meeting March 1 about the ongoing efforts to convince state officials
not to close the facility. Douglas joined Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava and several other local representatives at a rally in Albany Feb. 23. Douglas noted plans to return to Albany March 2. A trip to Washington, D.C., later in the month will try to enlist more help from representatives at the federal level. “We feel we’ve made significant in-roads with our reps,” said Douglas, noting growing support from Congressmen Bill Owens and Scott Murphy, as well as Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
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