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March 13, 2010
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Section VII Champs Argument for Moriah Shock delivered to state officials By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — An extensive report on the economic impact of Moriah Shock Correctional Facility portrays Essex County as an depressed area dependent on its presence and details just how much more there is to lose if the prison is closed. The Essex County Moriah Shock Task Force, comprised of local officials and department heads, prepared the 23-page report and hand-delivered it to state officials in Albany March 2. County Manager Dan Palmer drafted much of its content. “We feel we can demonstrate that this closure has an impact that goes beyond the
See SHOCK, page 19
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Hornbeck appointment at standstill By Matt Bosley
The Westport girls basketball team improved to 20-0 for the season March 5 as they defeated Lake Placid 35-28 in the Section VII Class D final and claimed their second straight title. Pictured are (L to R, kneeling): Alison Sherman, Morgan Robare, Martha McKinley, Kalika Hopkins, Valentina Rodriguez, Christina Sherman. (Standing): Michelle Markwica, head coach Hokey McKinley, Mallory Sudduth, Karlee McGee, Molly Rascoe, Nancy Armitage, Emily French, Aisleigh Frum, assistant coach Jeff Schwoebel, and Willa McKinley. Photo by Matt Bosley
A River Runs Through It
Study: AuSable gets worse as it goes
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ALBANY — Gov. David Paterson’s nomination of Peter Hornbeck to the Adirondack Park Agency Board will most likely not make it out of committee. According to State Sen. Elizabeth Little (R-Queensbury), senators serving on the Senate Finance Committee indicated March 3 that Hornbeck’s nomination will not be moved because there are not enough votes in support of it, and the governor ’s office has been advised as such. “We were told yesterday that there were, at most, 14 votes in support of the nomination,” said Dan Mac Entee, spokesman for
See HORNBECK, page 19
ELIZABETHTOWN — Data from an ongoing study indicates that water quality in both branches of the AuSable River steadily declines as it moves downstream and passes through places of human habitation. According to AuSable River Association Executive Director Dr. Carol Treadwell, both the east and west branches of the AuSable River begin as relatively uncontaminated streams, but become continually more concentrated with dissolved solids as the water moves downstream. “Some source, human or natural, is contributing a large content of ions,” Treadwell
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said. “We don’t know what they are, but we will be spending next summer finding that out.” Initiated in 2009, the Au Sable River Association water quality study measures the amount of particulate and dissolved pollution by measuring the water ’s electrical conductivity. Treadwell suspects much of the contamination originates from human activity and points to factors like road salt, water runoff and clearing vegetation along riverbanks as a few possible reasons for increased contamination levels. “It seems like there may be a large contribution from the roads,” Treadwell said. A recently completed study by Paul
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Smith’s College and ADK Action concluded that road salt has substantially raised the sodium levels of numerous Adirondack water bodies. The research found especially high levels of contaminates near state Route 73 in Jay and the Keeseville Wastewater Treatment Plant. Treadwell said that increased particulate and dissolved contamination could devastate trout spawning grounds and decimate the fish population. In 2003 the state Department of Environmental Conservation estimated that fishing tourism on the Au Sable alone has a $3.8 million economic impact on the region.
See RIVER, page 19
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