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keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Several Essex County supervisors reversed their course as a resolution to allow a beer tent at the Essex County Fair fell May 7. The resolution for a oneyear trial beer tent to be positioned in the horse barn area of the grounds passed through the Public Woks and Ways and Means Committee meetings, but fell when brought before the full board by a 1,687 - 1,117 weighted vote. Tom Scozzafava (Moriah), David Blades (Lewis), Michael Marnell (Schroon), Ed Hatch (Willsboro) and Joyce Morency (St. Armand), who voted against the resolution at the Ways and Means level, were joined by Sharon Boisen (Essex), Ger-
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keith@denpubs.com WILLSBORO — When the Lake Champlain Bridge Grand Celebration Parade begins, William Miller will be the one to kick it off. Miller will be firing the canon that will signal the start of the parade, and will do the same for several other events throughout the two-day event to celebrate the new link between New York and Vermont.
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Be sure to pick up an edition of the award-winning, 132-page “Lake Champlain Bridge Commemorative Book” during the bridge celebration May 19-20. The book, which includes 38 stories and more than 90 photographs, is a collection of memories that explores the history of the original 1929 bridge and the construction of the new one. It will be available at a booth in front of the Bridge Restaurant just over the bridge in Vermont and at a booth just before the Crown Point State Historic Site in New York. The cost of the book remains a very reasonable $5.
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ELIZABETHTOWN — The Horace Nye Nursing Home sub-committee started their tours of facilities in their own back yard recently. Chairman David Blades of Lewis said that the group, made up of Elizabethtown Supervisor Margaret Bartley and Minerva Supervisor Sue Montgomery Corey, along
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Elizabethtown-Lewis golfer Brock Marvin fires his approach shot into the third hole at the Cobble Hill Golf Course May 2. Marvin landed within 10-feet of the hole and converted the putt for birdie in winning his opening match of the season against Schroon Lake. Brock’s brother, Connor (inset), also played in the match, marking the first time that the two had played together on the varsity level after both received heart transplants, Brock in December of 2012 and Connor on March 1 of this year. On May 7, Essex County proclaimed May as Organ Donor Month, and invited the Marvin brothers as well as Cori Spear to address the Board of Supervisors (See more page 4). Photos by Keith Lobdell