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N. Hudson grabs Frontier Town By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com

New offices for Children’s Development PAGE 3 ELIZABETHTOWN

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ELCS students celebrated their junior prom on Saturday, May 10 in Elizabethtown. This year’s theme? Winter Wonderland. Pictured above is Charlotte Shepard and Noah Farrell. “We would like to thank everyone for supporting our fundraising efforts throughout the year,” said the class in a statement. “And our parents for all of their time, effort, support and love.” Photo by Pete DeMola

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ECH to assume Au Sable Forks practice By Jon Hochshartner jon@denpubs.com

Lake Placid Theater goes digital PAGE 14

ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH) has entered into an agreement with Dr. Richard Bremer to assume his medical practice in AuSable Forks upon his retirement this summer. According to Bremer, there were no bids for his practice besides that offered by ECH. ÒN o one else contacted me,Ó Bremer said, adding that he planned to spend his retirement with his family and enjoying the outdoors. ÒI Õ m going to miss the patients and IÕ m going to miss helping people.Ó

Initially, Elizabethtown Community Hospital staff will meet with patients in the same location currently occupied by Bremer. Plans are currently being developed to either renovate an existing structure or build a new health center in the town. Hospital staff will begin seeing patients on July 1, pending state approval. State approval is expected by later this spring. Bremer has made the decision to retire after more than 40 years as a family practice physician. His medical practice has served countless patients and their family members over the years. According to Bremer, his decision to work with the

hospital to facilitate this transition underscores his respect for the organization. ÒM y top priority is to ensure that community members continue to receive quality healthcare services,Ó he said. ÒM any of the people in this community have been my patients for years, so it is vitally important to me that they continue to be well cared-for. Elizabethtown Community HospitalÕ s community-based health centers ensure that people have access to quality care. I am delighted to be able to entrust the hospital and its health center staff with my patientsÕ well-being.Ó CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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ELIZABETHTOWN Ñ On April 30, George Moore went to the Best Western Plus Inn and Suites in Ticonderoga and joined the 151 other folks who registered to bid on the 105 parcels that Essex County had seized from delinquent taxpayers and were now auctioning off to the highest bidder. Moore thought the four parcels adjacent to his holdings would make a good addition to his portfolio. When he left the auction that afternoon, he assumed his winning bid of $49,500 sealed the deal. Not so fast. On Monday, May 12, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reject MooreÕ s bid and kick the property, which is located at the intersection of Blue Ridge Road and Route 9, over to the town of North Hudson for $60,000. Aside from the town, Moore, an 87-year-old who runs a scrap metal yard in Keeseville, has the most invested in this decision. He owns, and pays taxes on, the so-called A-Frame, a large structure that once anchored Frontier Town, the now-shuttered theme park whose fate county officials have spent much of the year debating. The lot, according to materials provided by the firm that brokered the sale, spans 88 acres and has a market value of $568,900. At the meeting, County Attorney Daniel Manning and other officials were quick to point out that the denial was permissible under the saleÕ s terms and conditions. North Hudson Town Supervisor Ronald Moore, no relation to George, pinned his request to an ongoing issue that is common in the North Country:

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