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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — The next chapter in the Horace Nye Nursing Home saga may start to be written next week. It may also be the closing chapter in the eyes of Essex County. North Elba Supervisor Roby Politi, who chairs the Horace Nye Nursing Home Task Force Committee, has called for the body to meet on Tuesday, May 29, following the monthly Ways and Means Committee meeting, which was pushed back from its usual last Monday of the month date due to Memorial Day. Politi said that the HNNH subcommittee, which was tasked with visiting the Elizabethtown facility as well as facilities run by the three bidders on the site, will de-
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Classic cars make their way across the Lake Champlain Bridge between Crown Point and Chimney Point, Vt., May 19 to officially celebrate the opening of the bridge. The cars were carrying ’29ers - those who were a part of the first bridge opening celebration in 1929. Photo by Keith Lobdell
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CROWN POINT — Both sides of the Lake Champlain Bridge were lined as classic cars, bands and floats officially welcomed back the crossing between two states, more than six months after the bridge opened to the public on Nov. 7, 2011. The Lake Champlain Bridge Celebration was held over the May 19-20 weekend with two days of car shows, parades, food, tents and fireworks. It attracted a crowd
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of more than 1,000 people, far less than the 10,000 Celebration organizers had anticipated, but a sizeable crowd nonetheless. Festivities opened May 19 with a ceremony where dignitaries from both sides of Lake Champlain again expressed their joy over the new structure. “This is a standing monument to a can-do culture,” Crown Point Supervisor Charles Harrington said. “Having gone without a bridge, we have a new apCONTINUED ON PAGE 19
By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Horace Nye supporters have organized a special day to show their support for the county-owned facility Saturday, June 2, at the Memorial Park on Main Street here. Task Force to Save Horace Nye member Celeste Beeman said the event has been organized for county resident’s to hold their own
Bridge designer Ted Zoli speaks during opening ceremonies May 19. Photo by Keith Lobdell
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