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ELIZABETHTOWN — The annual celebration of all things Elizabethtown kicks off with a dance party on Friday and runs throughout the weekend. Etown Day, which has now expanded to include Friday, July 20, Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22, Kicks off with a block dance with music by Rob Pulsifer and the E-town Express. The dance will be held at the Cobble Hill Golf Course Pavilion, starting at 7 p.m. Events on Saturday, the tradition Etown Day, will include the town wide garage sale, which will begin at 7 a.m. Maps with the locations of the homes participating in the sale will be available at the Ticonderoga Federal Credit Union, Champlain National Bank, and the Town Hall after July 18. On the day of the event, maps will be available at the Chamber of Commerce Table positioned across the street from the town hall. New this year will be hot air balloon rides, starting Saturday at 7 a.m. with a suggested donation of $5. The annual Etown Day parade will begin at 3 p.m., with floats moving through Court Street. The day will conclude with fireworks, beginning at dusk. On Sunday, wrapping up E-town festivities will be a historic slide show, “E-towners at Work and Play,” at 3 p.m.
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The 50th annual Au Sable Forks Fast Pitch Softball Tournament was held last weekend, with 10 teams competing in the event. The 50th was dedicated to long time tournament committee members Jon Gordon and Randy Douglas. For more on the dedication and opening of the event, see page 13. Photo by Keith Lobdell
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NCCC budget up, but not for counties
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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — Neither Essex or Clinton County will have to pick up the tab for a 3.3 percent increase to the North Country Community College budget. School President Dr. Steven Tyrell and Vice President for Financial Operations Bill Chapin presented the 2012-13 college budget
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to members of the Finance, Tax Reduction and Mandate Relief Committee July 16. While the budget calls for the increase in expenditures to $13,630,00, both counties will be asked to contribute $1,190,000 to the school, the same amount they put into the 2011-12 budget. “I think that we were all very pleased to hear that you were not asking for an increase,” Finance chairman
North Country Community College President Dr. Steven Tyrell and V.P. for Financial Operations Bill Chapin address members of the Board of Supervisors.
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