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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2012
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By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — School officials around Essex County did their best to make the school day following the Dec. 14 mass homicide at a Connecticut elementary school as normal as possible. “We think it’s important to acknowledge what happened,” Superintendent at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Scott Osborne said on Monday, Dec. 17. Just days after the second most deadly school shooting in U.S. history — 20 students and six adults killed at the school — local students and faculty were coming back to their classes wondering why this tragedy happened. They were also stepping up security.
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Willsboro Central School kindergarteners Jenna Stainken and Sonny Valachovic pass food down the line from the school to the Willsboro and Essex food pantry, located at the Willsboro town hall. Students in all classes formed the line to deliver food collected by students to the pantry. Photo by Keith Lobdell
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Willsboro students line up for pantry By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com
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WILLSBORO — Students at Willsboro Central School took time away from the books and classroom Dec. 12, opting to help their community. Students from every class — pre-kindergarten to seniors
— formed a line that started at the school and ended at the Willsboro Town Hall, site of the Willsboro and Essex Community Food Pantry. Students then started passing food, one to another, from the school’s location just off Farrell Road, past the Evergreen senior living center, Smith House Health Center,
behind the Willsboro Volunteer Fire Department, into the town hall, down the stairs and into the basement, the home of the pantry. “This is the culmination of the food drive that we had throughout the school,” Superintendent Stephen Broadwell said. “It is a great chance for the kids to give back to
the community and those who need help in an unique way.” Marie Blatchley, advisor to the College For Every Student (CFES) Class, said that the idea for a food drive came about after receiving a letter from the pantry about the need for help. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
ELIZABETHTOWN — Westport Supervisor Dan Connell said the time has come to pay the piper at the Essex County Fairgrounds. During a discussion on rentals on the fairgrounds during the Dec. 17 DPW Committee meeting, the Connell said he was prepared to turn the lights and water off in the horse barns because the stall rentals were not being paid. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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