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Effort under way to run Tupper ski lift this winter
July 2, 2009
TUPPER LAKE — Local volunteers are looking into the possibility of restarting the T-bar ski lift at the former Big Tupper Ski Area in time for winte.
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Hacketts’ new head exec hopes to work magic
July 2, 2009
TUPPER LAKE — It might take some magic to get the Hacketts department store chain back in the black.
But Hacketts’ parent company, Seaway Valley Capital Corporation, just appointed a magician as the new head of the Hacketts company.
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Gillibrand seeks input on Rooftop Highway funds
July 2, 2009
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pressing the state Department of Transportation to come to a consensus on the development of a Rooftop Highway in the North Country.
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Feldmans will be July 4 parade grand marshals
July 2, 2009
LAKE PLACID — Richard and Diana Feldman have been named grand marshals for Saturday’s July 4 parade in Lake Placid.
The parade will begin at 5 p.m.
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New canoe-kayak races to join Hanmer Guideboat Races Sunday (update)
July 2, 2009
SARANAC LAKE — This Sunday, as the 47th annual Willard Hanmer Memorial Guideboat Races take place at the state boat launch on Lake Flower, local boatbuilder Tim Doyle will launch the inaugural Ralph Morrow Canoe and Kayak Event, to be held in...
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Angler catches record brook trout in Raquette Lake
July 1, 2009
An angler from Utica is the new holder of the New York record for catching the largest brook trout, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday.
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The best things in life are three
Wed, July 1, 2009 @ 10:32AM
Do things really come in threes? Celebrity deaths are not usually good things. However, there does seem to be some evidence of good things coming in threes. There’s the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, and three wise men visited the Son. There’s the saying, “third time’s a charm.” There’s Switzerland, which has enjoyed peace and chocolate for hundreds of years and has three major languages (sorry Romanschers, I’m not counting you). There’s the children’s rhyme, “first is the worst, second is the best, third is the one with the treasure chest.” I’ll take the treasure chest over being the best, thank you. In some variants, it’s “hairy chest;” whether this is a good thing or not is a matter of taste, and “De gustibus non est disputandum,” as Julius Caesar might have said. About Gaul, he did said, “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres,” or “All Gaul is divided into three parts.
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It gets better
Wed, July 1, 2009 @ 10:56AM
Shelley Mayer, chief counsel to the Senate Democrats, has written a letter to Gov. David Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arguing that yesterday's Senate session was legal and the bills should be recognized. 10 Senate staffers have filed supporting affidavits saying Frank Padavan, the Republican senator whose ill-timed jaunt through the Senate chamber yesterday triggered all this, was physically present and marked down as such. Padavan passed through the Senate chamber on the way out of the lounge yesterday, when 31 Democrats were in there. They marked him down, and as 32 makes a quorum, they began voting on legislation which Paterson has already said he doesn't plan to sig.
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Emerald Ash Borer found in New York
Wed, June 17, 2009 @ 6:32PM
Those purple triangles that are hanging in trees throughout the North Country and are being used to detect the presence of emerald ash borers will be more important than ever this summer. The DEC announced today that the beetle has been found in this state. They have been trying to prevent the spread of this pest because it is known to kill off species of ash trees. Below is a press release from the DEC. Emerald Ash Borer Found in New York State Surveys and Monitoring in Cattaraugus County Area to Help Delineate Spread of Invasive Beetle ALBANY — New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker and Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced the discovery of an Emerald Ash Borer infestation (EAB) in Randolph, Cattaraugus County. The EAB is a small but destructive beetle that infests and kills North American ash tree species, including green, white, black and blue ash. This is the first time it has been detected in New Yor.
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We Couldn't get so Lucky
Thu, June 25, 2009 @ 1:28PM
County considers abandoning tourist train project By Jonathan Alexander Staff Writer, Adirondack Journal June 20, 2009 NORTH CREEK — Warren County may soon be out of the railroad business, as officials are exploring ways to remove themselves from the 16-year scenic railroad project without being required to pay back over $2 million in state and federal grants already spent. "We are looking at two possible paths for the railroad project," Warren County Attorney Paul Dusek said June 10. "We have developed a request for proposals for a new operator for the 2011 season, but we are also in a dialogue with DOT where Warren County would potentially no longer operate the train at all." The county-funded railroad project is operated primarily from the North Creek Depot by the Upper Hudson River Railroad Co.
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Ok, throw em out
Sun, June 28, 2009 @ 6:45PM
The Seanate democrats have hit a new low. Earlier this week, Sen Kevin Parker called Gov Paterson a 'coke snorting, staff banging governor.' Does this guy have even the remotest sense of class or civility? He's a senator and says this on record!! This saying is wrong on so many levels. Even he admitted his words were 'reprehensible and regerettable'. Sen Karl Kruger called Paterson 'incompetent, incompetent, incompetent'. Senator Eric Adams called a news conference to say 'The governor lied and I'm insulted'. He was talking about Paterson not getting certain bills to the senate. He was insulted because he said he would be on the floor of the Senate ready to vote on the bills. Of course, the idiotic do-nothing (which is no longer a mtaphor, but literally a do-nithing body) Senate keeps meeting - 31 at a time, and nothing happens.
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