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Archive for May, 2010

Changes in dairy safety net expected – System may be aimed at limiting production

The Watertown Daily Times reports

VA Clinic appears to be close to locating in Saranac Lake

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

Monday’s Town Board agenda includes discussion of a draft dog control law

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING May 24, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

A luxury boat factory in Ticonderoga is booming!

The adirondack almanac reports

Pomerleau gives $1 million Burlington YMCA

The Burlington Free Press reports A great story about a very pubic spirited citizen. Does the Plattsburgh area have anyone who is so inclined?

OTB future bad bet, new state audit warns

The Times Union reports

Lake Champlain study at Adirondack meeting warns of global warming

The Times Union reports

Memo outlines DEC budget cuts

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

Owens Outlines Health Reform Tax Credits for Upstate Small Businesses

WASHINGTON — Congressman Bill Owens urged Upstate small businesses to take advantage of significant tax credits under recently passed health insurance reform. The Affordable Care Act is providing tax credits, effective beginning in tax year 2010, for millions of American small businesses to help them offer health insurance coverage to their employees.

Kabul bomb kills 2 Drum officers

Updated 5/20/10 The Watertown Daily Times reports The Post Standard reports (photos included)

No budget, no break for lawmakers option as state conventions near

The Times Union reports

Gov. David Paterson signs bill banning pesticides on school playing fields

The Post Standard reports

BREAKING NEWS: Tupper Lakers pass school budget (Still losing 25% of faculty)

Updated 5/19/10 The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

Peru voters approve budget!

By John T. Ryan Peru voters approved the 2010-11 fiscal year Peru Central School budget today by a vote of 617 to 481. Proposition #2 to authorize purchase of three new school buses was also approved by a vote of 547 to 535. The incumbent candidates for school board ran unopposed. Jon Ruff garnered 825 […]

Another Try on State Budget

The Times Union reports

Talks under way to extend Pfizer lease in Rouses Point

The Press Republican reports

Rep. Owens to Host Plattsburgh Town Hall Meeting

WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens announced today that he will hold a community forum on Saturday, May 22nd at Plattsburgh State.  SUNY Plattsburgh President John Ettling will begin the event by welcoming Congressman Owens to campus.   Congressman Owens will deliver brief remarks, then answer direct questions from constituents in attendance. All constituents from New York’s […]

Lake Champlain Bridge: Beautiful but flawed

Updated 5/19/10 The Post-Star reports Part#1 The Post Star reports Part #2 The Post Star reports Part #3 The Post Star reports Part #4 A wonderful series about the history of the Crown Point Bridge, why it failed and what the new bridge will be like. Click here for a list of the deficient bridges […]

Owens tells chamber he want thinner border

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

Indian cigarette sales thrive as New York works on regulations

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports

Your comments are invited!

By Adele Douglas The Heyworth/Mason Park has a long and interesting history that will soon be documented and displayed for the public. Volunteers are working to develop eight interpretive signs to go up in the park and along the new trail. These are the subjects of the signs: 1. Welcome to Heyworth/Mason Park 2. Native […]

The smudge pots are gone

Thanks to Joanne Kennedy for the great photos. See www.joannekennedy.net By John T. Ryan May 13, 2010 was the end of the smudge pot era at Forrence Orchards. At about 1 a.m. Seth Forrence and two helpers lit about 550 pots for the last time. Forrence said that smudge pots made economic sense when fuel oil […]

NYS to close 55 parks, historic sites Monday

The Press Republican reports

A beautiful springtime hike

Joanne Kennedy and Colleen Kaulfuss hiked Bald Mountain and Blueberry Cobble near New Russia on Thursday, May 13th.  We thought our readers might enjoy Joanne’s photos. (Click here)

Essex County GOP endorses Doheny for Congress

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports