Politics

Emergency personnel receive protective training about meth labs

As the number of arrests for meth possession, usage, and manufacturing continue to rise in communities across the North Country, the emergency personnel trained to keep area residents safe must prepare themselves to be ready to respond should a meth related emergency arise.

Local theaters unite to raise funds for digital equipment

The Adirondack North Country Association and local theaters are hosting a kickoff event for the “Go Digital or Go Dark” fundraising campaign Friday, April 26, from 5 to 6:15 p.m. at the Palace Theatre in Lake Placid.

Financial records at center of newest battle in Elizabethtown

Supervisor Margaret Bartley called an emergency meeting of the Town Board April 18 cancel several town accounts due to their information being placed at the Elizabethtown Post Office.

Planning board seeks member

The Elizabethtown Planning Board has a vacancy for an alternate member of the Planning Board.

Etown supervisor warns of fires, ATV use on certain trails

Local residents have worked to repair hiking trails that were recently damaged in Elizabethtown.

Basic STAR changes coming for 2014

Taxpayers with a Basic STAR exemption will have to register with the state in order to continue receiving the discount in 2014.

Westport School looks at across the board cost saving measures

As numbers are returned to area schools, The Westport Central School Board of Education must find ways to make up for reductions in state funding.

Essex County Supervisor fete Pre-Tech Plastics

Board Vice Chairman William Ferebee of Keene and Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava presented Jim Kahler of Pre-Tech Plastics in Mineville with a resolution of congratulations on having received AS9100C Certification, a quality management standard specifically written for the aerospace industry and awarded by the Online Aerospace Supplier Information System. The award places Pre-tech among the best in the Aerospace and Defense Quality Management System International Standard.

CSEA, Essex County approve new contract

The Essex County Board of Supervisors approved a new three-year contract with members of the County Chapter of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA).

Minerva considers keeping share of sales tax

During their regularly scheduled meeting on April 4, Town Supervisor Sue Montgomery Corey asked the Town Board to consider passing a resolution authorizing Minerva to request that its share of the sales tax collected by Essex County be returned to the town.

DEC, Nature Conservancy update Indian Lake Town Board

Officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) shared center stage at the April 8 meeting of the Indian Lake Town Board.

Tony Jordan running for Washington County district attorney

Would resign as Johnsburg attorney if elected

As Assemblyman Tony Jordan (R-Jackson) looks to trade in his Capitol seat in Albany for the district attorney’s chair in Washington County, this North Creek native says the decision was bittersweet because he would have to leave private practice.

New media changes Moriah town meeting dynamics

More information available; public participation down

Moriah residents are more informed, but less vocal at town board meetings. Supervisor Tom Scozzafava believes the reason lies in social media and the internet.

Young professionals called to action

Attracting young people to the region and keeping them here was more than a talking point at the sixth annual Adirondack Young Professionals Economic Forum. It was a call to action.

ACAP loses funding for after school programs in Westport, Schroon

Funding for a popular program offered by Adirondack Community Action Programs will not be available this fall, leaving kids in Westport and Schroon Lake without their usual after school activities.

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