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Residents, local officials air broadband concerns
ELIZABETHTOWN | Community stakeholders and local lawmakers continue to be hungry for details on the state’s universal broadband program. more
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Essex County OKs raising legal age to purchase tobacco products
ELIZABETHTOWN | Essex County has become the latest county in New York state to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. more
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Proposed Augur Lake boat launch questioned
ELIZABETHTOWN | Chesterfield Supervisor Gerry Morrow is pushing back against a plan to put a public boat launch on Augur Lake. more
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Essex County seeks DEC help with boat launches
ELIZABETHTOWN | The Essex County Board of Supervisors is asking the regional office of the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for help in upgrading and maintaining several state-owned boat launches throughout the county. more
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Hughes secures grant funds, expanding reach in northern NY
ELIZABETHTOWN | More than half of the locations in the final round of state broadband awards will be served by satellite service. more
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State rolls out more broadband details
PLATTSBURGH | The state has pledged to bring universal broadband to localities across the state, and details on the final round of grants for local communities are continuing to trickle out. more
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Opposition mounts against proposed state tax burden shift
ELIZABETHTOWN | Concerns continue to grow by an expanding coalition over an executive budget proposal to use payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements instead of market value to calculate taxes on land in the Adirondack Park and the Catskills. more
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Frontier rakes in state grant funds — but questions persist over spotty service
WILMINGTON | The state announced $103 million in funding to provide broadband for the North Country last week. more
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Millions lost in revenue for local water systems, says comptroller
PLATTSBURGH | A report by the state Comptroller’s Office has revealed local governments hemorrhage millions in revenue from flaws in municipal water systems, including water loss, inaccurate meters and improper billing. more
Chesterfield budget gives taxpayers break
CHESTERFIELD | With a nine percent increase in health insurance costs, the town of Chesterfield decided to use fund balance to help keep the 2018 spending plan under the state tax levy cap. more
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State-funded broadband efforts make progress
WESTPORT | As the state hurdles towards the finish line for their ambitious project to wire the state with high speed broadband, local providers are making progress in connecting northern New York. more
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Four vie for two seats on Chesterfield Town Council
CHESTERFIELD | Four candidates are running for two four-year terms on the Chesterfield Town Council. more
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Essex County eyes shared IT operations
ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County may create a centralized information technology department. more
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State gives local efforts to combat aquatic invasives big boost
SARANAC LAKE — A group of stakeholders raised $1.5 million in 2004 for a project to harvest invasive species on Upper Saranac Lake. more
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100 years on Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain
CHESTERFIELD — When a mountain fire tower marks a century standing, that’s a celebration. more
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Open positions emerge for ‘17 Essex County ballot
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Board of Elections has announced the positions up for election in each of its 18 towns for 2017. more
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Keeseville honors Hometown Heroes with signage
KEESEVILLE — Pictures of veterans will soon line the streets of Keeseville. more
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Ranger Trail Resurgence
CHESTERFIELD — The steep, direct route dates to the 1850s, but forest rangers began keeping watch almost 100 years ago as the Fire Tower will celebrate centennial in 2017 more
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Essex County races decided
ELIZABETHTOWN — Despite the fireworks at the top of the ticket, voters in Essex County also cast ballots for a number of local races in last week’s general election. more
