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NYS awards $2.1 million in grants to Adk projects
WARREN COUNTY | Goal to boost tourism, local culture, economies; Warren, Essex, Hamilton counties expected to benefit. Read more
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Blais asks for $1 million from Warren County for sewer plant debt
QUEENSBURY | Predicting crushing tax increases in Lake George required to pay for the village’s new $24 million wastewater treatment plant, Lake George Mayor Robert Blais asked Warren County leaders for $100,000 annual contributions. Read more
Ray Brook Biomass fires up
RAY BROOK | The Ray Brook Biomass Project boilers fired up last Friday, switching from fossil fuel to pellets to heat state office buildings. Read more
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CATS publishes updated trail maps
WESTPORT | Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has published two new trail maps that cover hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing opportunities in the Champlain Valley. Read more
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Council approves public session on GEIS
PLATTSBURGH | The Downtown Revitalization Initiative projects to move forward soon as the City of Plattsburgh is planning to complete its Generic Environmental Impact Statement. Read more
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Wild Center to build new climate change exhibit
TUPPER LAKE | The Wild Center won a $249,549 grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, to interpret climate resilience. Read more
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Essex arts in the spotlight
ELIZABETHTOWN | The Essex County Arts Council held a reception for supervisors at the historic Hand House last week to thank them for their role in helping to revive an agency that just a decade ago had been in danger of withering away. Read more
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County introduces new voting system
PLATTSBURGH | In preparation for Election Day, Clinton County has received two state grants of $54,000 and $39,000 to fund new polling equipment to count voters. Read more
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Grant awarded to Ticonderoga BackPack Program
TICONDEROGA | The International Paper Foundation recently awarded a grant to the Ticonderoga Area BackPack Program Read more
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Ticonderoga Alliance wins grant
TICONDEROGA | The Ticonderoga Revitalization Alliance has received a $95,000 grant from the federal government that will pay tuition for high school students attending vo-tech classes at CV-Tec in Mineville. Read more
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PRIDE gets housing grants
TICONDEROGA | PRIDE of Ticonderoga is seeking contractors and a program administrator to put into motion $1.5 million in housing-related grants that have been awarded to the community-development organization since April. Read more
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Village’s sewer plant costs continue to increase
LAKE GEORGE | The projected cost of Lake George Village’s wastewater treatment plant increased this week as the village board learned that engineering oversight and inspection and related costs will rise by $248,690. Read more
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Power of Produce
ELIZABETHTOWN | Scattered on the riverside green of Jewtraw Park, near the old railroad museum, the local farmers market convenes every Wednesday from 2 to 6 p.m. in Lake Placid. Read more
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Local officials hail $500k grant towards new sewer plant, but call for more help
LAKE GEORGE | Local municipal officials and leaders of environmental organizations expressed appreciation to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik last week for her help in lining up a $500,000 grant to pay toward construction of the village’s new sewer plant... Read more
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Stewart’s awards grant to PRIDE of Ti
TICONDEROGA | PRIDE of Ticonderoga recently received a $2,000 grant from the Stewart’s Holiday Match Program. Read more
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Common Council agrees to form master plan for harborside
PLATTSBURGH | Adopted by the Plattsburgh Common Council on a majority vote, the idea of a master plan for the city, which will cover all projects, including the DRI plans, and ideas the council has for the future of Plattsburgh was approved July 3. Read more
Ready4Real receives grant funding
PLATTSBURGH | Ready4Real, education programming powered by ETS, has received a $5,000 grant from the Adirondack Foundation - Generous Acts Program, Generous Acts Fund, and a $110,000 grant from the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act... Read more
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Aviation Day shows students potential careers
AUSABLE | A little more than half of the 2,000-plus students who participated in Aviation Day recently had never flown in an airplane before. Read more
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County steps in to help ‘New Beginnings’
BEEKMANTOWN | The Clinton County Legislature authorized a contract with a local housing cooperative recently that local officials hope will facilitate the overhaul of a failing wastewater treatment system. Read more
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Middlebury receives Amtrak platform funds
MIDDLEBURY | Downtown Middlebury has received a $100,000 taxpayer grant from the Vermont Downtown Development Board for a new Amtrak passenger train railroad platform and associated parking spaces. Read more
