25 YEARS AGO — 1985 Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin and Transportation Secretary Patrick Graham sign an agreement authorizing the construction of a new bridge between Alburg and Rouses Point. It now goes to Albany for signatures. The new span will have no tolls.
After nine and a half hours of deliberations, a Franklin County jury finds Jeffery Brewer of Jay guilty of second-degree murder in the Sept. 2 shooting death of Bernard Lyon of Saranac Lake. Sentencing is set for Feb. 25.
Political frustration and doling out of patronage jobs to the other party are two reasons why Gerald Forcier resigns earlier this month as Essex County Republican chairman. It ended an 11-year tenure.
Beginning in February, Franklin County residents will be able to have photos taken for New York driver's licenses at Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake. This will mean the end of Saturday hours in Malone.
50 YEARS AGO — 1960 Plattsburgh Air Force Base is designated as one of four major Atlas missile launching systems in the Air Force. Each of the sites will cost $47 million. Construction of the underground launching sites will begin as soon as the land can be acquired.
A fire that claims the life of an 11-year-old boy south of Elizabethtown was followed by another fire that razed the home of his relatives in Upper Jay. Regis Francis Monaco died when the home his grandfather Nicholas Monaco burned. Shortly after, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Solon Bashaw in Upper Jay burned.
Outlines of the Atlas launching sites the Air Force plans for Plattsburgh begin to emerge. There will be nine such site locations in Clinton and Essex counties in New York and Grand Isle and Franklin counties in Vermont.
It is now up to Essex County doctors to decide whether the Welfare Department patients get generic drugs or not. The department and the pharmacists agree to accept the decision of the physicians.
75 YEARS AGO — 1935 Joseph Maroun of Tupper Lake is in Mercy General Hospital suffering from injuries received in two accidents. He was first injured while hauling cord wood. Aid was summoned and a car started with him for the hospital. In route, the car skidded on the icy highway and crashed into a lamp post.
Fire levels a house, horse barn and milk shed on the farm of Ernest Fresn with the loss estimated at $7,500. The farm is located on the state road, a half mile north of the city limits.
Thomas Coates, 31, of Plattsburgh meets with serious injury when his left arm is amputated below the elbow. His arm was caught in a logging machine while he was working with a Delaware and Hudson Railroad crew near Willsboro.
Incorporation papers are filed in Albany on the Adirondack Music Camp, Chateaugay Lake, for approval by the Department of Education.
100 YEARS AGO — 1910 L.G. Perrin, superintendent of the Lozier Motor Works, denies that the Plattsburgh factory will close once a plant is opened in Detroit. In fact, they are constantly installing new machinery to increase output.
Had not skating champion Edward Lamy fallen after getting into a pocket he would have qualified in the first heat of the handicap at St. Nicholas Rink in New York City and undoubtedly have won the event.
Peter Smertczyk, a miner employed at the Lyon Mountain mines, meets a terrible death while he was at work from a car while he was adjusting a block connected with a hoisting apparatus in Shaft 7. He dies of a fractured skull.
During the past season there were exported from the Province of Quebec through the Port of St. John's to the United States 149,866 cords of pulpwood all of which entered at Rouses Point.
— Compiled by Contributing Writer Sue Botsford, who can be reached at 834-7201 or botsford@westelcom.com
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Lookback: Jan. 25, 2010
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Montreal woman dies in Westport crash
Angela Pierre, 69, was ejected from the vehicle when its driver lost control on Interstate 87 in Westport.
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Burlington hospital makes interim chief permanent
Fletcher Allen Health Care announced today that Dr. John Brumsted will move from interim to permanent president and CEO.
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Montreal woman dies in Westport crash
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Recovery Center to hold open house
Smashing stereotypes and eliminating the stigma of mental-health issues has led to formation of a new place in Franklin County for clients to get wrap-around services to help them rejoin the community.
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Recovery Center to hold open house
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Ticonderoga faces severe school cuts
The district is starting its new budget process almost $2 million in the hole. Officials are seeking public input on the problem.
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One injured in Plattsburgh house fire
A female suffered second- and third-degree burns in a fire at her South Catherine Street home early Sunday.
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Plattsburgh's Sweet Adelines sing music of the heart
Sweet Adelines spread message of love on Valentine's Day with yearly singing valentines.
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Love between the lines
Dr. Nell Irvin Painter of New Russia and Plattsburgh State's Dr. J.W. Wiley share historical and current viewpoints on interracial loving, American-style. INCLUDES VIDEO
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NCCS wins CVAC cheerleading competition
NCCS wins first place for the eighth time in nine years
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Cheerleading photos (2/12/12)
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Tentative contract reached with officers
The deal with New York state would cover the 2,800 members of the New York State Correction Officers and Police Benevolent Association who typically work at specialized state centers such as the Sunmount Development Disabilities Services Office in Tupper Lake.
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Lookback: Feb. 13-19
News stories from around the region from 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago this week.
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Of Interest: Feb. 13, 2012
Peru Central School Board to hold budget discussion; Dannemora to discuss highway post; Beekmantown School Board invites budget input; Willsboro School Board to discuss policies; Chazy School Board to discuss budget; SLCS Board to appoint clerk pro-tem; Keeseville Zoning Board cancels meeting; Elizabethtown-Lewis School Board to work on budget.
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Gourds' shapes create interesting canvas
Georgette Bacon's gourd art is on display through March 10 at Foothills ARTSociety in Malone.
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NCCS wins CVAC cheerleading competition
NCCS wins first place for the eighth time in nine years
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One injured in Plattsburgh house fire
A female suffered second- and third-degree burns in a fire at her South Catherine Street home early Sunday.
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Plattsburgh's Sweet Adelines sing music of the heart
Sweet Adelines spread message of love on Valentine's Day with yearly singing valentines.
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Ticonderoga faces severe school cuts
The district is starting its new budget process almost $2 million in the hole. Officials are seeking public input on the problem.
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Tentative contract reached with officers
The deal with New York state would cover the 2,800 members of the New York State Correction Officers and Police Benevolent Association who typically work at specialized state centers such as the Sunmount Development Disabilities Services Office in Tupper Lake.
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Attempted-murder trial set
The case against Robert J. McCann, who is charged with trying to kill his former girlfriend at a secluded Westville site, begins Tuesday in Franklin County Court.
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A historic battle for interracial marriage
Forty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all remaining state bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia.
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Fireworks to close weekend carnival
The final day of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival is filled with activities and events. INCLUDES VIDEO
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