25 YEARS AGO — 1984 Essex County is now officially connected to a public transportation system. Although the board has given its approval and the state has approved the project for funding, it will be at least until next fall before the system can get rolling.
It came with a bang — about 14 inches of snow that took the North Country by storm. Although the blizzard caused slippery road conditions throughout the area, police reported few traffic accidents; none of them were serious.
Adirondack Park Agency Chairman Herman "Woody" Cole is assigned an annual salary, hiking his APA compensation $25,000, or 600 percent from $5,000 to $30,000.
The Keene Youth Commission chairman blames the Olympic Regional Development Authority for forcing the town to abandon its youth ski program. ORDA has terminated its special prices for local youngsters.
50 YEARS AGO — 1959 Winter tosses another windy punch at the North Country and spread a coat of ice and snow on highways throughout the area. Minor accidents on city streets and highways throughout the region were numerous.
Plattsburgh's Common Council passes an ordinance permitting the Police Department to tow away cars left on city streets overnight. Police officers will be authorized to have a car towed to the municipal parking lot on Miller Street. The towing charge will be $5.
Almost 800 students at Mineville High School were sent home shortly before noon after an anonymous telephone call warned of a bomb at the school. Police found no bomb.
The North Country's gifted children may soon find a new education challenge open to them. Arrangements are under way to let exceptional children join a college-level class at Plattsburgh State.
75 YEARS AGO — 1934 A fire that started in the kitchen area of the rear annex of the Arlington Hotel on State Street in Rouses Point destroys the three-story frame building with a loss estimated at $25,000. Seven people sleeping in the hotel are forced into the subzero weather.
The murder trial of Thomas Showers, completed in Malone last week, cost Franklin County about $12,000. Showers was convicted of killing Cleo Tellstone, 14, of Bloomingdale.
A few more days will see the last nail driven in the construction of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp at the City Beach. Seventy or so workmen have completed the erection and interior finish of the 16 buildings, which now comprise the camp.
The Franklin County Clerk's Office was self-sustaining during the year ending Nov. 1, 1934, and showed a surplus of $439.90.
100 YEARS AGO — 1909 After being in darkness for several months, the Village of Fort Covington once again turns on electric lights. At the conclusion of the village's contract for streetlights, there was a hitch over the question over whether to renew. It was voted upon and resulted in a tie last week. Another vote was taken, and the pro-electric-light people won out.
Edward Hatch of New York says he intends to develop Willsboro Point into a resort. Work will begin immediately on bungalow and cottage sites. It is expected between 15 and 20 cottages will be erected there in the spring.
Sunday mail service to Saranac Lake and other points that had been discontinued is resumed, postal officials explaining that the holdup was owing to a mistake.
The dash lamps and tail lamps on all of the big Lozier cars are now equipped with a combination of oil and electricity. This is one of the refinements noticed on several of the late models of leading manufacturers.
— Compiled by Contributing Writer Sue Botsford, who can be reached at 834-7201 or botsford@westelcom.com
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