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Friday, May 18, 2012

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Cristine Meixner

Long Lake team wins Envirothon

Proud members of Long Lake Central School’s winning Envirothon team are (from left) Sam Miller, Rhonya Hamdan, Prudence Dechene, Emily Waters and Meg Smith, at the Wildlife station.

Long Lake team wins Envirothon

By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor

LAKE PLEASANT - Four teams from three schools participated in this year’s Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District Envirothon Thursday, May 3, where they visited five stations ...

DEC proposal would resolve Township 40 land ownership issue

By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff

LONG LAKE - The Town of Long Lake is supporting the NYS Department of Environmental Conserva-tion’s plan to resolve the issue of contested ownership of properties in Township 40.
Both the St ...

Broadband service gets a boost through promise of a state grant

By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff

LAKE PLEASANT - The Board of Supervisor’s desire to bring true broadband service to most of the county will get a $472,000 boost from Empire State Development.
The county and Frontier Commun ...

County planning to build on broadband with teleworking

Rail line is backed by Owens, Schumer

Sincavage gets superintendent position in Wells

Sports

Sports News

Lady Orange fall to Argyle in hoop finals

By PATRICIA CURRY
Sports Correspondent

PLATTSBURGH - Section VII Class D Champion Indian Lake / Long Lake Lady Orange fell to Argyle 47-21 in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association regional finals Saturday in ...

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Columns

Watch young wildlife, but leave it alone
by Ron Kolodziej

We’re in the midst of that special time of year when young animals are appearing. The temptation to pick up these young critters is often overwhelming, but you’re not doing anyone a favor except perhaps yourself. These youngsters may appear abandoned, helpless or lost but they’re not, and it’s a safe bet their mom and/or pop is close by and just waiting for you to leave.
Taking young wildlife from the wild into a human environment is not a good idea and, equally important ...

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Viewpoints

Letters to the Editor - 05/16/2012

Hear our message

Dear Editor,
As part of our celebration of Earth Day we performed “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss and planted sunflowers to stand for the truffula trees. Later we watched “The Story of Stuff” (www.storyofstuff.org), which tells how we are using the resources of the world to make things we don’t really need.
Both “The Lorax” and “The Story of Stuff” have a message to share, and so do we. We think it is important to:
• recycle a ...

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Police Reports

Police Report - 05/16/2012

Saturday, May 5, 8:20pm: Anthony E. Brown, 45, Berne, was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent or more - first offense and DWI - first offense, both misdemeanors.
State Police made the arrest on State Route 28/30 in the Town of Long Lake.

Thursday, May 10, 9:25am: Zachary T. Stockman, 19, Killington, Vt. was charged with second-degree possession of a forged instrument, a Class D felony; and operating a motor vehicle with a BAC of .08 percent o ...

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