Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:44:53 AM
SPECULATOR - Peter A. Scarpelli, a board-certified physician assistant, will begin seeing patients Monday, Feb. 6, at Speculator Primary Care Center. The Twigs will hold a reception for him Monday from 4-6 p.m. at the health center. Everyone is invited.
“I want to thank Nathan Littauer Hospital and the people of southern Hamilton County for this opportunity,” Scarpelli says. “My heart belongs in the Adirondacks and with the people who live here.”
Scarpelli began his caree ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:43:49 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
SPECULATOR - Andrew Weaver is the new president of the Lake Pleasant Central School District Board of Education. He has been on the board since 2006.
Christopher Hayes, the previous president, officially resigned from the BOE Dec. 14, 2011. The board encourages everyone interested in filling the vacant school board seat to attend school board meetings.
Elections will be held in May. Hayes’ unexpired term ends June 30, 2015.
The BOE has approved continuin ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:43:14 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LAKE PLEASANT - The Town of Lake Pleasant saw a small increase in building permits issued but a drop in new construction in 2011 as compared to 2010.
Code Enforcement Officer Victoria Buyce issued her 2011 report to the Lake Pleasant Town Board Monday, Jan. 17.
Five more building permits were issued in 2011 than in 2010, 86 and 81 respectively. The increase was due to home improvements, which went from 33 in 2010 to 53 in 2011.
Home improvement building permits ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:42:14 AM
To contribute to the calendar,
call (800) 453-6397, ext. 111, or write Hamilton County Express, Box 166, Speculator, N.Y. 12164
Wednesday, Feb. 1: 9:30am, Adk Lakes Quilters meets, Piseco Community Hall (PCH)—548-6347; 6:30pm, TOPS meets, LP United Methodist Church (UMC).
Thursday, Feb. 2: 9am, Osteobusters, Grace Methodist Church (GMC); 9:30-10:30am, Ask The Nurse, HC Court House; 10:30am, HC Board of Supervisors meets, HC Court House; 5pm, AA meets, LP UMC; 7pm, Adk. Breast Cancer Supp ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:41:29 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LAKE PLEASANT - With a poor winter so far for natural snow and making snow, the Hamilton County Industrial Development Agency has decided to extend two loans made to the Village of Speculator.
The village’s request for an extension of the $60,000 loaned it to operate Oak Mountain Ski Center was approved when the IDA met Jan. 25. The due date is now April 1.
The IDA approved a request from the village for a $35,000 no-interest bridge loan to start the seaso ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:38:19 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
SPECULATOR - The PistenBully the village uses to groom the slopes at Oak Mountain Ski Center has died. “The PistenBully is kaput, completely,” according to Mayor Letty Rudes.
The Hamilton County Industrial Development Agency, which owns the ski center, bought the refurbished machine from Mohawk Ltd., Chadwicks, for $29,980 plus a $10,000 trade-in PistenBully in the fall of 2009.
In exchange the Village of Speculator, which operates the ski center, ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:37:18 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
SPECULATOR - The Village of Speculator Board of Trustees approved new water and sewer rates last week that will go into effect Feb. 1.
The new rates were reached using software called Simple Rates. Simple Rates allows Water / Wastewater Department Chief Operator Florence Braunius to enter information about usage, costs and more and comes up with the rates needed to cover expenses.
The base rate for water per quarter will go from $37.80 to $70.55. The usage rat ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:33:15 AM
Adirondack deer have had an easy winter so far, with little snow and moderate temperatures. These two posed near Fish Mountain Road in Lake Pleasant. Morehouse Rod & Gun Club is hosting a meeting with state wildlife biologists on the vanishing deer herd Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in Morehouse Recreation Center on State Route 8. Anyone interested is invited.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:31:19 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LAKE PLEASANT - Local roads matter, but how much is the question.
Hamilton County Super-intendent of Highways Tracy Eldridge says funding for local roads and bridges is a bit uncertain, while funding for state roads and bridges will be cut to help pay for a new Tappan Zee Bridge.
Eldridge says the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) is in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Budget for 2012/13, and the county and towns can expect the ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:30:23 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
SPECULATOR - Hamil-ton County would see big changes under proposed new political district lines.
It would lose both Sen. Betty Little (R-Queensbury) and Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward (R-Willsboro) and be returned to the districts of Sen. Hugh Farley (R-Niskayuna) and Assemblyman Mark Butler (R-Newport).
Little and Sayward have represented the county since Jan. 1, 2003.
The New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment release ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:29:28 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
LAKE PLEASANT - The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has added two vehicles to its fleet: a decommissioned military Humvee and a snowmobile donated by the Town of Arietta.
Neither has cost taxpayers even a dime.
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), better known as a Humvee, is on loan from the United States Department of Defense. Sheriff Karl Abrams doesn’t think the DOD will ever want it back, as it is switching to armored Humve ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:50:53 AM
To contribute to the calendar,
call (800) 453-6397, ext. 111, or write Hamilton County Express, Box 166, Speculator, N.Y. 12164
Wednesday, Jan. 25: 9:30am, Adk Lakes Quilters meets, Piseco Community Hall (PCH)—548-6347; 6:30pm, TOPS meets, LP United Methodist Church (UMC).
Thursday, Jan. 26: 9am, Osteobusters, Grace Methodist Church (GMC); 5pm, AA meets, LP UMC.
Friday, Jan. 27: 3:30-5:30pm, Food Pantry Open, North Country Bible Fellowship.
Monday, Jan. 30: 9am, Osteobusters, GMC.
Tu ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:49:14 AM
Local emergency rescue teams practiced flat ice rescue on Lake Pleasant Saturday, Jan. 14, at the inlet that flows under the bridge on State Route 8. The training allows personnel to become familiar with cold-water rescue equipment and techniques. Participants came from several different agencies, including the Speculator, Piseco and Wells volunteer ambulance corps; Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office; and Search And Rescue of the Southern Adirondacks. RIGHT: A “rescuer” uses a ro ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:38:41 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
RAY BROOK - The Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners approved the Adirondack Club and Resort project in Tupper Lake Friday by a vote of 10-1. Only Commissioner Richard Booth voted ‘nay.’
The 6,234-acre site between the Village of Tupper Lake and Big Tupper has been logged for over 100 years.
The board approved issuing 14 permits, one for each neighborhood of the development and one for Big Tupper Ski Area, around which the project revolves ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:29:48 AM
The Snowmobile Hill Climb Racing Association came to Oak Mountain Ski Center in Speculator Dec. 18-19 for its very first races of the winter and its third point series at Oak. Rock music and brightly colored ‘biles and ‘bilers gave the event a festive air Saturday, while temperatures from the mid- to high-20s helped draw crowds; all the parking lots were full. ABOVE RIGH: Snowmobiles blanket the bottom of the Bunny Hill as racers wait for their turn on the lanes. IMAGES BELOW T ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:22:57 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LAKE PLEASANT - The Lake Pleasant Town Board took the actions necessary to organize for the new year Jan. 3.
Supervisor Neil McGovern was named voting delegate to the Annual Business Session of the Association of Towns of the State of New York, being held Feb. 19-22.
The following appointments were made: Deputy Supervisor Robert Peck; Budget Officer Nancy Seifts; Attorney for Town Monica Duffy; Historian Annie Weaver; Health Insurance Representative Deborah O&rs ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:18:27 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
SPECULATOR - Azalea and The Good Ole’ Boys provided the entertainment when the Lake Pleasant Bicentennial Committee held its first event, kicking off a year of celebration.
Close to 100 townspeople came to Lake Pleasant Central School Jan. 7 to enjoy the music, watch a video history of the town created by Aaron Weaver and see a preview of upcoming events.
The first settlers were farmers who arrived around 1795, when the area was part of the Town of Mayfi ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:58:09 AM
To contribute to the calendar,
call (800) 453-6397, ext. 111, or write Hamilton County Express, Box 166, Speculator, N.Y. 12164
Wednesday, Jan. 18: 8am, Senior Shopping Bus leaves Senior Center—reservations 548-4653; 9:30am, Adk Lakes Quilters meets, Piseco Community Hall (PCH)—548-6347; 6pm, Covered Dish Supper, PCH; 6:30pm, TOPS meets, LP United Methodist Church (UMC).
Thursday, Jan. 19: 9am, Osteobusters, Grace Methodist Church (GMC); 11am-12pm, Ask The Nurse, Meal Site, Specul ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:39:49 AM
By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor
SPECULATOR - The warm temperatures this winter spell trouble for Oak Mountain Ski Center and the Village of Speculator, which runs it.
As Oak Manager Michael O’Rourke told the Board of Trustees Monday, Jan. 9, “The weather has just not been right for making snow; warm and cold, warm and cold.”
The mountain was closed for the make-or-break Christmas vacation week. Only the tubing hill was open.
Enough snow fell Thursday and Friday so Oak could ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:57:18 AM
DAVID A. KERMIZIAN of Cold Brook is scheduled to complete his baccalaureate studies in technology education in December at State University of New York at Oswego.
SAMANTHA-ANN VERTUCCI of Cold Brook has earned an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Fire Protection Technology from Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica. The 2011 Fall Commencement was Dec. 15 with 194 MVCC students awarded associate degrees or certificates.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:56:01 AM
SALEM, Mass. - From rocky coasts and harbors, to rural farms, forests and historic downtowns, photographers searched out the best and most beautiful locations for their award-winning submissions to the 2011 Essex National Heritage Area Photo Contest.
The Grand Prize went to “Early Morning Marsh - Essex,” by Marion J. Bayly of Speculator, NY. The judges found her image to be the best of 140 entries.
The contest winners were announced in November. Awards were presented Dec. 13 at the N ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:54:41 AM
To contribute to the calendar,
call (800) 453-6397, ext. 111, or write Hamilton County Express, Box 166, Speculator, N.Y. 12164
Wednesday, Jan. 11: 9:30am, Adk Lakes Quilters meets, Piseco Community Hall (PCH)—548-6347; 1:30pm, LP Senior Citizens meet, Senior Center; 6pm, TOPS meets, LP United Methodist Church (UMC); 6:30pm, LP School Board meets, school; 7pm, Pleasant Riders meet, Oxbow Inn.
Thursday, Jan. 12: 9am, Osteobusters, Grace Methodist Church (GMC); 5pm, AA meets, LP UMC.
Frida ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:52:59 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
LAKE PLEASANT - Over 45 resolutions were approved when the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors held its annual Organizational Meeting Thursday, Jan. 5. Here are some of the highlights.
Because Ann Melious, director of Planning, Tourism & Community Development, is out on medical leave, the board authorized hiring former director William Osborne to fill in at his last rate of pay.
Clerk of the Board Laura Abrams, Piseco, was appointed to another two-year term ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:52:09 AM
By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff
SPECULATOR - Village of Speculator Superintendent of Highways Roger Blanchard Jr. says the addition to the highway garage is nearing completion.
He told the Board of Trustees last week that as a result all highway equipment is now inside and out of the weather.
Stephen Miller General Contractors, Mayfield, was the low bidder for the job at $62,600.
The addition is being paid for with funds from the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program.
Blanc ...
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 6:46:53 AM
Azalea and The Good Ole’ Boys provided the entertainment Saturday when the Lake Pleasant Bicentennial Committee held its first event, kicking off a year of celebration of the town’s 200th birthday. From left, musicians Tim Santiago, William Weaver, Andy Weaver and Norman Hoover.
