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Apply by March 7 for week at camp

CANTON – Northern New York Audubon seeks to sponsor an 11- to 17-year-old for a week at the New York State Department of Environ-mental Conservation’s Camp Colby in Saranac Lake or Camp Pack Forest in Warrensburg.
In addition to ecology wor … Continue reading

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Inlet Community Calendar

To contribute to the calendar,
call (800) 453-6397, ext. 111, or write Hamilton County Express, Box 166, Speculator, N.Y. 12164

Wednesday, Feb. 22: 11am-3pm, Respite Care, Inlet Town Hall-357-5501.
Thursday, Feb. 23: 12pm, Potluck Luncheon, Senior … Continue reading

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Blowers has to wait for raise

By CRISTINE MEIXNER
Express Editor

BENSON – The Benson Town Board has turned down Superintendent of Highways Cecil Blowers’ request for a raise, saying it came after the 2012 budget was adopted.
Supervisor Ermina Pincombe told the board Fe … Continue reading

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Little League signup is coming in March

NORTHVILLE—The Northville-Edinburg-Wells Little League will hold two registration sessions: Saturday, March 3, at the BCON in Northville from 9:30 a.m. to noon; and Saturday, March 10, at the Edinburg Firehouse, also from 9:30 a.m. to noon. … Continue reading

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Senior transportation up and rolling

NORTHVILLE – After assessing the need for senior transportation services in the area Sacandaga Task Force for Senior Living has formed a committee, WHEELS, to work on meeting this need.
To help with the program, STFSL was given a mini-bus to use for … Continue reading

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Wells, Hope and Benson Community Calendar

To contribute to the calendar,
call (800) 453-6397, ext. 111, or write Hamilton County Express, Box 166, Speculator, N.Y. 12164

Mon.-Fri.: 11am, Walk To Music, Wells Community Hall.

Wednesday, Feb. 22: 12pm, Senior Citizens Club meets, Wells Meal … Continue reading

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Icing on the lake

There’s icing on the cake and ice fishing. In Raquette Lake they fish for ice and catch tons of it every February, as they have for over 100 years. Dozens of volunteers turned out Feb. 11 to harvest ice from the lake, reminiscent of the day … Continue reading

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Preliminary tax levy up 11% at LL school

By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff

LONG LAKE – When the Long Lake Central School District Board of Education met last week it was faced with a preliminary 2012/13 school budget showing a tax rate of about $4.04 per $1,000 of assessed value. This year& … Continue reading

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Long Lake, Raquette Lake Community Calendar

To contribute to the calendar,
call (800) 453-6397, ext. 111, or write Hamilton County Express, Box 166, Speculator, N.Y. 12164

Wednesday, Feb. 22: 9am, Northern Needles meets, St. Henry’s Parish Center; 6pm, Emotions Anonymous meets, Wes … Continue reading

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Tax cap depends on formula

By PETE KLEIN
Express News Staff

INDIAN LAKE – School districts are struggling to come up with budgets they hope will meet, or better yet stay under, the mandated 2 percent cap on their tax levies.
The cap starts with the 2012/13 school year.
Althou … Continue reading

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