Crown Point News

Crews reduced the Crown Point Bridge over Lake Champlain to one lane over the weekend in preparation for construction, which could significantly slow traffic.

The Lake Champlain Bridge connecting Crown Point, NY to Chimney Point, Vt. will be restricted to one-way travel, the state Department of Transportation announced today.

Vermont and New York have struck a deal to deal with the deteriorating Crown Point Bridge.

New York state and Vermont announced Monday that they have finalized a bi-state agreement to replace or repair the Champlain Bridge between Crown Point and Chimney Point, Vt.

First Congregational Church of Crown Point will host its fifth annual Strawberry Festival Saturday, June 20.

The Iron Center Museum in Port Henry will open for the season June 20. Located at Park Place, adjacent to the Moriah town hall, the museum gives visitors a glimpse at the iron ore mining and railroad industries when they flourished in the community.

New York State Police are asking for help investigating the disappearance of dozens of road signs in Crown Point, N.Y. About 50 road signs have disappeared over the past three months in Crown Point, according to police.

Five people were cited for selling alcoholic beverages to minors during a sting operation Saturday night in eastern Essex County.

Memorial Day events are being held today around the North Country. Here's a look: CROWN POINT 141st Memorial Day Observance.

Kevin Dann discusses his "Corridor of Amity" travels in a one-man show: Thursday, May 28, at the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, 7:30 p.m. Info, 877-3406; Friday, May 29, at the Chimney Point Historic Site in Addison, 7:30 p.m. Info, 759-2412; and Saturday, May 30, at the Crown Point Historic Site in Crown Point, N.Y., 8 p.m. Info, 518-597-4666. All ...

The first parade honored fallen soldiers here in May of 1868, three years after the Civil War ended.

Tied 3-3 after match play, the Panthers won by virtual of two fewer overall strokes.

Moriah lost to AuSable Valley, 10-0, in Champlain Valley Athletic Conference softball play May 11.

Carol Ash, commissioner of New York's Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, leads the way in reopening the Crown Point Historic Site Museum in New York last week.

Several skilled area reenactors, including author and scholar Karl Crannell, portray Revolutionary patriot and U.S. Gen.

More than 10,000 campgrounds dot the American landscape. But only at the state-run campground in this remote Lake Champlain town can you find a Rodin sculpture on public display just steps away from campers pitching tents and grilling burgers.

USChamplain Memorial-Rodin,0131 Restored NY lighthouse features surprise Rodin Eds: APNewsNow.

Ticonderoga's Anthony Barnao slides home safely as Peru's Jacob Kelly applies the tag.

Below is a list of feature stories that The Associated Press plans to move in the coming week.

The sculpture of Samuel de Champlain gazes up the lake he explored 400 years ago this summer, opening the way for Europeans who made extensive use of the waterway during their 200-year struggle for control of North America.