Cumberland Head News

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In the future, would the Press please put the hero on the front page in bold headlines ? You could put the Adirondack Council on B6 instead of the hero.

Here's a rundown of how many absences were reported Thursday at area schools that were able to supply numbers: Beekmantown Central School District: Students - High School, 90; Middle School, 50; Beekmantown Elementary, 56; Cumberland Head, 20; Faculty - High School, 3; Middle School, 3; Beekmantown Elementary, 5.5; and Cumberland Head, 3.5.

Nearly half of Peru Middle and High School students were out sick Tuesday. It's unknown how many of the absences are connected with H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, as illness continues to have a major impact on area schools.

Managers Mobile-home-park managers think that they are God when it comes to saying what you can have in your own home.

The rates on currently purchased I and EE U.S. Saving Bonds have been drastically reduced; for instance, the rate on I bonds is presently 0.00 percent .

All Cumberland Head residents know there are numerous issues with the majority of the private sceptic systems on the Head.

Last night I did not turn off the scanner as usual, so I heard the local ambulance get called out to assist a man with chest pain.

The Plattsburgh Town Council approved a resolution Monday night to create the Cumberland Head Sewer District.

Residents voiced much opposition and little support for the Town of Plattsburgh's Cumberland Head Sewer District plan.

Tom Conley headed out early one morning last week for a walk along the shore near his Cumberland Head home.

Appalled I am absolutely appalled at the person who thinks it's funny to watch a child cry at a dance recital.

I can't believe someone had the nerve to put anti-Obama signs on a car and drive it in the patriotic Fourth of July parade in Plattsburgh.

State Police were scouring an area of Route 9 north of the city this afternoon in search of an apparent burglar.

While Burlington held its Quadricentennial parade, across the lake, Plattsburgh had its Mayors' Cup sailboat races.

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CHEERS to Tom Frenya, a senior at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, who is also a summer laborer for the City of Plattsburgh Public Works Department.

Progress continues on separate water and wastewater projects in the Town of Plattsburgh.

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Loren Coleman on June 6th, 2009 Carl Roberts of Plattsburgh shows where he and two friends saw something strange near Wilcox Dock while fishing in Lake Champlain Thursday evening [June 4. 2009]. "Ita s too surreal," he said of the possibility that it could be the legendary lake creature Champ.