Essex News

Bridge at Crown Point declared unrepairable, will be demolished as soon as possible.

An underwater inspection has revealed numerous horizontal and vertical cracks in the Champlain Bridge.

Two longtime town supervisors in Essex County lost by narrow margins in Tuesday's general election.

The race between the candidates for Essex County District Attorney is still too close to call after Election Day.::: Unofficial results reported after polls closed Nov.

Middlebury, Vermont - October 29, 2009 - Commuters and residents traveling between Addison County and New York now have several options for getting to and from their workplace or residence.

Governor David Paterson and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas Monday announced transportation alternatives so that residents can cross Lake Champlain in the wake of the Lake Champlain Bridge being closed.

Free Ferry Service: Both New York and Vermont officials have reached an agreement with Lake Champlain Transportation to subsidize free ferry service for passenger vehicles, motorcycles, buses, fuel trucks and standard-width agricultural vehicles, including dairy trucks crossing the lake between Essex, N.Y. and Charlotte, Vt.

Good news for commuters forced to detour around the closed Champlain Bridge. Ferry crossings will now be free starting tomorrow.

Vermont Agency of Transportation Secretary David Dill has declared an emergency over the sudden closing of a key bridge across Lake Champlain.

A key bridge across southern Lake Champlain from Addison to Crown Point, N.Y., will likely be closed for months, a Vermont official said Monday.

The Lake Champlain Bridge between Crown Point, N.Y., and Addison has been closed amid safety concerns.

Transportation officials, state police and state senators attended a closed-door meeting Monday afternoon under the shadow of the Crown Point Bridge.

The Crown Point Bridge over Lake Champlain closed unexpectedly Friday afternoon, leaving people with much to say about it on the first full day without the bridge.

Officials say the Champlain Bridge, which links Crown Point, N.Y., with Addison, is closed because an inspection determined two of the in-lake piers that support the bridge are no longer structurally sound.

The Champlain Bridge connecting New York and Vermont closed indefinitely Friday afternoon.

People once took their brush and small branches to the local trash-transfer station.

The Adirondack Council's annual State of the Park report weighs in on some 90 Adirondack preservation issues.

An explosion may have blown her out of her chair and destroyed her home, but Dorothy Depuy isn't going to let that keep her down.

While Republicans, Democrats and everybody else in Washington are blustering at a virtual standstill over health-care reform, some visionaries in Plattsburgh are on the cusp of welcome, significant change.

A propane explosion destroyed a home in the Essex hamlet of Whallonsburg and injured an elderly resident.