Essex News

" The second 7-week course offered by the Northern New York Dairy Institute will begin January 12, 13 and 14, 2010, and will focus on dairy herdsmanship and herd health.

The Governor George D. Aiken, one of five LCT ferries equipped to handle ice conditions on Lake Champlain, currently shuttles passengers between Essex, N.Y., and Charlotte, Vt.

A talented group of singers made up of local residents is preparing to add their musical touch to the holiday season.

When four friends started the Champlain Valley Film Society more than six years ago, screening 100 films to local audiences may have seemed difficult to fathom.

Lake Champlain Transportation says it is ramping up ferry service between Charlotte, Vt., and Essex, N.Y., to meet an increase in ridership resulting from the closed Champlain Bridge.

Rebecca Palmer spent Thursday morning out talking to commuters on their way to the Essex ferry because she's concerned once the Crown Point ferry starts running in a month or so it might effect service at the Essex-Charlotte ferry.

The Adirondack Park Agency has removed its enforcement program director from his position after he sent e-mails to Sandy Lewis calling him a "sociopath." Paul Van Cott, who since 2004 has headed the APA's enforcement division, has been reassigned as part of the agency's general counsel office.

Operational trials are under way with a temporary ferry that will be used next to the closed-down Champlain Bridge.

The Lake Champlain Ferry Company, which runs the Essex/Charlotte Ferry, announced that due to extremely low ridership - sometimes no riders at all - it has cancelled its last run of Tuesday, Nov.

Q: Why is it that there seems to be plenty of money for construction of the latest fad, non-essential roundabouts, but there is no money to repair bridges that are, without question, essential to the people who must use them every day? I haven't heard of anyone losing a job because of a lack of a roundabout, but it is my understanding some people ...

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One question - how is it that a girl who needs public assistance to feed, clothe and house herself and her three children can be at a local bar every Friday or Saturday night? Shouldn't you be home taking care of said children? Better yet, get a job, or two if necessary, start pulling your own weight.

Essex farmer Sandy Lewis has been a gadfly and legal antagonist extraordinaire in the North Country for years -- and his primary target has been the Adirondack Park Agency.

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.