Essex News

You can now view Calendars of Events for today and upcoming weeks? A complete and up-to-date list of local events is now available on every section of PressRepublican.com. TICONDEROGA - Bus service to and from Vermont is being expanded to try to take up the slack after the Ticonderoga Ferry closes after today's runs.

State transportation officials in New York and Vermont say the Ticonderoga Ferry across Lake Champlain will suspend service after its last run on Sunday because the operator has been unable to get marine insurance after that.

The explosives on the Champlain Bridge were not the only fireworks on display the morning of Dec.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation and the New York State Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting in Vermont at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan.

Sirens roared just before a series of simultaneous explosions blew the historic Champlain Bridge down into the icy lake this morning.

New York local governments, particularly towns and villages, need to strengthen their long-term capital needs planning, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.

Two supervisors' bids for leadership positions on the Essex County Board of Supervisors will apparently become reality as their competitors have decided to drop out of the race.

Officials don't expect today's closure of the Fort Ticonderoga Ferry to mean a winter-long shutdown.

The Willsboro/Essex chapter of Kiwanis International is extending an invitation to the community to attend its next meeting at the Sportsman's Dinette, 14 S. Main St., Tuesday, Dec.

" 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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