Newcomb News

The Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Project report, at 120 pages, plus the towns and villages profile CD, is available by request for $20. A form to order the Assessment Project is online at: www.aatvny.org. It can also be obtained by sending the request via regular mail to: Association of Towns & Villages, P.O. Box 777, Mayfield, NY 12117.

Essex County lawmakers recently decided to go against the recommendations of their county attorney, county manager and purchasing agent so a local firm could keep a contract.

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

Minerva-Newcomb's Chris Kellogg slides safely into second base as Crown Point's Jonathan Spaulding attempts to make a tag.

School administrations must be breathing a sigh of relief throughout the North Country and the entire state, after seeing the resounding success they had selling school budgets to voters Tuesday.

We've had a lively debate here on the In Box over teacher compensation. What about the broader question: Is the current public education model sustainable, given declining support from Albany? Can property taxpayers contribute more? If not, what should go? Fewer teachers? Fewer programs for special-needs kids? Willsboro is cutting its music program ...

With the score tied heading into the seventh inning something had to give as MVAC baseball power-house the Indian Lake-Long Lake Orange and the Minerva-Newcomb Mountaineers clashed with league supremacy on the line April 29.

Runs were easy to come by on April 30 as the Johnsburg Lady Jaguars and the Minerva-Newcomb Lady Mountaineers swapped leads throughout the MVAC game.

Sam Earl tossed nine strikeouts for the Beavers, but some costly errors in the late innings allowed Crown Point to pull ahead in MVAC Baseball April 22.

The Johnsburg Lady Jaguars recovered nicely this week, as they out-slugged the Minerva Newcomb Lady Mountaineers, 29-16, on Wednesday.

An Adirondack tradition continues with the annual Hudson River White Water Derby in North River and North Creek this weekend.

We've received two letters from readers this week. The first was from Steve Newcomb from Ohio, who reported seeing a buck with antlers in late March.

A suspicious fire fought by a dozen fire departments destroyed a summer home on 14th Road here Wednesday morning.

They are a year older - and with that comes even more experience. The 2009 Minerva/Newcomb Mountaineers baseball team is a legitimate defensive force.

Merger and practice group acquisition announcements have been coming fast and furious from small and midsize law firms during the past week.

A multi-county petition challenging new Adirondack shoreline rules was wholly dismissed by the Adirondack Park Agency.

Essex County Board of Supervisors Chair Cathy Moses seems assured of a second term.

The building that is credited with revitalizing the city's streetscape, and houses the public institution that has been a major part of families' lives regionally, will be celebrated this Saturday as Crandall ...

You call this cold? It was a cold day on Monday for many people in the area. At Newcomb school, one employee recorded the morning temperature at minus 6 degrees.