Port Henry News

The calendar says summer is here, but you'd never know it from the rain, cool temperatures and sour moods of people wanting a hot, dry season.

The Port Henry summer concert series will begin July 10 with a performance by Flashback.

Christmas in July? It's going to happen this summer thanks to the Port Henry Fire Department Auxiliary.

The Brian T. Carpenter Memorial Golf Tournament will be played Saturday, Aug. 1, at Moriah Country Club.

Linda Osborne has retired, but she's still busy. "They say you're never more busy than when you retire," she said.

Parent Teacher Association members at Moriah Central School are now one step closer to installing a new playground thanks to members of the community and support from diary and convenience retailer Stewart's Shops Inc.

The Moriah Country Club will host the 15th annual Ray McCabe memorial golf tournament on July 11 and 12.

A Port Henry veterinarian is the latest candidate for the 23rd Congressional District seat.

The Iron Center Museum in Port Henry will open for the season June 20. Located at Park Place, adjacent to the Moriah town hall, the museum gives visitors a glimpse at the iron ore mining and railroad industries when they flourished in the community.

The annual Retired Senior Volunteer Program recognition luncheon has been saved.

A steam roller driven by Randy Bevins Jr., assisted by Fred Hunsdon of the Ticonderoga highway department, crushes drug paraphernalia as part of the 'Safe Stores' program campaign.

The Adirondack Park Agency unanimously approved a new wood-pellet manufacturing plant to be built in Keeseville.

The Moriah Historical Society will present the first Moriah Silent Film Festival on June 5-6. The educational, historical and entertaining two-day event is presented in cooperation with the Arts Council for the Northern Adirondacks, the Moriah Chamber of Commerce and Moriah Central School.

A workshop, 'Exploring Credit/Debt Management Issues,' will be held 6-8 p.m. at the Community ... Be the first to review and rate this topic Date: Thursday, May 07, 2009 square foot gardening PORT HENRY - The program on 'square foot gardening' will be presented by Martha Honeywell at the Sherman ... Be the first to review and rate this topic Date: ...

The Sherman Free Library, 20 Church St., Port Henry, will have a book sale from 10 a.m. ... Be the first to review and rate this topic Date: Saturday, May 02, 2009 Drag Strip Event NORTH HUDSON - A second Drag Strip Event has been set 10 a.m. -3 p.m. at the North Hudson town hall ... Be the first to review and rate this topic Date: Saturday, May ...

A half century later, an effort is under way to memorialize a Moriah state trooper killed in the line of duty.

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A former Moriah resident who admitted he went to the Grover Hills Deli armed with a shotgun to rob the store at closing time will spend the next two to four years in state prison.

The Village of Port Henry's planned dissolution feasibility study is on hold until anticipated grant funding comes through.

Talks of a joint town of Moriah-village of Port Henry public safety building may be revived.