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updated: Fri Jul 11, 2008 01:55 pm

Moriah News

Local news for Moriah, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Friday Jul 11 | Press-Republican

North Country gets grant to help schools fight violence, drugs

The North Country is getting nearly $4.5 million to prevent drug use and violence and promote the healthy mental and emotional development of children and their families.

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Related Topix: Ticonderoga, NY, Saranac, NY, Adirondack, NY, Education Etc.

Thu Jul 03, 2008

RDBMagazine.com

Family gets new house from college students

Jul. 2--MORIAH -- Thomas Holland got a new house, and some students got loads of experience building it.

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Related Topix: Mineville, NY

Mon Jun 23, 2008

Press-Republican

Moriah students stage stories from area's mining past

Iron miners seemed to smile through time, as fifth-graders at Moriah Central School staged stories from their past.

5 comments

Related Topix: Port Henry, NY, Mineville, NY, Witherbee, NY

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Press-Republican

Request for Essex County sheriff's deputies to patrol Keeseville on foot will be decided soon.

Essex County lawmakers say an offer to pay for Sheriff's Department foot patrols in Keeseville's downtown needs further review.

2 comments

Related Topix: Essex County, NY, Keeseville, NY, Elizabethtown, NY

Tue May 27, 2008

Press-Republican

Cheers and Jeers: May 26, 2008

CHEERS : to the Moriah Town Council, the Port Henry Village Board and the Port Henry Fire Department, which tried -- apparently unsuccessfully -- to team up on the proposed new Moriah Town Justice Court ...

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Related Topix: Port Henry, NY, Plattsburgh, NY

Sun May 25, 2008

Press-Republican

Moriah gets tough with absentee landlords

Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava says he wants something done about welfare recipients living in substandard, filthy homes.

6 comments

Related Topix: Essex County, NY, Mineville, NY

Fri May 23, 2008

The Tidings

The roots of violence in religion

Reviewed by Allan F. Wright Abraham's Curse: The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity and Islam By Bruce Chilton.

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Related Topix: Barrytown, NY, Religion, Islam

Sun May 18, 2008

Press-Republican

Ambulance treasurer arrested

The treasurer for Moriah Ambulance Squad has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the group's funds.

1 comment

Related Topix: Witherbee, NY

Fri May 16, 2008

Press-Republican

Moriah man convicted of rape

A Moriah man was convicted of rape after a four-day trial in Essex County Court.

13 comments

Related Topix: Essex County, NY

Fri May 09, 2008

WCAX-TV Burlington

Inmates Clean Up Dead Fish

“I've heard a lot of things like the water temperature changing quickly. I don't know if I buy that so much... it seems strange. We've had a lot of run-off along with warm weather and I can't see how the water would change that quick”

Crews in New York started to cleanup a massive fish die-off on Lake Champlain Monday. via WCAX-TV Burlington

6 comments

Related Topix: Port Henry, NY, Clinton County, NY, Weather, Plattsburgh, NY

Wed May 07, 2008

Press-Republican

The 130-year-old Essex County Jail may still have some life left in it.

“It's easy for a layperson to say that keeping the building would be a money pit for the county, but the only way to know is to do a professional assessment.”

Its demolition shelved for now, Essex County is considering keeping the old County Jail and finding new uses for it. via Press-Republican

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Related Topix: Essex County, NY

Mon May 05, 2008

WCAX-TV Burlington

Fall filming of mining movie set in upstate NY hamlet

Filming is scheduled to begin this fall for a $20 million movie set in an iron ore mining town in the eastern Adirondacks. via WCAX-TV Burlington

5 comments

Related Topix: Mineville, NY, Jason Barry, Giovanni Ribisi, Action, Adventure, Flight of the Phoenix

Sun May 04, 2008

Press-Republican

"Mineville" movie green-lighted

“This will be exciting. It has been a long road.”

Producer-writer Lori Kelly Bailey says her search to finance "Mineville" was a success, and she's about to embark on a 10-week location shoot with a $20 million budget. via Press-Republican

3 comments

Related Topix: Jason Barry, Conspiracy of Silence, Drama, Elizabethtown, NY, Mineville, NY, Essex County, NY

Thu May 01, 2008

WCAX-TV Burlington

Will Dead Fish Kill Tourism?

“They are meeting today to try and decide what we can do. I also have a call into the Health Department. Once we clean them up what do we do with them?”

Tens of thousands of dead fish have shown up along the western shores of Lake Champlain. via WCAX-TV Burlington

6 comments

Related Topix: Port Henry, NY

Tue Apr 22, 2008

Press-Republican

EDITORIAL: Port Henry dissolution study needed

Dissolving the Village of Port Henry won't be going to referendum after all. The petition submitted by dissolution proponents recently didn't have enough names. via Press-Republican

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Related Topix: Port Henry, NY, Opinion

Thu Apr 10, 2008

Press-Republican

Mineville robbery suspect charged again

The man accused of trying to hold up the Hometown Pharmacy in Mineville has been charged with burglarizing Willsboro Pharmacy last month. via Press-Republican

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Related Topix: Elizabethtown, NY, Mineville, NY, Willsboro, NY, Essex County, NY

Tue Apr 08, 2008

Press-Republican

Essex County fined for antennas

“It's all coming out of the taxpayers' pocket.”

Essex County lawmakers have agreed pay a $1,000 fine to the Adirondack Park Agency for putting antennas on the new County Public Safety Building without a permit. via Press-Republican

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Related Topix: Essex County, NY

Sun Apr 06, 2008

Press-Republican

Robber caught after botched holdup

“I caught up to the guy about 25 yards behind the pharmacy building. I tackled him onto the ground in a snow bank.”

A botched holdup at the Hometown Pharmacy here ended when a neighbor from across the street chased and tackled the alleged robber. via Press-Republican

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Related Topix: Elizabethtown, NY

Sun Mar 30, 2008

Press-Republican

Flies attack Essex County Courthouse

“That is going to be done again, three or four times a year treatment.”

Essex County lawmakers are preparing to attack an infestation of flies at the County Courthouse. via Press-Republican

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Related Topix: Essex County, NY, Elizabethtown, NY

Tue Mar 25, 2008

Press-Republican

National Grid is helping Essex County expand the Moriah Business Park.

“Anybody interested in locating in this park can come in and put a shovel in the ground in 30 days.”

Money from National Grid will enable Essex County to beef up its Moriah Business Park to prepare for new tenants. via Press-Republican

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Related Topix: Willsboro, NY, Essex County, NY, Mineville, NY

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