Moriah News

The town of Moriah has declared an old police car surplus and donated it to the school for use as a driver education vehicle.

Officials in Essex County are threatening New York State with a lawsuit for what they say has been poor stewardship of the Lake Champlain Bridge in Crown Point.

Essex County lawmakers revealed Monday that the state plans to start a 24-hour, free ferry next to the boarded-up Champlain Bridge in Crown Point.

The Lake Champlain Bridge in Crown Point will not re-open until late spring or early summer of 2010.

State Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Stan Gee stood before hundreds of angry and upset people Wednesday night to say that repairs to the Champlain Bridge won't start for two weeks and the bridge won't reopen before spring or summer.

Mayor Bloomberg speaks at Mount Moriah AME church in St. Albans, Queens. A weekA after an appearance with Rudy Giuliani sparked a racial flap, Mayor Bloomberg visited three black churches Sunday with Cory Booker , Newark 's African-American mayor.

Essex County Transportation Department, with the help of Westport Central School, will provide a park-and-ride service at Essex County Fairgrounds, Westport.

Bill Buell has been crossing the Crown Point Bridge for 13 years, commuting from his home in New York to his job at IBM in Essex Junction.

The Moriah town board has decided against adoption of a noise law. A committee investigating a possible law to deal with noise complaints in the community has determined no additional legislation is necessary.

Essex County has taken in a little over $1 million for boarding inmates from elsewhere so far this year, the large majority from the federal system.

State officials are promising to open the Lake Champlain Bridge as soon as possible, but local commuters are demanding to know when that will happen.

People once took their brush and small branches to the local trash-transfer station.

The Moriah youth sports program held a 50/50 raffle for the benefit of the town of Moriah food pantry.

The Adirondack Council's annual State of the Park report weighs in on some 90 Adirondack preservation issues.

An absent election commissioner has county officials worried during the busiest time of year for the Essex County Board of Elections.

The Essex County Public Health Department is postponing three seasonal flu vaccine clinics.

The Village of Port Henry is embarking on the first step toward a vote that would end the village as a municipality.

Challenger Kristy Sprague beat incumbent District Attorney Julie Garcia in the hotly contested Republican primary.

Three southern Essex County towns that need new courthouses are considering building one and sharing it.

The Essex County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of borrowing $650,000 at their regular meeting Sept 8. The money will be used towards repairs to County Route 12 between Lewis and Willsboro, also known as Stowersville Road.