Moriah News

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.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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