SEYMOUR, Henry William
(1834—1906)
SEYMOUR, Henry William, a Representative from Michigan; born in Brockport, Monroe County, N.Y., July 21, 1834; attended the public schools, Brockport Collegiate Institute, and Canandaigua Academy and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1855; studied law in Albany, N.Y., taking lectures at Albany Law School; was admitted to the bar in May 1856, but never practiced; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Brockport; moved to Michigan in 1872 and settled in Sault Ste. Marie, where he engaged in the manufacture of reapers and subsequently in the manufacture of lumber and in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives 1880-1882; member of the State senate 1882-1884 and 1886-1888; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Seth C. Moffatt and served from February 14, 1888, to March 3, 1889; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888; died, while on a visit, in Washington, D.C., April 7, 1906; interment in Lakeview Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
Friday, November 24, 2006
James Horatio Seymour, Brother of Helen Seymour Sylvester
James Horatio Seymour was the brother of the original builder of Seymour Point, later Penwood, Helen Seymour Sylvester, wife of William Bedell Sylvester, sister of Henry Seymour and daughter of William H. Seymour.James moved from Brockport, New York to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, where his brother Henry had a very successful reaper factory and later lumber and farming businesses.
When William H. Seymour died, he left the family home in Brockport to his daughter, Helen Seymour Sylvester. When Mrs. Sylvester died, the house was left to her brother James, who by that time lived in California most of the time. Mrs. Sylvester's Adirondack estate, Seymour Point, was also left to James Horatio Seymour, with a life estate reserved to Mrs. Sylvester's husband, William Bedell Sylvester.
In 1930, upon his death, the Brockport house was given to the village of Brockport along with a substantial endowment to run a library in the house. In 1936, books from the local community center were moved to Seymour House and the Seymour Library was opened to the public.
The Seymour Library survives to this day, but is now run in a larger and more modern facility. The Seymour House is used as the village offices in the village of Brockport.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
The Adirondack Boys Love: Mecox Gardens
It is rare to find a store that has more than things you like, but seems to have the same good taste in all of its wares. Mecox Gardens, an antiques, furnishings and home accesories store with shops in New York, the Hamptons, and elsewhere, sells a great selection of wares for your home and garden. At right is a faux bois bench from the current Mecox Gardens catalog. The offerings include antique furniture, club chairs, garden furniture, home accessories and antiques. The items can just be bought and plunked down in your home or garden. Mecox has great taste. Check it out at www.mecoxgardens.com.
The Cat Lady
Like the Hamptons, the Adirondacks has its share of eccentric characters: famous hermits like Noah John Rondeau and the local nut case living in a house left to him by his mother, drinking beer and hoarding the cans across thirty years, stacking them methodically around the house until there is no room to move. The beer-can-stacking nut case is discovered dead in his beer-can-full house just as he has run out of space to stack cans. Or the family that rents their sprawling, spooky Victorian mansion to summer tourists, giving the landlords a year-round living and leaving them time to - drink and stack beer cans. My favorite local celebrity is the Cat Lady.
The Cat Lady lived in a charming brick house in Old Forge. The Cat Lady had no friends, but she had many, many cats. Cats she bought, cats she inherited, cats left on her porch because the locals knew she would care for them. The Cat Lady's house was more a place of squalor and filth than Grey Gardens (above, behind Little Edie Bouvier Beale), with its fleas and raccoons and urinating cats.
The Cat Lady lived in her small house with her horde of cats. In the winter, the house was heated, in the bone-numbing cold of the Adirondacks, by a single wood burning stove in the kitchen. The stove emitted soot and smoke and ash into the house so the walls were covered with grit and the Cat Lady's hair was artificially colored black.
She must have had 30 cats at any one time and quite possibly more. Cats were left on her front porch day and night. And those cats mated and had more cats. The soot grew thicker, supplemented by cat hair and fur balls and the stench of uncleaned, makeshift litter boxes scattered everywhere in the tiny, soot and hair-filled cottage.
The Cat Lady slept in the dirty little kitchen with her cats climbing around, over and beneath her, just beside the black stove. The Cat Lady's hands were so ruined with arthritis that she could not open a can of cat food.
But, though she was not a good housekeeper, she was clever and displayed a most Adirondack brand of ingenuity. When it was time to feed the cats, she set the can of cat food on the hot black stove and scurried out of the room: "Shoo! Run!" she shouted.
Bang! went the can of cat food, exploding from the heat and spraying chunks of cat food on the walls, the stove and the floor. The cats emerged from their places of repose and pounced on the can, thrown to the floor by the force of the explosion. A feeding frenzy ensued while the Cat Lady watched with satisfaction.
The smell of the rotting cat food left in the crevices behind the stove added the perfect complement to the sweet smell of her big, hungry family.
Something to be Thankful For
On this Thanksgiving, we are thankful that our parents met and married and adopted the three of us. Here is the engagement announcement that ran in the Dayton, Ohio newspaper in 1963. My grandmother, Dorothea Gordon, grew up in Dayton.
Margery Gordon to Wed in June
The engagement and approaching marriage of Margery Ellin Gordon to Alan Stuart Burstein is being announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gordon of Fayetteville and Penwood, Old Forge, N.Y.
Mr. Burstein is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Burstein of Detroit.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Charles H. Rosenthal of Daytona Parkway and the late Mr. Rosenthal who was president of the National Leaf Tobacco Co. and vice president of the Miami Valley Tobacco Co.
Miss Gordon, a graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School, is a senior at the University of Michigan. She is house manager of her social sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi.
Her fiance was graduated from Mumford High School and the University of Michigan. He is a member of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity.
Mr. Burstein is presently attending the University of Michigan law school and is a member of Tau Epsilon Rho legal fraternity.
A June wedding is planned.
Margery Gordon to Wed in June
The engagement and approaching marriage of Margery Ellin Gordon to Alan Stuart Burstein is being announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gordon of Fayetteville and Penwood, Old Forge, N.Y.
Mr. Burstein is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry S. Burstein of Detroit.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Charles H. Rosenthal of Daytona Parkway and the late Mr. Rosenthal who was president of the National Leaf Tobacco Co. and vice president of the Miami Valley Tobacco Co.
Miss Gordon, a graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School, is a senior at the University of Michigan. She is house manager of her social sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi.
Her fiance was graduated from Mumford High School and the University of Michigan. He is a member of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity.
Mr. Burstein is presently attending the University of Michigan law school and is a member of Tau Epsilon Rho legal fraternity.
A June wedding is planned.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Adirondack Park Land Classification Scheme
The Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan, originally developed by the Adirondack Park Agency in 1972, divides the lands of the Forest Preserve into several classifications. DEC manages individual areas of the Forest Preserve in accordance with the guidelines given in the Master Plan, as summarized for the major classifications below:
Wilderness
There are 17 wilderness areas with a total area of about 1 million acres. Because access by motor vehicles and bicycles is not allowed, wilderness areas afford visitors exceptional opportunities for solitude in remote forest settings. The St. Regis Canoe Area is managed as a wilderness, but with special emphasis on travel by canoe.
Wild Forest
About 1.3 million acres of Forest Preserve land are classified as wild forest. These diverse lands offer a wider range of recreational opportunities. Limited access by motor vehicle is permitted on designated roads, and most trails are open to mountain bicycles. Some wild forest areas have extensive snowmobile trail systems. Areas like the Moose River Plains and Aldrich Pond Wild Forests are available for a variety of motorized and non- motorized recreation.
Primitive Areas
Primitive areas generally are Forest Preserve land areas that have the natural characteristics of Wilderness but either because of small size or the presence of roads or other man made features cannot be classified as Wilderness. There are two dozen Primitive Areas and corridors totaling approximately 51,000 acres of land within the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Historic Areas
Historic areas are properties that are significant in New York State history and are now owned by the State of New York. There are three historic areas in the Adirondack Park: Camp Santanoni, John Brown's Farm and grave site and Crown Point. All are listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places and have been designated as National Historic Landmarks. Camp Santanoni is the only publicly owned Adirondack Great Camp and is managed by DEC as an Historic Area. More information about Crown Point and John Browns Farm and how to get there is available by visiting the website for the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Intensive Use Areas
A number of places within the Forest Preserve are developed for more Intensive recreational use. Besides the Gore Mountain and Whiteface Mountain Ski Areas and the scenic highways ascending Whiteface and Prospect Mountains, there are numerous campgrounds and picnic areas throughout the region.
Wilderness
There are 17 wilderness areas with a total area of about 1 million acres. Because access by motor vehicles and bicycles is not allowed, wilderness areas afford visitors exceptional opportunities for solitude in remote forest settings. The St. Regis Canoe Area is managed as a wilderness, but with special emphasis on travel by canoe.
Wild Forest
About 1.3 million acres of Forest Preserve land are classified as wild forest. These diverse lands offer a wider range of recreational opportunities. Limited access by motor vehicle is permitted on designated roads, and most trails are open to mountain bicycles. Some wild forest areas have extensive snowmobile trail systems. Areas like the Moose River Plains and Aldrich Pond Wild Forests are available for a variety of motorized and non- motorized recreation.
Primitive Areas
Primitive areas generally are Forest Preserve land areas that have the natural characteristics of Wilderness but either because of small size or the presence of roads or other man made features cannot be classified as Wilderness. There are two dozen Primitive Areas and corridors totaling approximately 51,000 acres of land within the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Historic Areas
Historic areas are properties that are significant in New York State history and are now owned by the State of New York. There are three historic areas in the Adirondack Park: Camp Santanoni, John Brown's Farm and grave site and Crown Point. All are listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places and have been designated as National Historic Landmarks. Camp Santanoni is the only publicly owned Adirondack Great Camp and is managed by DEC as an Historic Area. More information about Crown Point and John Browns Farm and how to get there is available by visiting the website for the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Intensive Use Areas
A number of places within the Forest Preserve are developed for more Intensive recreational use. Besides the Gore Mountain and Whiteface Mountain Ski Areas and the scenic highways ascending Whiteface and Prospect Mountains, there are numerous campgrounds and picnic areas throughout the region.
Seaplane visits Penwood, 2004
One of our favorite summer special activities is taking private seaplane rides around the fulton chain and surrounding areas. We like to fly over the Adirondack League Club to view the lakes and club buildings. Here, the seaplane visits us in the summer of 2004. Seaplanes are a true part of the Adirondacks and Fourth Lake. Photo by Joel Levy.Old Forge Gets DMV Office at Long Last
SEWARD TO BRING D.M.V. OFFICE TO OLD FORGE
Senate grant to help open satellite office
Saturday, November 4, 2006
Town of Webb residents will get a local office of the Department of Motor Vehicles as the result of a $75,000 senate grant announced today by State Senator James L. Seward in Old Forge. Seward, who announced the funding at the Town of Webb Visitors' Center, was joined by Herkimer County Clerk Sylvia Rowan, who requested the funding. "The funding will enhance county services to Webb residents without pressuring local property taxes. Now registering a car, snowmobile or boat will get easier," Seward said. "It's about bringing government closer to the people."The senate grant will help purchase equipment, furnishings, supplies and telephone connectons to establish a satellite DMV office in Old Forge to provide improved customer service to Old Forge area residents. Residents will be able to get drivers' licenses and take care of vehicle registrations at the site.
Senate grant to help open satellite office
Saturday, November 4, 2006
Town of Webb residents will get a local office of the Department of Motor Vehicles as the result of a $75,000 senate grant announced today by State Senator James L. Seward in Old Forge. Seward, who announced the funding at the Town of Webb Visitors' Center, was joined by Herkimer County Clerk Sylvia Rowan, who requested the funding. "The funding will enhance county services to Webb residents without pressuring local property taxes. Now registering a car, snowmobile or boat will get easier," Seward said. "It's about bringing government closer to the people."The senate grant will help purchase equipment, furnishings, supplies and telephone connectons to establish a satellite DMV office in Old Forge to provide improved customer service to Old Forge area residents. Residents will be able to get drivers' licenses and take care of vehicle registrations at the site.
About the Adirondack Park Agency Commissioners
The Adirondack Park Agency Board consists of eight commissioners appointed by the Governor; the other three members are the Secretary of State, Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, and Commissioner of the Department of Economic Development.
The Commissioners are:
Frank Mezzano, Speculator
Arthur Lussi, Lake Placid
Katherine Roberts, Garrison
James Townsend, Rochester
Leilani Ulrich, Old Forge
Ross Whaley, Tupper Lake
Cecil Wray, New York City
Vacant
State: Frank Milano (Designee: Richard Hoffman)
DEC: Denise Sheehan (Designee: Stuart Buchanan)
DED: Charles Gargano (Designee: Randall Beach)
The Honorable Ross S. Whaley
Chairman, Adirondack Park Agency
New York State Adirondack Park Agency
P.O. Box 99
1133 State Route 86
Ray Brook, New York 12977
Tel. (518) 891-4050
Fax (518) 891-3938
www.apa.state.ny.us
The New York State Senate approved the Governor’s nomination of Dr. Whaley as Chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency on September 16, 2003. He brings to that position more than 30 years experience as a university teacher, researcher and administrator. He also served as Director of Economics Research for the United States Forest Service for 6 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in forestry and a Ph.D. in natural resource economics from the University of Michigan.
Since 1984, Whaley has been associated with the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 16 years as its President and subsequently as University Professor. As Professor his interest focused on the political economy of sustainable development. He continues to maintain a part-time relation with ESF through the Research Foundation.
Ross Whaley has served as a consultant to or member of several state, national and international commissions devoted to natural resource and environmental issues. In recognition of these activities, he has been awarded the Pinchot Medallion by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, the Professional Conservationist Award by the New York Conservation Council, the Heiberg Memorial Award by the New York Forest Owners Association, and Honor Alumnus of Colorado State University.
Commissioner Leilani C. Ulrich
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Term ends 2008
The Honorable Leilani C. Ulrich
P.O. Box 642
2955 State Route 28
Old Forge, New York 13420
Tel. (315) 369-3353
Fax (315) 369-3355
151 Adams
Old Forge, New York 13420
Tel. (315) 369-3647
Leilani C. Ulrich is the Founding Director of Central Adirondack Partnership for the 21st Century, a not-for-profit regional planning group based in Old Forge. She has also worked for the New York Planning Federation, the Conservation Fund, Herkimer Community College and Lynn University of Old Forge.
Commissioner Arthur Lussi
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Term ends 2010
The Honorable Arthur S. Lussi
Commissioner, Adirondack Park Agency
c/o Lake Placid Vacation Corp.
1 Olympic Drive
Lake Placid, New York 12946
Tel. (518) 523-2556
arthur@lpresort.com
www.lpresort.com
222 Averyville Lane
Lake Placid, New York 12946
Tel. (518) 523-4610
Arthur Lussi is/was president of his family business, Lake Placid Vacation Corp. which owns and operates Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club. He grew up in Wilmington, where his parents operated the Holiday Motel at the base of the highway to Whiteface. Both worked as ski instructors at the mountain. In 1969, his family moved to Lake Placid, and he began skiing at Mount Whitney, after school and at Whiteface on the weekends as he attended Northwood School. Lussi later was the ski team captain at Dartmouth College, where he received a degree in English. He also has a law degree from Syracuse University. Eventually, Lussi returned to Lake Placid, and in the late 1990s, his family purchased the former Lake Placid Club.
Commissioner James T. Townsend
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
The Honorable James T. Townsend
Commissioner, Adirondack Park Agency
c/o Remington, Gifford, Williams & Colicchio, LLP
Suite 1400, Alliance Building
183 East Main Street
Rochester, New York 14604-1617
Tel. (585) 232-5225
Fax (585) 232-2557
James T. Townsend was appointed to the Agency in June 1999. He is a partner with the Rochester, New York, law firm, Remington, Gifford, Williams & Colicchio, LLP, a general practice firm concentrating in corporate, business and real estate matters. He is also Counsel to the Monroe County Industrial Development Corporation. Also, he was an Assistant Corporation Counsel to the City of Rochester. Mr. Townsend received his B.A. in Government from Trinity College in 1968, and his J.D. in 1971 from Albany Law School of Union University, where he was a member or the National Moot Court Team and was awarded the Moot Court Prize. Civic and professional activities include the Volunteer Legal Services Project, Monroe County Bar Association, Chair of the Seventh Judicial District, Attorney Grievance Committee, Chair, Salvation Army Advisory Board, for President of The Harley School Board of Trustees, the American Arbitration Association, and the Rochester Hearing and Speech Advisory Committee. Mr. Townsend resides in Rochester, New York.
Commissioner Frank Mezzano
The Honorable Frank Mezzano
Fish Mountain Road
Lake Pleasant, New York 12108
Tel. (518) 548-5204
frank.mezzano@gmail.com
Frank Mezzano was appointed to the Agency in February 1998. Mr. Mezzano attended Moses Brown Prep School in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated Wells High School in Hamilton County. He attended the University of Arizona. Since 1962 he has owned the Speculator Department Store. From 1993 until his appointment to the Agency in 1998, Mr. Mezzano was Supervisor of Lake Pleasant, a member of Hamilton County Board of Supervisors, and President of Speculator/Lake Pleasant Consolidated Health District. During that time he also served as the County representative to Region 5 Open Space Committee, a member of the Local Government Review Board and Intercounty Legislative Committee on the Adirondacks and Director-at-Large of the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages, as well as an advisor to the Agency's Economic Affairs Committee. Since 1997 he has served as Director of Colonial Health Care Corporation of Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home. He was recognized as the Review Board's 1996 Outstanding Local Government Official. His community activities include, among others, Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman from 1977-1992; member of the Chamber of Commerce since 1990; member of the Speculator/Lake Pleasant Fish and Game Club since 1994; member of the community marching band since 1994. Mr. Mezzano and his wife, Betty, have a daughter and granddaughter.
Commissioner Katherine Roberts
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Katherine Roberts was appointed to the Agency in June 1995. She was employed as an investment analyst by INA Corporation, Philadelphia. Mrs. Roberts has served as principal, chair of the Social Studies Department and teacher at the Spence School. She is also an author and writer. Commissioner Roberts served as Executive Director of the Open Space Institute, which buys and protects land. She has served as vice-chairperson of the Hospital for Special Surgery and trustee to the Hudson Highlands Land Trust; the Garrison Landing Association; the Alice Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library and United Hospital in New York City. Commissioner Roberts resides in Garrison, NY with her family.
Commissioner Cecil Wray
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Term ends 2010
The Honorable Cecil Wray
c/o Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Tel. (212) 909-6533
cwray@debevoise.com
www.debevoise.com
Hickey Road
Keene Valley, New York 12943
Tel. (518) 576-9220
47 East 88th Street
New York, New York 10128
Tel. (212) 427-0352
Cecil Wray was appointed to the Agency in June 1999. He is Of Counsel with the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, having retired as a full-time senior partner in 1997. His practice has focused on general corporate matters, including domestic and international corporate finance transactions, securities matters and acquisitions. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Law Clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. He is also an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School, where he teaches Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Wray received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1956 and his LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1959, where he was the Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He is a member of the New York City Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the American Law Institute, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He was a founder, and later President, of the American College of Investment Counsel, an organization of lawyers engaged in major institutional financing transactions. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Wray is presently President of Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York and a Trustee of the Board of Foreign Parishes of the Episcopal Church. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Search and Care, Inc., East Side Community Center, Inc., Hudson Highlands Music Festival and the Hudson Highlands Land Trust, and was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of the Adirondack Council. Mr. Wray resides in New York City, with weekend and vacation homes in Garrison and Keene Valley, New York.
The Commissioners are:
Frank Mezzano, Speculator
Arthur Lussi, Lake Placid
Katherine Roberts, Garrison
James Townsend, Rochester
Leilani Ulrich, Old Forge
Ross Whaley, Tupper Lake
Cecil Wray, New York City
Vacant
State: Frank Milano (Designee: Richard Hoffman)
DEC: Denise Sheehan (Designee: Stuart Buchanan)
DED: Charles Gargano (Designee: Randall Beach)
The Honorable Ross S. Whaley
Chairman, Adirondack Park Agency
New York State Adirondack Park Agency
P.O. Box 99
1133 State Route 86
Ray Brook, New York 12977
Tel. (518) 891-4050
Fax (518) 891-3938
www.apa.state.ny.us
The New York State Senate approved the Governor’s nomination of Dr. Whaley as Chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency on September 16, 2003. He brings to that position more than 30 years experience as a university teacher, researcher and administrator. He also served as Director of Economics Research for the United States Forest Service for 6 years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in forestry and a Ph.D. in natural resource economics from the University of Michigan.
Since 1984, Whaley has been associated with the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 16 years as its President and subsequently as University Professor. As Professor his interest focused on the political economy of sustainable development. He continues to maintain a part-time relation with ESF through the Research Foundation.
Ross Whaley has served as a consultant to or member of several state, national and international commissions devoted to natural resource and environmental issues. In recognition of these activities, he has been awarded the Pinchot Medallion by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, the Professional Conservationist Award by the New York Conservation Council, the Heiberg Memorial Award by the New York Forest Owners Association, and Honor Alumnus of Colorado State University.
Commissioner Leilani C. Ulrich
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Term ends 2008
The Honorable Leilani C. Ulrich
P.O. Box 642
2955 State Route 28
Old Forge, New York 13420
Tel. (315) 369-3353
Fax (315) 369-3355
151 Adams
Old Forge, New York 13420
Tel. (315) 369-3647
Leilani C. Ulrich is the Founding Director of Central Adirondack Partnership for the 21st Century, a not-for-profit regional planning group based in Old Forge. She has also worked for the New York Planning Federation, the Conservation Fund, Herkimer Community College and Lynn University of Old Forge.
Commissioner Arthur Lussi
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Term ends 2010
The Honorable Arthur S. Lussi
Commissioner, Adirondack Park Agency
c/o Lake Placid Vacation Corp.
1 Olympic Drive
Lake Placid, New York 12946
Tel. (518) 523-2556
arthur@lpresort.com
www.lpresort.com
222 Averyville Lane
Lake Placid, New York 12946
Tel. (518) 523-4610
Arthur Lussi is/was president of his family business, Lake Placid Vacation Corp. which owns and operates Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Club. He grew up in Wilmington, where his parents operated the Holiday Motel at the base of the highway to Whiteface. Both worked as ski instructors at the mountain. In 1969, his family moved to Lake Placid, and he began skiing at Mount Whitney, after school and at Whiteface on the weekends as he attended Northwood School. Lussi later was the ski team captain at Dartmouth College, where he received a degree in English. He also has a law degree from Syracuse University. Eventually, Lussi returned to Lake Placid, and in the late 1990s, his family purchased the former Lake Placid Club.
Commissioner James T. Townsend
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
The Honorable James T. Townsend
Commissioner, Adirondack Park Agency
c/o Remington, Gifford, Williams & Colicchio, LLP
Suite 1400, Alliance Building
183 East Main Street
Rochester, New York 14604-1617
Tel. (585) 232-5225
Fax (585) 232-2557
James T. Townsend was appointed to the Agency in June 1999. He is a partner with the Rochester, New York, law firm, Remington, Gifford, Williams & Colicchio, LLP, a general practice firm concentrating in corporate, business and real estate matters. He is also Counsel to the Monroe County Industrial Development Corporation. Also, he was an Assistant Corporation Counsel to the City of Rochester. Mr. Townsend received his B.A. in Government from Trinity College in 1968, and his J.D. in 1971 from Albany Law School of Union University, where he was a member or the National Moot Court Team and was awarded the Moot Court Prize. Civic and professional activities include the Volunteer Legal Services Project, Monroe County Bar Association, Chair of the Seventh Judicial District, Attorney Grievance Committee, Chair, Salvation Army Advisory Board, for President of The Harley School Board of Trustees, the American Arbitration Association, and the Rochester Hearing and Speech Advisory Committee. Mr. Townsend resides in Rochester, New York.
Commissioner Frank Mezzano
The Honorable Frank Mezzano
Fish Mountain Road
Lake Pleasant, New York 12108
Tel. (518) 548-5204
frank.mezzano@gmail.com
Frank Mezzano was appointed to the Agency in February 1998. Mr. Mezzano attended Moses Brown Prep School in Providence, Rhode Island, and graduated Wells High School in Hamilton County. He attended the University of Arizona. Since 1962 he has owned the Speculator Department Store. From 1993 until his appointment to the Agency in 1998, Mr. Mezzano was Supervisor of Lake Pleasant, a member of Hamilton County Board of Supervisors, and President of Speculator/Lake Pleasant Consolidated Health District. During that time he also served as the County representative to Region 5 Open Space Committee, a member of the Local Government Review Board and Intercounty Legislative Committee on the Adirondacks and Director-at-Large of the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages, as well as an advisor to the Agency's Economic Affairs Committee. Since 1997 he has served as Director of Colonial Health Care Corporation of Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home. He was recognized as the Review Board's 1996 Outstanding Local Government Official. His community activities include, among others, Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman from 1977-1992; member of the Chamber of Commerce since 1990; member of the Speculator/Lake Pleasant Fish and Game Club since 1994; member of the community marching band since 1994. Mr. Mezzano and his wife, Betty, have a daughter and granddaughter.
Commissioner Katherine Roberts
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Katherine Roberts was appointed to the Agency in June 1995. She was employed as an investment analyst by INA Corporation, Philadelphia. Mrs. Roberts has served as principal, chair of the Social Studies Department and teacher at the Spence School. She is also an author and writer. Commissioner Roberts served as Executive Director of the Open Space Institute, which buys and protects land. She has served as vice-chairperson of the Hospital for Special Surgery and trustee to the Hudson Highlands Land Trust; the Garrison Landing Association; the Alice Desmond and Hamilton Fish Library and United Hospital in New York City. Commissioner Roberts resides in Garrison, NY with her family.
Commissioner Cecil Wray
Appointed by Governor George Pataki
Term ends 2010
The Honorable Cecil Wray
c/o Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Tel. (212) 909-6533
cwray@debevoise.com
www.debevoise.com
Hickey Road
Keene Valley, New York 12943
Tel. (518) 576-9220
47 East 88th Street
New York, New York 10128
Tel. (212) 427-0352
Cecil Wray was appointed to the Agency in June 1999. He is Of Counsel with the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton, having retired as a full-time senior partner in 1997. His practice has focused on general corporate matters, including domestic and international corporate finance transactions, securities matters and acquisitions. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Law Clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Tom C. Clark. He is also an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School, where he teaches Mergers and Acquisitions. Mr. Wray received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1956 and his LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1959, where he was the Managing Editor of the Yale Law Journal. He is a member of the New York City Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the American Law Institute, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He was a founder, and later President, of the American College of Investment Counsel, an organization of lawyers engaged in major institutional financing transactions. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Wray is presently President of Episcopal Charities of the Diocese of New York and a Trustee of the Board of Foreign Parishes of the Episcopal Church. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Search and Care, Inc., East Side Community Center, Inc., Hudson Highlands Music Festival and the Hudson Highlands Land Trust, and was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of the Adirondack Council. Mr. Wray resides in New York City, with weekend and vacation homes in Garrison and Keene Valley, New York.
Millions for Adk Water Quality & Infrastructure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2006
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES $8 MILLION FOR ADIRONDACK WATER QUALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Jane Forbes Clark and Arnold Fisher Receive State Honor
Governor George E. Pataki today announced more than $8 million for 12 North Country communities to implement critical water quality projects that will protect the Adirondacks and provide needed infrastructure improvements. The projects will help reduce the amount of phosphorus and other contaminants that enter Adirondack lakes and rivers, helping to improve the ecosystems while also providing reliable sources of sewage collection, treatment and disposal.
“New York has made significant investments in projects statewide that improve water quality by creating new wastewater treatment facilities and upgrading existing ones,” Governor Pataki said. “Today we continue that commitment by helping these Adirondack communities implement key projects that will help protect our waterways and drinking water supplies from pollution and other harmful impacts to our natural resources.”
Senator Betty Little said, “Keeping our streams, rivers and lakes clean and healthy is a goal we all share, but replacing and making necessary improvements to local infrastructure is expensive and difficult for local governments to fund on their own. The grants announced today are very helpful to many North Country communities and we appreciate Governor Pataki's support once again.”
Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward said, “I welcome the funds Governor Pataki has made available for the North Country. The Adirondack Park is a major asset to New York State. However, the rural character of the Park and the economic limitations for the residents of this region make municipal infrastructure projects a heavy burden for taxpayers. There are $30 million in sewer needs for Essex County alone. Water quality projects can not be accomplished without financial assistance on the state and federal levels.”
A total of $8.075 million is being made available to the following municipalities: Essex, Elizabethtown, Moriah, and Ticonderoga in Essex County; St. Regis Falls and Tupper Lake in Franklin County; Wanakena and Newton Falls in St. Lawrence County; Dannemora in Clinton County; Northampton in Fulton County; Indian Lake in Hamilton County; and Putnam in Washington County. The funding will be administered by the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) as part of the New York State Technology and Development Program. The assistance to these smaller communities will target the protection of Adirondack lakes and rivers by fully or partially funding improvements to the municipalities’ sewage treatment, collection and delivery systems.
Among the funding announced today is $1 million for the Town of Elizabethtown, Essex County, to help construct a wastewater treatment plant and collection system. The community is located on the Boquet River, a tributary to Lake Champlain. Small lot size and shallow groundwater make individual on-site septic systems an ineffective means of wastewater treatment and the town is pursuing the construction of a new treatment facility expected to cost approximately $8.1 million. The plant will be instrumental in reducing the amount of phosphorus and helping to prevent the discharge of harmful pollutants into Lake Champlain.
DEC Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan said, “Positive changes in our water quality can be witnessed throughout New York State as a result of the commitment Governor Pataki has made to provide municipalities with the tools and support to fund needed infrastructure projects. The funding announced today will help continue the progress we are making in improving the health of Adirondack water bodies and improving the quality of life for North Country communities.”
Elizabethtown Supervisor Noel Merrihew, III said, “This important funding allows us to address our critical wastewater problems here in Elizabethtown. The Governor has recognized this necessary investment as a priority to provide clean and healthy communities here in the Adirondacks. The citizens of Elizabethtown and Essex County are grateful for his vision for us here in the North Country.”
Essex Town Supervisor Ronald Jackson said, “The Town of Essex is extremely happy to hear that we are receiving a New York State grant of One Million Dollars from Governor Pataki to help finance our wastewater treatment plant and collection system. Essex is the only Hamlet on the Lake without a wastewater system. This grant is a big step towards reaching that goal that we have been striving to achieve for over fifty years, since my Uncle Elvin Cross was the Supervisor. These Grants once again show that Governor Pataki is the Environmental Governor.”
The list of recipients includes:
Essex County:
Town of Essex - $1 million Construction of a wastewater treatment plant and collection system
Town of Elizabethtown - $1 million Construction of a wastewater treatment plant and collection system
Town of Ticonderoga - $1 million Upgrading of the existing wastewater treatment plant
Town of Moriah - $200,000 Replacement of the Mineyard Pump Station
Essex/Washington Counties:
Towns of Ticonderoga and Putnam - $1 million Provide sewer district extensions at Black Point Road
Franklin County:
Hamlet of St. Regis Falls, Town of Waverly - $575,000 Purchase aeration tank/clarifier covers and replacing the existing sludge treatment system with a low technology natural reed bed unit
Village of Tupper Lake, Town of Altamont - $875,000 Upgrade two existing aging pump stations and construct an equalization tank to help improve plant performance
St. Lawrence County:
Hamlet of Wanakena, Town of Fine - $750,000 Correction of infiltration and inflow issues
Hamlet of Newton Falls, Town of Clifton - $1 million Construction of a wastewater treatment plant
Clinton County:
Village of Dannemora, Town of Dannemora - $75,000 Installation of a permanent phosphorus removal system at the Village’s wastewater treatment plant
Fulton County:
Town of Northampton – $200,000 Replacement of sanitary sewers to correct inflow/infiltration issues
Hamilton County:
Town of Indian Lake – $400,000 Replacement of some sewers in Route 28 to address inflow/infiltration issues.
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES $8 MILLION FOR ADIRONDACK WATER QUALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Jane Forbes Clark and Arnold Fisher Receive State Honor
Governor George E. Pataki today announced more than $8 million for 12 North Country communities to implement critical water quality projects that will protect the Adirondacks and provide needed infrastructure improvements. The projects will help reduce the amount of phosphorus and other contaminants that enter Adirondack lakes and rivers, helping to improve the ecosystems while also providing reliable sources of sewage collection, treatment and disposal.
“New York has made significant investments in projects statewide that improve water quality by creating new wastewater treatment facilities and upgrading existing ones,” Governor Pataki said. “Today we continue that commitment by helping these Adirondack communities implement key projects that will help protect our waterways and drinking water supplies from pollution and other harmful impacts to our natural resources.”
Senator Betty Little said, “Keeping our streams, rivers and lakes clean and healthy is a goal we all share, but replacing and making necessary improvements to local infrastructure is expensive and difficult for local governments to fund on their own. The grants announced today are very helpful to many North Country communities and we appreciate Governor Pataki's support once again.”
Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward said, “I welcome the funds Governor Pataki has made available for the North Country. The Adirondack Park is a major asset to New York State. However, the rural character of the Park and the economic limitations for the residents of this region make municipal infrastructure projects a heavy burden for taxpayers. There are $30 million in sewer needs for Essex County alone. Water quality projects can not be accomplished without financial assistance on the state and federal levels.”
A total of $8.075 million is being made available to the following municipalities: Essex, Elizabethtown, Moriah, and Ticonderoga in Essex County; St. Regis Falls and Tupper Lake in Franklin County; Wanakena and Newton Falls in St. Lawrence County; Dannemora in Clinton County; Northampton in Fulton County; Indian Lake in Hamilton County; and Putnam in Washington County. The funding will be administered by the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) as part of the New York State Technology and Development Program. The assistance to these smaller communities will target the protection of Adirondack lakes and rivers by fully or partially funding improvements to the municipalities’ sewage treatment, collection and delivery systems.
Among the funding announced today is $1 million for the Town of Elizabethtown, Essex County, to help construct a wastewater treatment plant and collection system. The community is located on the Boquet River, a tributary to Lake Champlain. Small lot size and shallow groundwater make individual on-site septic systems an ineffective means of wastewater treatment and the town is pursuing the construction of a new treatment facility expected to cost approximately $8.1 million. The plant will be instrumental in reducing the amount of phosphorus and helping to prevent the discharge of harmful pollutants into Lake Champlain.
DEC Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan said, “Positive changes in our water quality can be witnessed throughout New York State as a result of the commitment Governor Pataki has made to provide municipalities with the tools and support to fund needed infrastructure projects. The funding announced today will help continue the progress we are making in improving the health of Adirondack water bodies and improving the quality of life for North Country communities.”
Elizabethtown Supervisor Noel Merrihew, III said, “This important funding allows us to address our critical wastewater problems here in Elizabethtown. The Governor has recognized this necessary investment as a priority to provide clean and healthy communities here in the Adirondacks. The citizens of Elizabethtown and Essex County are grateful for his vision for us here in the North Country.”
Essex Town Supervisor Ronald Jackson said, “The Town of Essex is extremely happy to hear that we are receiving a New York State grant of One Million Dollars from Governor Pataki to help finance our wastewater treatment plant and collection system. Essex is the only Hamlet on the Lake without a wastewater system. This grant is a big step towards reaching that goal that we have been striving to achieve for over fifty years, since my Uncle Elvin Cross was the Supervisor. These Grants once again show that Governor Pataki is the Environmental Governor.”
The list of recipients includes:
Essex County:
Town of Essex - $1 million Construction of a wastewater treatment plant and collection system
Town of Elizabethtown - $1 million Construction of a wastewater treatment plant and collection system
Town of Ticonderoga - $1 million Upgrading of the existing wastewater treatment plant
Town of Moriah - $200,000 Replacement of the Mineyard Pump Station
Essex/Washington Counties:
Towns of Ticonderoga and Putnam - $1 million Provide sewer district extensions at Black Point Road
Franklin County:
Hamlet of St. Regis Falls, Town of Waverly - $575,000 Purchase aeration tank/clarifier covers and replacing the existing sludge treatment system with a low technology natural reed bed unit
Village of Tupper Lake, Town of Altamont - $875,000 Upgrade two existing aging pump stations and construct an equalization tank to help improve plant performance
St. Lawrence County:
Hamlet of Wanakena, Town of Fine - $750,000 Correction of infiltration and inflow issues
Hamlet of Newton Falls, Town of Clifton - $1 million Construction of a wastewater treatment plant
Clinton County:
Village of Dannemora, Town of Dannemora - $75,000 Installation of a permanent phosphorus removal system at the Village’s wastewater treatment plant
Fulton County:
Town of Northampton – $200,000 Replacement of sanitary sewers to correct inflow/infiltration issues
Hamilton County:
Town of Indian Lake – $400,000 Replacement of some sewers in Route 28 to address inflow/infiltration issues.
Monday, November 20, 2006
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