The Huletts Current

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View of the Fort Ticonderoga. Carl Heilman photo. The Fort Ticonderoga Association, a private non-profit organization, recorded increased donations in 2011. The Fort Ticonderoga Fund, the annual giving program, raised $600,327 in 2011, a 12% increase from 2010. The number of donors also increased in 2011 by 14%. Established in 2011, the Fort Ticonderoga Fund [...]

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English turn-off barrel pistol by London Gun Maker John Easterby, 1724-1731. From the Grafton H. and Barbara W. Cook Collection, Fort Ticonderoga Museum. Fort Ticonderoga’s new winter series of programs continues on Sunday, February 12, at 2 pm, with “The Roar of Musketry and Cracking of Rifles: An Introduction to Weapons of the 18th Century” [...]

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Fort Ticonderoga. Photo credit Richard Timberlake. The Lake Placid CVB/Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (LPCVB/ROOST) has awarded Fort Ticonderoga the 2011 Tourism Marketing Award. The award was presented January 12 in Lake Placid at a gathering of tourism industry peers and elected officials. The Tourism Marketing Award is given to a group or individual who [...]

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Speaker Henry Cooke (left) and Curator of Collections Chris Fox (right) examine an original 18th-century coat during a “Material Matters” session last winter. This year’s program is scheduled for January 28 & 29, 2012. Fort Ticonderoga will host its Second Annual “Material Matters: It’s in the Details” Seminar the weekend of January 28 & 29, [...]

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Kateri Tekakwitha Rising to Sainthood The Montreal Gazette reports that Pope Benedict XVI has deemed Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha worthy of sainthood, so she will be canonized at a ceremony sometime in the future. Fort Ticonderoga to Study Repair of Walls The New York History Blog has a story about a grant awarded to the Fort [...]

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Fort Ticonderoga volunteer BR Delaney portrays a North East Woodland Native at a recent Fort Ticonderoga event. Stuart Lilie, Director of Interpretation at Fort Ticonderoga, will talk about Native Americans and the Patriot Cause as part of the “Fort Fever Series” at Fort Ticonderoga this winter. Photo credit George Jones. Fort Ticonderoga introduces a new [...]

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NY Times: Adirondacks Warming? The NY Times follows Jerry Jenkins, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society. Hard frosts that a generation ago came in mid-September now arrive in October. Lake Champlain, a huge freshwater body that divides New York and Vermont, once froze over completely every winter, but now remains open in the middle [...]

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Theodore Reale, Designer & Engineer of Huletts Sewer Systems, R.I.P. Recently the Times of Ti carried the obituary of Theodore Reale. “Ted” as his friends called him, was the principal of A.P. Reale and Sons, the primary designer and contractor for both of the sewer systems that serve Huletts. Washington County Leaders Want Budget Lowered [...]

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Popular Ti Restaurant Closes The Times of Ti reports on the closing of the Carillon Restaurant. Lake George Rock Climbing Gets National Exposure The Lake George Mirror tells us about Paddle to Crag on Lake George. Saranac Lake Community Store Profiled in NY Times The hearty residents of Saranac Lake started their own store and [...]

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Little Asian Clam Wants to Stay The Post Star reports on the spread of the Asian clam. The Tongue Range Hike The Times Union tells about the difficulty of the Tongue Mountain Range. Ticonderoga Successfully Attracts a New Tractor Business Ticonderoga is doing those things that Whitehall should be. Read the Press Republican. Rabid Raccoon [...]

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Today’s children’s program at the Huletts Gallery and Library was a big success. Happy children, lots of fun, and a wonderful day. It must have been the Friends of Historic Huletts Landing sponsored children’s program! Fort Ticonderoga sponsored an arts and craft day (my niece brought home a hand-made purse) at the FHHL’s Gallery and [...]

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No NY Giants in Albany This Summer The Giants make it officially. There will be no training camp in Albany this summer. Read what John Mara told a local business owner in the NY Post. Fort Ticonderoga to Show Artwork Collection 50 of Fort Ticonderoga’s most important artworks are on display in a single exhibit [...]

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Rain Cause Mudslide Into Lake George The Post Star gives some details about a Hague mudslide. Big Changes at Fort Ti The Press Republican tells of some big changes this year at Fort Ticonderoga. Water Funding Drying Up The Adirondack Almanack reports on a little known Lake George program in need of funding. Gaslight Village [...]

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