Wolcott Wastewater System put to a revote [Video]
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Wolcott Wastewater System put to a revote [Video]

METEOROLOGIST TYLER JANKOSKI. THIS IS NBC5 NEWS> ONE WEEK FROM TODAY A LAMOILLE COUNTY COMMUNITY WILL VOTE ON A WASTEWATER PROJECT. FUNDING IS SECURED FOR A LOT OF THE WORK – BUT NOT EVERYONE IS IN FAVOR OF IT. NBC5’S ERICKA LOVE EXPLAINS FROM WOLCOTT. VO THE CURRENT WASTEWATER PLAN SUPPORTED BY GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT AND FEMA, SET TO BEGIN THIS FALL IN WOLCOTT IS ON HOLD AFTER WHAT THE WASTEWATER COMMITTEE CHAIR, SAYS IS THE SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION. SOT JIM RYAN – WASTEWATER COMMITTEE CHAIR – 12:27:35 – 7 SECONDS “If anything, I think we’ve given up giving folks too much information, information to digest, and we’re trying to boil it down a little bit.” VO THE Wolcott Village Wastewater Committee HAS SCHEDULED A RE- VOTE ON THE NEW COMMUNITY SEPTIC SYSTEM FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH. IT COMES AFTER A PETITION WAS SIGNED BY RESIDENTS TO RECONSIDER IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN. THE WASTEWATER FACILITY AND LOCAL PUMPS WERE PROPOSED TO COMBAT FLOODING OF THE CURRENT WASTE SYSTEM DUE TO THE VILLAGES PROXIMITY TO THE LAMOILLE RIVER RESIDENTS WHO SIGNED THE PETITION AGAINST THE PLAN ARE CONCERNED WITH VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THE POSSIBLE RAISE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWN’S CHARACTER. SOT JIM RYAN – WASTEWATER COMMITTEE CHAIR – 12:32:08 – 24 SECONDS And we want to utilize when you drive through the village, you can see several vacant homes and businesses that we just want to be those buildings to be fully utilized and may of those buildings are vacant because of an inadequate or nonexistent septic system. So we want to just be able to fully utilize the existing footprint, not necessarily build additional buildings, but use what’s there. VO THE COMMITTEE SAYS THAT THE over $4.7 million IN BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS ALL ALLOW FOR COVERAGE OF THE build, THE project design, THE permit, the initial hook up costs, and the only cost to taxpayers in the village WHO CHOOSE TO BE ON THE SYSTEM WILL BE For the maintenance – WHICH WILL TURN OUT TO BE $20 A YEAR. SOT JIM RYAN – WASTEWATER COMMITTEE CHAIR – 12:38:17 – 21 SECONDS We have scientist hydrogeologist river scientists, engineers, all saying that this is a win win for water quality and flood resilience and wastewater and we have a few vocal nos that don’t have any any backing to their arguments that they want to stop this system. IF THE PLAN IS APPROVE

California declares State of emergency as land movement threatens power lines [Video]
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California declares State of emergency as land movement threatens power lines [Video]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes as severe land shift in the area is threatening the community and disrupting power lines.Emergency officials will be able to direct state resources toward responding to the threat of the land movement, the governor’s proclamation said.More than 200 homes in the city, around 30 miles south of Los Angeles, had their power cut Monday as a long-running ground shift close to them is threatening utility lines.”The city is located on four out of five sub-slides that comprise the Greater Portuguese Landslide Complex,” the governor’s office said. “Land movement at part of the Complex has significantly accelerated following severe storms in 2023 and 2024.””This is unprecedented,” Rancho Palos Verdes City Council member Barbara Ferraro said Sunday. “No one knows really, in a way, what to do.”Southern California Edison cut off electricity Sunday to 140 homes in the Portuguese Bend community, an outage that it says is indefinite because the shifting ground threatens utility poles and raises the risk of fires in the city.”There was a fire last week,” SoCal Edison spokesperson Kathleen Dunleavy told CNN affiliate KABC. “It was a small fire, but the fire was caused when one of our lines fell because of land movement, and that shows how dangerous this area is.”An additional 105 customers lost power Monday evening as the company continues to monitor the threat from ground movement.Rancho Palos Verdes is an oceanfront community in southwestern Los Angeles County, west of Long Beach. It was incorporated as an independent city in 1973.Officials say the land there has been shifting slowly for decades, but the problem is worse than it used to be. “The movement has accelerated dramatically over the last 12 months, where some areas are moving up to 10 inches a week,” said City Council member David Bradley. “You can almost see the ground move.”To encourage wary residents to heed evacuation warnings, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said law enforcement is stepping up patrols in the community and launching drones to look for looting. “You’re going to jail if you come here to steal anything,” Luna said in a news conference on Sunday.Rancho Palos Verdes has been under a local state of emergency since October 2023, and natural gas service was shut off in the Portuguese Bend neighborhood on July 29.Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn said Sunday that Los Angeles County has set aside an additional $5 million to respond to the disaster.”Yes, this landslide has been moving for decades, but the acceleration that’s happening currently is beyond what any of us could have foretold, and it demands more response from the state, more response from the federal government,” Hahn said.

Section VII Volleyball Preview 2024 [Video]
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Section VII Volleyball Preview 2024 [Video]

New York high school volleyball in Section VII returns with a different look in 2024. The latest New York state enrollment guidelines for class pairings is switching which teams will be competing where for the state and sectional playoffs. Class A and Class C only feature one team in Section VII, meaning Peru High School in Class A and Ausable Valley High School in Class C will receive an automatic bid into the state tournament. Class D will return for Section VII this year, as Lake Placid High School and Northern Adirondack High School will both have a shot to compete for a sectional title in that class.Class B has the most teams, gaining Saranac Lake High School from Class C and returning four others: Beekmantown High School, Plattsburgh High School, Saranac High School and Northeastern Clinton Central High School. Beekmantown will look to defend its Class B title from 2023, their first sectional championship win since 2017. The Eagles, who upset the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference’s No. 1 seed Plattsburgh Hornets in a 3-1 victory in 2023, are saying they are looking to carry over the defensive success they had into that game into this season.”They had a lot of power, so we worked on our defense quite a bit,” said Beekmantown senior setter Payton Reynolds. “We fixed our rotation a bit and covered more … just defense, defense, defense … handling out of system balls, we worked hard on in case things really got crazy … just keeping calm and keep everything cool and controlled.”Saranac Lake is searching for its third straight sectional championship after taking down Ausable Valley for the second year in a row in the Class C game. While the Red Storm will look to have to take that crown away from Beekmantown in Class B, they are confident that they have a good chance as they return 10 varsity players from the 2023 roster to their team. “I’ve been playing with these girls for a long time,” said Saranac Lake junior outside hitter Grayson Foster. “I got to get to know the girls and get chemistry with them, so I know some of their tendencies and what they like to do and what they go for and what they don’t.”Another edge for both Saranac Lake and Beekmantown is their coaches, who helped lead them to sectional finals, will return this season. Beekmantown’s coaching duo of Alyssa Rock and Abby Bone, who both played college volleyball for Plattsburgh State, are back for their third season at the helm. Saranac Lake returns Susan Waters for her second season. Waters was a former head coach for North Country Community College women’s volleyball. The rest of the league has a few changes in head coaching this season. Longtime Peru head coach Mary Anne Lake who led the Nighthawks to back-to-back undefeated regular seasons in 2021 and 2022 is stepping down. Her assistant Jocelyn Andre, who was a former college volleyball player at SUNY Canton, will be taking the reigns as head coach this season. Two other former Plattsburgh state players will be taking on coaching roles as well this season. Shelby Bourgeois will be taking over as Saranac’s head coach, while Alexys Hawks will be taking over at Northern Adirondack. The first week of Section VII volleyball starts Tuesday, Sep. 10. You can see the full schedule for opening day below. CVAC Volleyball Opening Day ScheduleSaranac vs. Ausable Valley – 6 p.m.Northeastern Clinton vs. Plattsburgh – 6 p.m.Saranac Lake vs. Peru – 6 p.m.Northern Adirondack vs. Lake Placid – 6 p.m.Bye: Beekmantown*Underlined team is Home*