News Of Interest: Oct. 26, 2016

Adirondack Job Fair aims to match up workers with work

LAKE PLACID — About 30 area businesses will be looking to hire people to fill a wide variety of positions this week at the Adirondack Job Fair.

This fall’s fair is set for 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Conference Center at Lake Placid.

State, corporate and small businesses alike will be hiring for many positions, including health-care professionals, sales, the service industry, office jobs, auto technicians and more, the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism said in a press release.

For more information on the businesses looking to hire, visit the job fair’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/adirondackjobfair.

The Adirondack Health Institute will also be on hand with information available about their services; the organization offers free enrollment assistance to people who are out of work and need health insurance.

The biannual Adirondack Job Fair, hosted by ROOST, is held each spring and fall.

For more information, contact Bethany at 523-2445 or bethany@roostadk.com.

Deadline approaching for FASNY HELP tuition reimbursement

ALBANY — The deadline is Friday, Oct. 28, to apply for 2016 spring semester tuition reimbursement through the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York’s Higher Education Learning Plan (HELP).

The statewide community college tuition reimbursement program is geared towards recruiting and retaining volunteer firefighters throughout New York State.

Under FASNY HELP, any active volunteer firefighter in good standing who hasn’t already achieved a college degree is eligible for up to 100 percent tuition reimbursement. The reimbursement is in exchange for maintaining good grades and fulfilling service requirements in one of New York’s volunteer fire companies.

There is no restriction on the type of academic courses that the HELP student-volunteer can pursue, either on a full-time or part-time basis. FASNY HELP also covers online courses taken through Empire State College.

For more information visit: https://fasny.com/resources/fasny-help.

Search for missing Troy hunter continuing in Warren County

RAY BROOK — State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers are asking hunters in northeastern Warren County to be alert for any signs or clues of the whereabouts of a hunter from Troy who went missing last November.

Thomas Messick was last seen on Nov. 15, 2015, while hunting a short distance from Lily Pond Road near Brant Lake in the Town of Horicon.

Despite a massive two-month-long search effort by Forest Rangers, Environmental Conservation Officers, State Police, other state and county agencies and hundreds of volunteers, no sign of Messick or his belongings has been located, DEC said.

Anyone hunting in the general area between State Route 8 and State Route 9N and State Route 8 and Schroon Lake is asked to be especially alert.

Hunters have been helpful in the past locating and reporting signs of lost or missing persons in the woods, the release said.

Forest rangers and the Messick family are still searching for Messick under a limited continuous protocol, the release said.

Messick, 82, is 5-foot-10-inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a camouflage jacket, coveralls and a red-and-black plaid hat.

Anyone who finds any evidence of Messick is asked to contact DEC Ray Brook Dispatch at 897-1300.

Hearing on housing rehab scheduled in Black Brook

BLACK BROOK — A public hearing will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at the Black Brook Town Hall, 18 North Main Street, AuSable Forks to summarize the activities and progress of the town’s Housing Rehabilitation Program.

It will be an opportunity for public discussion and comments about the program.

The public hearing will include an overview of the program, the amount of CDBG funds awarded, the type of activity funded and the progress towards beneficiary goals and program objectives,

For anyone unable to attend, written questions and comments can be sent to: Jon Douglass, Supervisor, Town of Black Brook, PO Box 715, AuSable Forks, NY 12912 or to Scott Campbell, Executive Director, Friends of the North Country, Inc., PO Box 446, Keeseville, NY 12944. through Friday.