Voters in Port Henry vote to keep their village

(03/17/10) Voters in Port Henry rejected a plan yesterday that would have dissolved their village government.

On a vote of 186 to 146, local residents decided to keep both a village and a town government, despite the community's shrinking population.

Village Mayor Ernest Guerin and Moriah town supervisor Tom Scozzafava promised to work to find more ways to share services between their two governments.

Yesterday's vote came as towns and villages across the North Country are struggling with fewer dollars in state aides and a growing pressure to cut property taxes.