{"id":4390,"date":"2011-06-22T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4390"},"modified":"2011-06-22T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:10:15","slug":"breaking-state-officials-now-say-sunmount-is-not-on-closure-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/06\/22\/breaking-state-officials-now-say-sunmount-is-not-on-closure-list\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING:  State officials now say Sunmount is not on closure list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An official with the Office for People with Development Disabilities just spoke with Martha Foley, NCPR&#8217;s news director, stating firmly that Sunmount is not on any closure lists, including one set for 2014.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have more on this story during All Before Five and again during the 8 O&#8217;clock Hour tomorrow, but again, state officials say this unambiguously.<\/p>\n<p>The confusion &#8211; and deep anxiety in Tupper Lake &#8211; were triggered on Monday when OPWDD Commissioner Courtney Burke was asked directly by WCNY reporter Susan Arbetter whether Sunmount would be closed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeking to close all of our developmental centers by the end of 2014,&#8221; Burke replied.<\/p>\n<p>Her comments were rebroadcast on NCPR&#8217;s newcasts, triggering a wave of anxiety in the village, which relies on Sunmount for employment.\u00a0 This from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/525190\/Sunmount-isn-t-closing--radio-statement-was-wrong.html?nav=5008\">Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Village mayor Mickey Desmarais] said there were people crying as they heard the news of the facility&#8217;s closure on the radio Tuesday night and this morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I mean, this is a huge wave of panic,&#8221; Desmarais said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, this is a developing story.\u00a0 Tune in to All Before Five this evening for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official with the Office for People with Development Disabilities just spoke with Martha Foley, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4391,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390\/revisions\/4391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}