OUR TOWNS & VILLAGES…COMMUNITY PROFILE

MORIAH & PORT HENRY

WELCOME to the Town of Moriah and the Village of Port Henry. They lie on the eastern edge of northern New York's majestic Adirondack Mountains, directly on Lake Champlain with panoramic views of Vermont's Green Mountains. Set on a bluff above the lake, the compact Village of Port Henry still boasts a fine array of turn-of-the-century buildings, parks and recreational areas.

Moriah has a very rich and versatile heritage. After the Treaty of 1763, soldiers were given land by King George for their service in the French & Indian War. Iron ore was discovered, lumber & grist mills sprang up, farms started, furnaces were built, and the shipping of ore started, first by water and then by railroad. Many families came to work in the iron ore mining industry, which flourished from around 1824-1971.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Village of Port Henry - Mayor & Village Trustees
Town of Moriah - Supervisor & Town Board
Population - 4,879

ECONOMIC BASE
Major Employers:
Essex County ARC/Essex Industries
Moriah Shock Incarceration Facility
Moriah Central School
Pre-Tech Plastics
CV-TEC

Information Center
Town of Moriah Chamber of Commerce
Jack Woods, President
P O Box 34
Port Henry, NY 12974
518-546-7212.
Email: Chamber2006@nycap.rr.com

HIGHLIGHTS
Iron Center Museum - 34 Park Place, 518-546-3587
Walking Tour of Port Henry
Waterfront Recreation - Camping, Boating, Swimming, State Boat Launch, Marinas, Fishing Tournaments
Ice Fishing

Annual Events

Champ Day - 518-546-7212 - 1st Saturday in August
Friday Night Concert Series - July through Mid-August
Labor Day Concert & Fireworks - Saturday & Sunday before Labor Day
Midnight Madness - 1st Thursday in December
Town-wide Lawn Sale - 1st Sunday in August

HISTORIC
Historic Society -
Town of Moriah Historical Society
34 Park Place
Port Henry, NY 12974
518-546-3857

Sherman Free Library
20 Church Street
Port Henry, NY 12974
518-546-7461

PLACES OF WORSHIP
Church of All Saints (RC)
23 Bartlett Pond Road
Mineville, NY 12974
518-942-3326

Methodist Church of Moriah
639 Tarbell Hill Road
Moriah, NY 12960
518-546-3375

Mount Moriah Presbyterian Church
19 Church Street
Port Henry, NY 12974
518-546-7099

St. Patrick Church (RC)
14 St. Patrick's Place
Port Henry, NY 12974
518-546-7254

LOCAL CEMETARIES
St. Patrick's Cemetary - 518-546-7254 or 518-942-3326
South Moriah Cemetary - 518-546-3375
Union Cemetary - 518-546-7099

HEALTH CARE
Moriah Health Center
Tom Phelps Way
Mineville, NY 12998
518-942-6661

COMMUNITY SERVICES
Dial 911 for Emergency Services
Mineville/Witherbee Fire Department
112 Raymond Wright Boulevard
Mineville, NY 12998

Moriah Fire Department
630 Tarbell Hill Road
Moriah, NY 12960

Port Henry Fire Department
14 Church Street
Port Henry, NY 12974

Town of Moriah Ambulance Squad
Moriah Center, NY 12961

ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
Knights of Columbus - 518-546-7401 or 518-546-9944
RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) - 518-546-3565
Town of Moriah Country Club - 518-546-9979
VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post 5802 - 518-546-3344

SCHOOLS
Moriah Central School
39 Viking Lane
Port Henry, NY 12974
518-546-3301

Adirondack Day Care Center/Preschool
18 St Patrick’s Place
Port Henry, NY 12974
518-546-8282

CV-TEC (Champlain Valley Technical Educational Services)
3092 Plank Road
Mineville, NY 12998
518-942-3333

North Country Community College
Regional Campus
Witherbee, NY 12998
518-942-7030

also
Middlebury College (27 miles)
SUNY Plattsburgh (53 miles)
University of Vermont (50 miles)

MEDIA
WIPS Radio 1250AM
43 Porter Mill Road
P O Box 600
Crown Point, NY 12928
518-597-9477

WCAX - Burlington, VT
WPTZ - Plattsburgh, NY
WVNY - Burlington, VT

Adirondack Web Services - 866-736-8531
Time Warner Cable - 866-326-2225
Bluemoo.net Internet Service - 1-866-THE-HERD
Crown Point Internet Technologies - 518-585-4132

Press Republican - Plattsburgh, NY
Times of Ti - Elizabethtown, NY

TRANSPORTATION
Local Shuttle

UTILITIES
Electric – National Grid
Water – Municipal/Private Well
Solid Waste Disposal – Municipal System
Telephone Service – Verizon, Plattsburgh 890-8700 res. or 890-6464 business

Village of PORT HENRY
Mayor– Gary Cooke
Street Address – 4303 Main St
Port Henry, NY 12974
Phone - 518-546-9933 / Fax-518-546-8675
Email: villageofporthenry@nycap.rr.com

Town of MORIAH
Supervisor - Thomas Scozzafava
38 Park Place
Port Henry, NY 12974
Phone - 518-546-8631 / Fax-518-546-3342
Email: moriahsuper@nycapp.rr.com