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    Ellen Maroun

    Dec 30, 2018 3 minutes
    By Tracy Ormsbee

    Tupper Lake has a real champion in Ellen Maroun.

    When the longtime community activist looks around the town of almost 6,000, she sees only promise: businesses moving into the downtown; two new craft breweries; a new arts center, Tupper Arts; the Wild Center; the Sky Center; dilapidated buildings finally torn down and new standards applied.

    She’s had a hand in some of the improvements, too.

    As adviser to her brother’s fund, the Alfred M. Aseel Legacy Fund, she is supporting the Tupper Lake Heritage Trail, which will mark historic sites to celebrate Tupper’s rich

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