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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com BRANT LAKE — An annual community festival that’s won over the hearts of area citizens is returning this Saturday Aug. 4 with more crafts, games, displays, music, fireworks and food than ever, organizers said this week. Last year ’s event was immensely popular, with crowds enjoying its wide variety of attractions. Citizens have credited the Horicon Day festival with restoring community spirit to its high levels decades ago. To be held beginning at noon at the Horicon Community Center off Rte. 8 and the nearby firehall, Horicon day features vendors, crafts, a car and boat show, displays by civic groups demonstrations by crafters, live entertainment, a community softball competition, and children’s activities and games. Activities for youth include a rock climbing wall, a pie eating contest, a greased watermelon contest, and a three-legged race — in addition to face painting and a bounce house.

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Magician ‘Merdwin the Mediocre’ mystifies youngster Kayla Hoskins of Queensbury at the July 27 installment of the annual Smoke Eaters’ Jamboree in Warrensburg as he makes a scarf appear in Kayla’s sleeve. Jamboree organizers said they were pleased with the turnout at the two-day carnival-type event, despite a rumor that circulated on Facebook reporting falsely that Saturday’s Jamboree had been cancelled. Photo by Thom Randall

By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — A proposal to build an eight-story hotel in downtown Lake George is now under consideration by the Lake George Village Zoning Board of Appeals.

The hotel, envisioned as 86 feet tall, is to be a full-service enterprise with banquet facilities. It is proposed for the plot on Canada St. north of Amherst St. that now hosts Giuseppe's Pizzeria and Restaurant. Proposing the development is Dave Kenny, who owns Marine Village across the street from Giuseppe’s, as

well as the Inn at Erlowest. He also developed the Adirondack Outlet Mall just south of Lake George. The hotel is to feature 114 guest rooms —most of them suites. The application for a variance from the Zoning Board cites that the hotel would boost local commerce. “(The hotel) would be beneficial to

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LAKE GEORGE — A brand-new patrol boat is now enforcing laws on Lake George — thanks to New York State’s generosity, Warren County Sheriff Bud York told county supervisors Monday July 30.

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Received from the state several weeks ago, the boat was put into official service Monday. It’s arrival represented perfect timing in terms of protecting public safety, York said. The boat was first dispatched in Bolton for the annual boating rendezvous known as Log Bay Day, which is a meetup employees of

lakeside accommodations, restaurants and other businesses. In recent years, the alcohol-fueled party at Log Bay, which attracts more than 1,000 young adults, has resulted in more than a few injuries and arrests. Several weeks ago, the county Sheriff ’s office was given a new 24foot Boston Whaler patrol boat by

the state office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, with a purpose of supporting patrols on Lake George, York said. He estimated that the craft, which has two 200-horsepower engines, was worth $100,000. The craft has replaced a patrol boat that was at the end of its useful CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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