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TICONDEROGA — Gentlemen and ladies, start your engines! The 20th annual Ticonderoga Area Car Show will be held Sunday, Aug. 5, in Ticonderoga’s Bicentennial Park 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce, the annual car show is judged and is a “SuperWheels Showdown” qualifier. There will be 27 classes with awards in each class. The first 150 people registered will receive a goody bag and dash plaque. During the car show there will be food, vendors, a 50/50 raffle, a car show raffle, music by Jerry’s Juke Box, the Kiwanis duck race, a piston toss, a muffler wrap and a hoola hop contest. To enter as a participant, there is a $15 pre-registration fee for those who enter before Aug. 3. Participants who pre-register will be entered into a drawing for a prize of $100. Those who
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Ribbon-cutting scheduled for Aug. 23 By Fred Herbst fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — Peebles will open in Ticonderoga Thursday, Aug. 23. A ribbon cutting has been scheduled for 8:45 a.m. that day in the former Grand Union building at the intersection of Routes 9N and 74.
There will also be a series of sales and promotional events throughout the store’s opening weekend. “Ticonderoga deserves a hometown store that delivers great fashion brands at great prices. Peebles is that store,” said Michael Glazer, president and CEO of Stage Stores Inc., the parent company of Peebles. Glazer said Peebles will offer clothing, accessories and cosmetics
for juniors and women as well as a wide range of men’s and children’s apparel. Peebles will be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday noon to 6 p.m. during its grand opening weekend. After that the store will be open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. To celebrate its opening Peebles will give its first 100 customers a free tote bag. Customers can also
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