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WCS opening details released WARRENSBURG — Warrensburg Central School begins its sessions for 2012-13 on Wednesday, Sept. 5 for all students, from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. Before school starts, several events have been scheduled to help students transition back to school. A picnic for 7th graders and their parents will be held Wednesday, Aug. 29 starting at 5:30 p.m. at the high school cafetorium. A special visitation day is scheduled for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students only on Tuesday, Sept. 4 from 1:30 to 3:30 .pm. Students and parents are invited to visit the classroom, meet the teachers, and have some refreshments. On Wednesday, Sept. 5 only, students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten will have a shortened school day. The morning pre-kindergarten children will attend from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; the afternoon pre-kindergarten class will attend from noon until 2 p.m. Kindergarten students will attend school CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
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Pat Sunnott of Lake George serves Terry Gallego, 91, of Warrensburg a marinated chicken breast during the recent Warrensburg Fifty-Plus Seniors Club annual picnic held at the Warren County Fish Hatchery near the Hudson River in Warrensburg. Terry’s husband Lou Gallego waits beside Terry. The event drew dozens of people from throughout northern Warren County. Photo by Thom Randall
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — With the town’s World’s Largest Garage Sale event approaching, municipal officials announced this week they will be enforcing new restrictions as well as tough-
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ening execution of existing laws that apply to vendors participating in major local events. Following a meeting last week on how to keep better order in town during the World’s Largest sale, the Warrensburg Town Board issued a list of rules that vendors must follow. The World’s Largest Garage Sale an-
nually attracts as many as 70,000 people or more to town in fall, and various traffic- and trash-related problems routinely occur. According to a new law, parking recreational vehicles, travel trailers, utility trailers and 18-wheelers on streets or public right-of-ways are prohibited.
LAKE GEORGE — The village is seeking to pass legislation that prompts property owners and residents to clean up their acts, — whether it’s maintaining their properties or curbing illegal behavior.
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Lake George’s Property Maintenance and Nuisance Abatement laws, expanded and amended, are both scheduled for public hearings at 7 p.m. Sept. 17. The Property Maintenance law amendments include provisions that property owners must keep all exteriors of structures in sound and presentable condition, painted or
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