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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com Q U E E N S B U RY Ñ F a c e d with reports of dozens of deteriorating roadways, Warren County leaders have endorsed a plan to repair short stretches of the three roads that present the most urgent threat to public safety. Warren County supervisors on the county Public Works Committee voted July 29 to re-pave portions of Olmstedville Road in Chester, Hadley Road in Stony Creek, and Harrington Hill in Warrensburg. The road repair approval was prompted by the county having $136,000 left over after completing about $1.38 million in road repair projects so far this year. For years, county supervisors have cut millions of dollars from the funds allocated for highway resurfacing in order to balance their annual budget, although county Public Works Superintendent Jeff Tennyson has warned them that postponing paving projects leads to far greater future expenses to tackle comprehensive road reconstruction. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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Katrina Davenport of Honeoye rips into a block of wood in the lumberjack competition held at the 2011 edition of Stony Creek Mountain Festival. This Sunday, Aug. 4, woodsmen and woodswomen from all over the state will be competing in the events. Photo by Thom Randall

Lumberjack events in Stony Creek By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com STONY CREEK Ñ A small town tucked away in the Southern Adirondacks is hosting a festival this weekend that annually celebrates its rural traditions Ñ and this year goes several steps further. Stony Creek, population of 767, is holding its annual Mountain Festival from Friday Aug. 2 through Sunday Aug. 4.

Headlining the fest is the lumberjack competition beginning at 11 a.m. on Sunday with both men and women chopping timber and sawing wood with crosscut, chain and bow saws, as well as throwing axes at targets. These competitions, a sanctioned showdown sponsored by the New York State Lumberjacks Association, are an annual crowd favorite, featuring both local competitors and seasoned competitors from around the state. Jake Bederian of Warrensburg, whoÕ s helping

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LAKE GEORGE Ñ Twisting a T-bar wrench, New York Secretary of State Cesar Perales opened an underground valve that from now on will divert stormwater Ñ that for decades was dumped into West

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Brook and ran untreated into Lake George Ñ into engineered wetlands designed to purify contaminated water. Several dozen area leaders and environmental group officials applauded this ceremonial act that commemorated the culmination of a seven-year project Ñ one of the stateÕ s largest of its kind Ñ to prevent silt and other pollutants

from tainting one of the nationÕ s cleanest lakes. The wetlands christening ceremony was held Tuesday July 30 off Rte. 8 just south of West Brook. The wetlands are the main feature of the 12-acre Charles Wood Park, now under development in Lake George. The park is not only intended to clean up CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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