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At the Rural Heritage Festival & Youth Fair held Aug. 10 in Warrensburg, local youngsters Anna, Caleb, and Luke Iannone of Warrensburg watch Tom Davis demonstrate a vintage belt-driven wood splitter. Photo by Paul Gilchrist
Mayor: Marriott will boost tourism By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — A six-story hotel development planned for downtown is likely to prompt 100 new jobs, cost $16 million, and boost the area’s economy year-round, according to pronouncements made Thursday Aug. 15 as the hotel’s plans were unveiled. Developer Dave Kenny said his hotel,
a Marriott Courtyard, would be focusing on hosting conferences and conventions, accommodating 500 to 600 people. Mayor Bob Blais said he felt the development would spur the commercial and cultural vitality of the village. “This hotel will provide a tremendous economic boost for Lake George and the entire region,” he said. Blais predicted the hotel’s conferences would draw business people to Lake George that haven’t been here before, and
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QUEENSBURY Ñ Dark-horse candidates for public offices throughout Warren County surfaced this week as they submitted independent party petitions for a variety of positions in the county’s 11 towns.
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after experiencing the village’s amenities, they were likely to return, bringing their families, thus increasing tourism. He said these business and professional people would be spending far more than the average tourists. The ground floor is planned to host four separate retail stores with entrances onto the Canada St. sidewalk. Kenny said he’d be soliciting national chain boutiques
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The deadline to submit the petitions was 5 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 20. In the contest for two town board seats in Lake George, Kevin J. Mulcahy emerged to challenge incumbent Vinnie Crocitto (Rep., Indpc.), former county Public Works chief Fred Austin (Rep., Indpc.) and Nancy Stannard (Rep.) in a four-way competition. Mulcahy submitted his petitions Monday Aug. 19.
In Bolton, Kam Hoopes (Ind.), a former local Zoning Board of Appeals member and retired FinchPruyne executive, is challenging Ron Conover (Rep., Indpc.), the two-term incumbent supervisor who is retired from the post of Director of Planning and Community Development for Rome, NY, and has CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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WARRENSBURG — Perfect weather greeted the large number of people who came to enjoy the second annual Rural Heritage Festival and Youth Fair on Aug. 10, sponsored by the Warren County Historical Society and Cornell Cooperative Extension. Many organizations and vendors were on hand to portray old time work and play and convey a flavor of what life was like in bygone days in rural Warren County. Old timers could remember from their youth much of what was on display, but youngsters present got their first glimpse, likely developing an awareness and appreciation of local history and learning about their heritage. Spinning, weaving, knitting, and quilts were on display, as well as the processing of raw flax to make linen. Spectators watched a blacksmith at work over his forge, saw old mechanically powered farm and forestry machinery in operation, selected
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