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Richards Library addition open soon

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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG Ñ The project to expand and renovate Richards Library, an ambitious effort underway for over a decade, is soon coming to a long-awaited conclusion, Library board president Susan Jennings said this week. The LibraryÕ s addition Ñ complete with community room, book stacks and public computer facilities — will officially accommodate the public after a certificate of occupancy is obtained, perhaps this coming week, she said. A public open house to show off the libraryÕ s new amenities is tentatively set for mid-September, she added. The library is retaining its historic ambiance while equipping itself to meet the needs of a new tech-savvy generation, Jennings said. Ò WeÕ ll now be bridging the digital divide,Ó she said, noting that the library is now setting up six public computer work stations in the area the circulation desk once was situated. Also, staffers are being CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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Teens make balloon animals Aug. 24 at the North Warren bicentennial celebration in Pottersville. Photo by Thom Randall

Bicentennial, parade wow crowd By Thom Randall thom@denp ubs.com POTTERSVILLE Ñ Standing behind an exhibit of posters and news articles of the 1916 Pottersville Fair during a festival Aug. 24 that drew people from afar, town of Chester Historian Donna Lagoy talked about the historic fairgrounds underneath their feet. An hour or so earlier, thousands of

people had lined the streets of Pottersville and watched a gala parade with bands and marching units from as far away as Vermont and Canada. Such a spectacle was not experienced in this hardy hamlet since 1916, Lagoy told those examining her historical display, one of scores on the fairgrounds. The four-division parade of over 60 units was indeed the largest held in the northern Warren County region in many decades, if not a century.

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THURMAN Ñ A log cabin known as The Cody Place sits on a grassy hill overlooking the valley known as West Stony Creek, with forested mountains in every direction. This maintained, historic structure

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The parade and fair drew a crowd hailing from all over the Hudson Valley and lower Adirondacks APA Commissioner Bill Thomas of North Creek, who grew up in Pottersville, gazed at the people crowded around the various booths. Ò I havenÕ t seen Pottersville this busy since FiremenÕ s Field Days was held here in the early 1980s,Ó he said, noting he had CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

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State to tear down historic cabin in 2015

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Carnival planned for Bolton school

is scheduled to be destroyed in early 2015 after a 40year life-lease on life expires Dec. 31, 2014. In West Stony Creek, many of the old roads and a few small settlements have faded into nature as the state acquired land there for the Adirondack Forest Preserve beginning in the early 1900s. A similar fate awaits the Cody Place.

The land where the Cody Place was passed along through several owners, most recently the Blue Spruce Valley Land Co., the last private owner of the property. On Nov. 27, 1974, the land company sold two large parcels totaling 337 acres to the state for a total of $135,000, reserving for a limited time Ò right CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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