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L. George to host Nationals car show
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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE Ñ Thundering exhaust, brilliant chrome, sultry shapes, and flashy paint jobs of hot rods and customized vehicles will undoubtedly draw tens of thousands of spectators to Lake George this weekend as the annual Adirondack Nationals car show takes over the village. This yearÕ s car show, however, is likely to set records as it hosts the most cars and attracts the most spectators in its 25-year history, an event official predicted this week. The car show will have about 1,400 registered vehicles on display at the Fort William Henry Resort complex, plus many hundreds of other non-registered cars scattered in parking lots and elsewhere through the village. Michael Kilmer of Albany Rods & Kustoms, the car club sponsoring the Nationals, said that registration for the show closed out in a mere six days Ñ record time. Beside the sunny weather predicted, another factor may CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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Spectators attending the 2012 Lake George Adirondack Nationals car show look at a high-powered fully customized hot rod, one of about 1,400 on display. The 2013 Adirondack Nationals show is to be held from Friday, Sept. 6 through Sunday, Sept. 8. Photo by Thom Randall
Warren County voters head to polls By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY Ñ In the Sept. 10 Primary election, voters throughout Warren County will be choosing candidates for a variety of local public offices. In the contest for two town board seats in Lake George, three candidates will be competing in the primary to be the Republican partyÕ s nominees in November.
Incumbent councilman Vinnie Crocitto (Rep., Indpc.), is challenged by former county Public Works chief Fred Austin (Rep., Indpc.) and retired teacher Nancy Stannard (Rep.). Kevin J. Mulcahy (Ind.) will be on the ballot in November as an independent candidate for the seat. If Stannard is not one of the top two vote getters, she wonÕ t appear on the ballot in November. In the towns of Bolton, Horicon and Stony Creek, there are no primary races
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CHESTERTOWN Ñ The exuberance and exploits of the Roaring Twenties are to be celebrated in a three-day event thatÕ s coming soon to northern Warren County.
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Chester to host Rum-Runners Weekend
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for the position of town Supervisor. But in November, two-term incumbent Town Supervisor Ron Conover (Rep., Indpc.), retired from the post of Director of Planning and Community Development for Rome, NY, faces a challenge by Kam Hoopes (Ind.), a former local Zoning Board of Appeals member and retired Finch-Pruyne executive. In Horicon, relatively new town board
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Ò Rum-RunnersÕ WeekendÓ is scheduled for Friday Sept. 13 through Sunday Sept. 15 in the town of Chester, and itÕ s to include a vaudeville/burlesque show in the local theater, two Speakeasy Nights in a local pub, a rum-runner antique car chase, and a baseball competition with players in vintage clothing. The event celebrates the local Prohibition-era heritage. Historians say that rum-runners stopped over
in Pottersville and Chestertown when they were smuggling alcoholic beverages into the U.S. from Canada Ñ transporting them down Rte. 9, the main route to New York City. The Speakeasy Nights, set for both Friday and Saturday evenings at the Panther Mountain Inn pub in CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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