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Don’t take away the Thanksgiving holiday Page 6
November 16, 2013
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Volunteers aid injured Chester vet
IN WARRENSBURG
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
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Index WARRENSBURG
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LAKE GEORGE
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EDITORIAL
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PUBLISHER’S COLUMN
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HISTORY COLUMN
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THURMAN
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CLASSIFIEDS
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VFW honors those who served PAGE 2 IN LAKE GEORGE
Minutes before Veterans Day ceremonies began Nov. 11 in Warrensburg, American Legion Post 446 Commander Eugene Pierce (right) secures a ceremonial flag to its staff for honor guard participant Mackenzie Blydenburg (left), a member of the local Sons of the American Legion. At right is Trevor Prosser, another member of the junior Legion group. Also serving for the ceremonial guard duty were Dan Ackley, Duncan Blydenburg and Andy Sprague. (See page 3 inside for an article about the services.) Photo by Thom Randall
New B.I.D. plan lowers levy By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE Ñ In response to objections aired at a public hearing last month, a new proposal for a Business Improvement District has been drafted and is headed for a public hearing. The village board endorsed the revised plan Monday Nov. 4 after hearing a presentation from the BID committee chair-
man Rob Gregor. A public hearing on the new concept is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 4 at the Lake George firehouse on Ottawa St. The new proposal calls for exempting all single-family homes and all owner-occupied residences Ñ including multi-unit apartment buildings in which the owner resides Ñ from paying an annual assessment to operate the district. The change was enacted in response to local residents who were concerned about
Salute to Veterans concert in L.G. PAGE 4 IN BOLTON
their taxes being raised, while businesses would be the primary beneficiaries from the districtÕ s undertakings. Another change in response to objections aired, is the reduction of the assessment to property owners from 61 cents to 54 cents per thousand assessed valuation onto village tax bills for properties in the district. This change would reduce the proposed new annual levy of about $306 CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
Bolton school official to retire PAGE 9
Children bask in holiday joy at Polar Express event By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com SARATOGA SPRINGS Ñ Accompanied by his grandfather, Kai Fronk Ñ a 8-year-old boy from Wilton Ñ gazed wide-eyed at a bright-red caboose as it was pulled out of the Saratoga train station Monday Nov. 11. The caboose’s porch was filled with young adults
dressed as elves, bearing bags full of letters penned by area children and addressed to Santa. The youngsters who wrote the letters were on the stationÕ s platform, cheering and waving at the train as it sounded its horn, fired up its locomotive and headed off for the legendary North Pole. The event was a promotion to kick off the SaratogaNorth Creek RailwayÕ s Polar Express storybook holiday excursions, running several trains six days per
week through Christmas. Minutes after the trainÕ s departure, Kai FronkÕ s expression was transformed into a gleeful smile, as he was one of three children chosen from among dozens of contestants to be a Ò Junior ConductorÓ on a Wednesday run. The random choice could not have been more appropriate. Since he was a toddler, the boy has played CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
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CHESTERTOWN Ñ A local contractor, his assistant and a group of area veterans have collaborated to help out a local veteran in the town of Chester who was seriously injured recently in a fall. Ernest Hopkins suffered a fall Aug. 12 in a medical facility Aug. 12 while he was hospitalized for COPD treatment, his brother Eugene said. The incident left him paralyzed from the waist down. Ernest HopkinsÕ wife Ò BirdieÓ said in a note that her husband has a fractured spine and three compressed discs in his neck. Local veterans said this week that Hopkins was placed in a rehabilitation facility, and a condition of his release specified that his house be made handicapped accessible. Considering HopkinsÕ quandary, the veterans of Chestertown American Legion Post 964 and VFW Post 5513 decided to arrange for the Hopkins’ home to be modified to so it would accommodate a wheelchair, which Hopkins now depends on. Mike Hill, a contractor from Adirondack and his assistant John Dobbs built a heavy-duty 38-foot-long ramp last week to
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