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February 15, 2014

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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com HORICON Ñ An estimated 550 to 600 people participated in games, outdoor sports, contests, and activities of the Brant Lake Winter Carnival Saturday Feb. 8, easily surpassing the 400 or so attending the event in its debut year of 2013. The event was sponsored by the Tri-Lakes Business Alliance, which has in recent years launched a variety of events Ñ all considered remarkably successful Ñ in northern Warren County. The CarnivalÕ s outhouse race on the ice of Brant Lake was a main attraction of the day-long event, drawing participants and spectators from as far away as the Capital Region to watch the action under sunny skies. A new event Ñ the ladiesÕ fry pan toss Ñ attracted well over 100 participants, a number that surprised the event organizers, Alliance official Brandon Himoff said. Ò We took the best events of last year and added more for this year,Ó he said. The frying pans thrown by the ladies werenÕ t your average Farberware items Ñ they CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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Competitors in a broomball game during the Brant Lake Winter Carnival on Feb. 8 compete for control of the ball. The popular fest was sponsored by the Tri-Lakes Business Alliance. Photo by Brandon Himoff

L.G. Marriot project moves forward By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE Ñ A standing-roomonly crowd of local residents turned out Feb. 10 for a public hearing on proposed six-story Marriott Courtyard hotel proposed for downtown in the village, and a half-dozen people expressed opposition to the developmentÕ s size and height Ñ and questioned its architecture as well as

its effect on traffic, village ambiance and sewage treatment output. The village planning board, however, approved a special use permit Ñ in a split vote Ñ for the development after discussing the ambitious hotel plans until about 11:30 p.m. after much of the audience had left for the night. Planning Board members Patricia Dow and Dan Wolfield voted against granting the special use permit. The board also formulated some conditions for approval of the site review plan

the second phase of review. The board will be evaluating the site review plan in its entirety at its next regular meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Feb. 19. The project to build a 120-room hotel and conference center has been subject to a half-dozen hearings so far, with its architecture being re-drafted from initially a boxy slab-sided hotel with long, flat walls to one that incorporates stepped roofs,

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Dynamite Hill: A prime destination for a half century By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com CHESTERTOWN Ñ As the upcoming celebration observing the 50th anniversary of Dynamite Hill Recreation Area approaches, people in North Warren communities recalled this week how the facility has played an important role in the lives of generations of North Country residents and visitors.

The North Warren Chamber of Commerce is planning a belated anniversary celebration for the skiing, sledding and skating facility which was developed in winter 1962 by the Chestertown Rotary Club. The event is to take place on Saturday Feb. 22 in conjunction with the townÕ s annual Krazy Downhill Derby on the slope. Chester Fred Monroe grew up in Chestertown, and as soon as the Dynamite Hill Recreational Area was developed by the Rotarians in 1962, he was employed

there as a ski instructor. Ò Since the early years, Dynamite Hill has been extremely popular Ñ itÕ s been practically swamped with children whoÕ ve had a great time there,Ó he recalled this week. Ò ItÕ s a wonderful facility for kids Ñ generations of our youth have learned to ski there.Ó He noted that in the early years, the ski slope, out fitted with a tow rope, hosted a warming hut with a CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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