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February 18, 2012
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CHESTERTOWN — Business leaders in town are planning to urge town board members to apply for grant money to bankroll a sewer system. Don Butler, a founding member of the Tri-lakes Business Alliance, reported at the group’s meeting Feb. 10 that he’d met with the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) officials regarding a small-scale sewer system for downtown Chestertown, and they’d assured him that grant money is available for such a project. Alliance members attending the group’s Feb. 10 meeting decided to send a letter to the Chester Town Board requesting them to have a municipal engineer draw up plans so when the grant money becomes available, Chester can be toward the top of the list for funding. Butler reported that DEC officials indicated it was feasible for two or three smaller sewer systems to be
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Todd Monahan of Sunkiss Ballooning tests his waitstaff skills as he transports a filled champagne glass towards a finish line during the Tavern Competition held Sunday at Lake George Winter Carnival. The Sunkiss team tied with Mario’s Restaurant in the multi-event competition.
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No-octane carnival to serve up fun By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — An array of family-oriented activities are planned for Lake George Winter Carnival this
weekend despite a lack of thick lake ice, event planners said early this week. Although the traditional sports car races on ice won’t be held, a lot of participatory events are likely to provide plenty of entertainment for all ages,
they said. The popular Children’s Winter Olympics are to be scheduled both Saturday and Sunday as an added attraction, Nancy Nichols said. Other activities with friendly competition include a Closest to the Pin golf tournament
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Town concerned over groundwater drainage
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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Town officials expressed frustrations Feb. 13 about groundwater draining off state land into town sanitary sewer pipes and being treated at the village sewer
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plant at the expense of town taxpayers. Their concerns were aired as the town heard from new town board member Dan Hurley about ongoing efforts to slip-line the town’s sewer pipes to reduce infiltration. Town Code Enforcement Officer Rob Hickey said that despite objec-
tions aired years ago, clean groundwater was continuing to flow from drain pipes under state-owned Battlefield Park and being dumped into the town’s Caldwell Sewer District transmission line. Hickey said that town officials took action in July 2010 to cap off the lines that illegally drained and
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