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Bolton students will take to the stage in the musical ‘The Wiz’ March 19-20.
Technology is keeping our kids from enjoying the great outdoors.
All the scores and statistics from this past week’s games.
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APA chairman willing to compromise, looking toward reform By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com RAY BROOK — Adirondack Park Agency Chairman Curt Stiles said this week he’s willing to consider some changes to the APA Act, including one that would doubtlessly delight many local leaders. In a commentary released Friday, Stiles wrote that moving enforcement hearings into local courts is a concept with merit. “The use of the local court system for enforcement cases is one idea which merits further discussion,” Stiles said. Local officials argue that the agency’s current role of assessing a landowner ’s compliance with APA regulations, then holding quasi-judicial hearings, determining guilt and imposing fines amounts to one board acting as judge, jury and executioner. Most violations never reach the enforcement phase, however, as landowners and agency staff are usually able to negotiate a resolution. According to the annual 2009 APA report, agency staff resolved about 550 cases, while only a handful moved into enforcement proceedings. In a recent state Supreme Court decision, Acting Justice Richard Meyer concluded that the APA Enforcement Committee and its
Thomas Hahn, a traditional sled-dog racer from Williamstown N.J. checks the harness on one of his lead dogs before racing Sunday in a series of sanctioned events sponsored by the New England Sled Dog Racing Club. Hahn’s wife and co-trainer, Catrina is on their sled, ready for a run. The race events were a first for the Lake George Winter Carnival, which concluded its 2010 events Sunday. Photo by John Lustyik
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Former WCS athlete experiences outpouring of support after serious crash By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — Mason Hamilton, a local high school football star from the 1990s, experienced a lot of vocal support from the sidelines during his gridiron days. But now, the support is even more appreciated, widespread and heartfelt, considering the outreach of
friends and community members to Hamilton following his Feb. 6 snowmobile racing accident that shattered his spine and left him partially paralyzed, his parents said Monday. Hamilton, a 1998 graduate of Warrensburg Central School, was seriously injured when he flew off a snowmobile during a warmup lap in a race event on Echo Lake held by the
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