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Jack Wax party set for Sat. in Athol
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ATHOL — An age-old North Country tradition returns this Saturday as dozens of people from near and far gather for Thurman’s annual Jack Wax Party. This community get-together, considered the event to welcome in springtime up here in the hills, features a dessert of maple sugar ladled over snow or shaved ice. But that's just the featured offering. The party includes tables full of savory homemade dishes, infectious mountain music, friendly socializing among townspeople and newcomers —
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Marc Kenyon of Adirondack Gold Maple Farm invites kids and grownups alike to try their hand at tapping. Steam billows from the sugarhouse in the background. See the Maple Days preview on page 7 for more information.
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Public to hear nursing home bids
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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Warren County has received four bids for the purchase or privatization of Westmount Health Facility, and the public will soon hear presentations by three of the
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County Administrator Paul Dusek said Monday, March 4 that the bid documents, which detail how the facility would be operated, would not be made public at this time because they contain proprietary information and that making them public would taint competition over the purchase.
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Town poised to buy stake in Charles Wood Park
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entities seeking to operate it. The three leading bidders have offered $2.2 million to $3.5 million for the skilled nursing home. The county will be hosting the three bidders at one or more public meetings, expected to occur within the next month. At these events, the firms are to be making presentations that detail their offers.
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — The town of Lake George is making an offer later this week to repurchase partial ownership of the Charles R. Wood Park, town supervisor Dennis Dick-
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inson told Warren County supervisors Monday March 4. Dickinson said the town of Lake George was preparing an offer to purchase half of Warren County’s 62 percent ownership of the environmental park and festival venue, formerly operated as Gaslight Village. He said the offer would be pre-
sented to the county as soon as Thursday May 7. The village of Lake George now owns 38 percent, after the previous town administration sold the town’s initial 19 percent to the village several years ago. Dickinson refused to reveal the tentative purchase price. “It’s a secret at this point,” he said
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with a grin. He continued that last year, County Administrator Paul Dusek had provided a report detailing the value and expenses associated with the park, and had set $673,000 as a purchase price if the town wanted to purchase half of the county’s 62 percent share.