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In Politics

This Week

SCHOOL DAYS

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Wood, Stec seek Assembly seat

Teresa Sayward

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Sayward will not run again for Assembly

IN LAKE GEORGE

By Stephen Bartlett

Bands ‘N Beans returns to RBR

stephen@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Emotions flooded Teresa Sayward as she watched her son Glenn marry his longtime partner Ben. As the veteran Assemblywoman announces her retirement, she said her most significant moment as a lawmaker was supporting gay marriage in New York state. The move drew criticism, especially from some of her Republican colleagues, but she said it was the right thing to do and changed many lives.

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James Wallace and Colby Sheplan play a game at the Warrensburg Elementary School. Photo by Nancy Frasier

Lake commissioners move on inspections By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com BOLTON LANDING — The pending plan to inspect boats for invasive species and decontaminate them if nec-

essary moved ahead this week, as Lake George Park Commission members unveiled how they’d likely certify and seal clean boats — and discussed their efforts to line up funding and boost public education. At a meeting in Bolton Landing

March 2, members of the Park Commission’s Invasive Species Committee showed representatives of environmental groups a wire and plastic seal that would bind a boat to a trailer, certifying that it was inspected and clean of invasive species.

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Tours, talks, tasting during Thurman Maple Days

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