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County leaders: Keep adult home
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By Thom Randall
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thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — Following an impassioned debate by Warren County leaders March 22, the county’s Countryside Adult Home — its existence repeatedly threatened in budget cutting — received a vote of support. The 4-3 vote to keep Countryside in operation occurred soon after county supervisors reviewed an annual report on the adult home distributed by Countryside administrator Deana Park. The report detailed the continuing costs to taxpayers if Countryside were closed — including expenses of placing the home’s 43 residents in other facilities, and the additional costs of unemployment and public assistance for the home’s 28 employees. Park also noted in the report that the need for the home would be growing in the future as the county’s population ages — as well as the negative impact closure would have on businesses that service the facility. CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
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Consulate addresses Can-Am concerns By Shaun Kittle shaun@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Cooperation between Canadian and American economic ventures was discussed at the North Country Chamber of Commerce on Monday, March 25.
thom@denpubs.com GLENS FALLS —Gun control, job creation, economic prosperity and legislative cooperation were the chief topics at a public forum featuring U.S. Rep. Bill Owens held
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In what Chamber President Garry Douglas called a “special opportunity to solidify our friendship with our partner to the north,” the meeting focused on utilizing that relationship to economically benefit both countries. “Canada is our largest trading partner, and dwarfs many of our other trading partners,” said Congressman Bill Owens, who attended the event. “This
is an educational process, and it is also to our benefit because we are able to attract Canadian businesses to come into our communities.” Last year, the Canadian consulate general in Buffalo was consolidated with the Canadian consulate in New York City.
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downtown Tuesday March 26. About 80 area citizens attended the forum, held in Crandall Library and sponsored jointly by the Glens Falls Economic Group and the Adirondack Gateway Council. Wayne Underwood, a hydroponic farmer from Shushan, confronted Owens on his support for raising the
minimum wage. “If the higher minimum wage is put in place, some of my employees are going to lose their jobs,” he said, citing rising costs in his business. Owens responded that he was in favor of establishing offsetting tax incentives for business owners, so they’d not experience an overall in-
crease in payroll expenses. Noting that the national economy is based primarily on consumer spending, he said that a boost in the minimum wage would spur prosperity as well as boosting the quality of life for those with entry-level jobs. “Balance is needed,” he said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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Soon after finishing their lunchtime meals March 22, Countryside Adult Home residents (left to right) Bunny Swanson, Irene Miller and Thelma Miller react to news that county officials voted to keep the home operating.
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