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All the scores and stats from this past week’s contests. Pages 13-14
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New Gaslight proposal has Adirondack design
CAVALCADE PROPOSAL — Lake George Supervisor Frank McCoy unveiled drawings Monday showing a proposed new Adirondack-style facade for the Cavalcade of Cars building which would be used to host trade shows and events. His initiative for an enclosed building was countered by Mayor Robert Blais’ idea of constructing a new open-sided pavilion, an idea rejected this week by the Town Board. Photo by Thom Randall
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — Lake George Supervisor Frank McCoy unveiled plans Monday to extensively rehabilitate Cavalcade of Cars building’s exterior
with a new Adirondack-style architecture rather than patch up the aging facade that resembles a mock streetscape of row shops at the former Gaslight Village amusement park. The initiative, announced
Tim O’Brien, a chainsaw carving artisan from Lake George, finishes off a replica of a bear cub Sunday in his outdoor studio set up in the parking lot of French Mountain Commons. O’Brien is one of many in the region who can make intricate, expressive carvings with a chainsaw, an unlikely tool for such detailed work. Photo by Thom Randall
See GASLIGHT, page 5
Townwide sale boasts bargains, treasures State restrictions on wood boilers By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
THURMAN — The oldfashioned yard sales occurring this weekend throughout the winding backroads of Thurman will likely be attracting many new bargain hunters due to the Internet, event publicist Perky Granger
said this week. The highly anticipated annual yard and garage sale, 9 a.m. through afternoon hours each day, features housewares, furnishings, plants, antiques, tools, collectibles, boats, vehicles, crafts, campers, musical instruments, sports items and
By Chris Morris denpubs@denpubs.com ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing new regulations to cut air pollution from outdoor wood boilers. The agency will hold a series of public hearings on the proposed rules and take
See SALE, page 7
During a recent year’s annual Thurman Townwide Sale, Wini Martin demonstrates how she fashions her unique paper beads to a sale shopper. Wini’s acclaimed crafts will be on display this weekend at Martin Lumber on Valley Road.
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