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May 21, 2011
Voters dump Lake George school budget
Local sports. See page 15
Budgets pass in Bolton, North Warren, and Warrensburg
Thurmanites opened barns, garages for sale
By Thom Randall
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See SCHOOL BUDGETS, page 9
Village urges state to purchase Berry Pond tract By Thom Randall
thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — The trustees of Lake George Village approved a resolution Monday urging the state Department of Environmental Conservation to purchase the Berry Pond tract from the Lake George Land Conservancy for inclusion in the state Forest Preserve.
The village’s resolution endorses the use of state Environmental Protection Funds for the acquisition. The resolution cites that such a purchase expands recreational opportunities for local citizens and visitors, and the purchase protects the water of Lake George since the tract drains into the West Brook Conservation Park, which is being developed into an environmental park designed to pu-
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Warrensburg ..........................2-4 Bolton ......................................5 Regional ..............................8-9 Thurman ..................................10 Lake George ............................14 Sports ......................................15 Calendar................................17 Classified ..............................18
WARRENSBURG — A local woman who’s dedicated most all of her adult life to community service has been named “Citizen of the Year” for 2011 by the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce. Since 1984, Whalen has been involved in various projects in the town of Warrensburg, concentrating on beautification, historic preservation, lifestyle sustainability and enriching the local fabric of life, Chamber official Sandi Parisi said
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Monday. “Warrensburg is her heart,” she said. “It’s just amazing the time she’s devoted to the town through the years.” Whalen will be honored at a Citizen of the Year dinner set for June 17 at Grace's Restaurant in Warrensburg. Starting her volunteer work in 1987 with the relatively new Warrensburgh Beautification Committee, Whalen launched various landscaping efforts around town. See WHALEN, page 4
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WARRENSBURG — While the Lake George Central School 2011-12 budget was crushed 389-911 Tuesday by local voters, the spending plans of three other northern Warren County school districts — North Warren, Warrensburg and Bolton — passed handily, and superintendents of the latter three district expressed thanks to voters for recognizing the cost-cutting and scrutiny that school officials invested in the financial plans. Lake George’s budget was the only one in Warren County to be rejected, and its projected tax levy increase of 3.98 percent, was the largest percent increase in the area.
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ATHOL — The backroads and byways of rural Thurman were far busier than normal last weekend as the town’s community sale drew hundreds of shoppers to browse through collectibles, antiques and household goods stashed in barns, on porches and spread out on local lawns. The Thurman Townwide Sale, a staple attraction in the region since 1996, was held May 13-14. Sunday’s installment was all but drowned out by rain, but the earlier two days made up for the slack-off, event coordinator Perky Granger said. “It was wet and cold, but we had tons and tons of traffic — there were cars trailing in and out of my place back-to-back all day Saturday, she said, noting that shoppers at her sale hailed from such locations as Elizabethtown, Kingston, Greenwich, Granville, Massena, Vermont and Florida.
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