May 31, 2014
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Michaels recalled fondly
This This Week Week LAKE GEORGE
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
BOLTON Ñ John H. Michaels, a prominent residential developer in the region, died as the result of a boating accident on Lake George the night of Friday May 23 Ñ and friends and relatives recalled him fondly on Tuesday. Along with his brother J. David Michaels, John Michaels was co-owner of The Michaels Group, a leading home-building enterprise in the region. John Michaels, 57, was renowned for his philanthropy as well as for building more than 10,000 homes in 50 communities from Capital District north to Lake George over the last 30 years. Michaels lived in the town of Bolton with his wife Sheila and their children. He served the community as a member of the town Zoning Board of Appeals. Michaels was also known as an experienced pilot, volunteering for Angel Flight, which flies patients including children with urgent medical needs to remote hospitals for life-saving treatment. Also, Michaels and his family members made frequent trips to Guatemala to build schools and to monitor the impact of their substantial donations to health clinics that provide care for the impoverished Mayan communities there. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Memorial day ceremonies held PAGE 3 BOLTON
On the way to Warrensburg High School prom May 17, local students pose for an iPhone photo at the Frederick H. Flynn Memorial Park in town. Charlene Dingman is capturing the photo of (left to right) students Zach Mosher, Ashley Benz, Meghan Williams, Joseph Murphuy, Emily Baker and Shane Putney. Courtesy photo
students go bird banding PAGE 10
‘Haunting History’ explored at Fort william Henry
Index EDITORIAL
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LETTERS
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CLAENDAR
Floating Classroom earns merit
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BRIEFS
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CLASSIFIEDS
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BUSINESS GUIDE
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By Mauranda Stahl-Sorensen mauranda@denpubs.com
LAKE GEORGE Ñ Fort William Henry will be offering ghost tours this spring, summer and fall seasons in an attempt to incorporate the FortÕ s vast history with the paranormal activity they have recorded. Ò There is such a history here,Ó said Mechylle Ham-
mond, tour executive. Ò With some of that history comes a feeling of great sadness.Ó The sadness that Hammond eluded to most notably encompasses the massacre that occurred at the Fort during the French and Indian War in the late 1750Õ s. There are many theories on the massacre as dramatized by the motion picture Ò The Last Of The Mohicans,Ó the most widely accepted version of the
story reads as such: Fort William Henry housed approximately 2,300 British soldiers and families with an additional war time hospital treating about 700 sick and injured. The French planned a large scale offensive in combination with native Ottawa, Abenaki and Potawatomi Indian tribes to siege Fort William Henry and force the BritCONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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