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Bella’s Deli offers a taste of New York City right in Lake George.
Businesses and community are happy to have Americade.
Families came out and had a great time at the Ti Elks Fishing Tourney. Page 18
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Lake George beach to reopen with gala celebration Lakewater toast, barbecue set By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
By Thom Randall LAKE GEORGE — The village of Lake George’s Shepard Park Beach, a popular tourist destination, will reopen this Friday after a year of uncertainty and frustration over purity of the lakewater at the beach. After being closed to the public since July 4 last year, the beach is scheduled to reopen after the water easily passed a series of state health department quality tests. And the event is to be accompanied with drama and ceremony, underscoring the beach’s importance to village visitors and residents alike. Headlining this Grand Shepard Park Beach Reopening Celebration at noon, Lake George Mayor Robert Blais and Trustee
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No more overnights at village docks By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Lake George Village passed a law Monday that prohibits boats from mooring at the municipal docks for overnight stays, a practice that has peeved citizens and local officials alike. With this law now enacted, it will be illegal for watercraft — unless specifically authorized buy the village board — to be moored at the village-owned docks between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m. any day of the week. Presently, boats are not allowed to dock for more than 10 hours. Exceptions for police, fire and special event vessels may be granted by the board, however. The village docks are located at the south end of the lake adjacent to Blais Park. Village Mayor Robert Blais said as many as 12 boats at a time were mooring at the village docks for an entire weekend, blocking the use of the docks for others. “We’ve had problems with boaters using our docks as marinas,” he said. Blais said he’s received complaints not only on the overnight
thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Citizens of the region paid respects Monday to the life, service and ultimate sacrifice of Army Specialist Benjamin Osborn, as a ceremonial motorcade carried his body through Queensbury and Lake George — where the soldier was raised and schooled. A 2002 graduate of Lake George and until recently a resident of North Queensbury, Osborn was killed in combat June 15 in Afghanistan — the result of an ambush. Throughout the 28-mile route, many hundreds of citizens congregated along the roadways, waving flags, holding signs paying tribute, and saluting as the hearse and Osborn family members and friends passed by in the solemn procession. His body was flown in by charter jet to Warren County’s Floyd Bennett airport Monday morning. The plane arrived at about 9:15 a.m. and members of a military honor guard carried his flag-draped casket between rows of American flags held high by members of the regional Patriot Guard motorcycle group. Kristen Lace of Long Lake and her sisters Karrah Gereau and Kate Slentz, cousins of Osborn, broke into sobs as they watched the casket being lowered from the jet. We’re so proud of him and his service to the nation,” she said. “We’re going to miss him so much — he gave the best hugs.” Bob McAvoy of Glens Falls watched as the casket was seemingly engulfed by dozens of American flags in the patriotic display.
See OSBORN, page 4 The hearse carrying the body of slain Army Specialist Benjamin Osborn moves past a crowd of mourners Monday at Lake George High School. Many hundreds of people lined the roadways to pay respects throughout the procession’s 90-minute route through Queensbury and Lake George. Photo by John Lustyik
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