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The competition will heat up once again at this year’s “Sticky Wicket” croquet tourney. See Page 3
Residents get a taste of gourmet cooking at ‘A Taste of Diamond Point.’ See Page 4
Warrensburg Youth Football launches its 2010 season. See Page 11
Town caps illegal sewer lines under Battlefield Park Long-timers say DEC is responsible By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Employees of the town of Lake George capped three pipes last week that have apparently, for decades, illegally drained groundwater underneath Battlefield Park into town sewer mains that transported it into the village water treatment plant. On July 19 and 20, a town work crew dug up the pipes where they were connected to the main sewer line that runs down beside West Brook Road’s northbound lane. The first lateral pipe, capped mid-morning July 19, was yielding about as much water as a garden hose, Lake George town Supervisor Frank McCoy said. The second lateral, producing about two or three time as much water, was capped about three feet into the Battlefield Park by town employees. Although no one is claiming ownership of these pipes and other drains connected to the town water main off West Brook Road, McCoy said the pipes were likely installed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation when they created Battlefield Park from former swamp land. Old-timers in town have recalled the state filled the swamp with many tons of fill dirt, and the pipes were probably installed to drain off underground sources of water that fed the swamp. Late last week, DEC officials denied knowledge or ownership of the pipes.
Both area residents and visitors flocked to the first annual Lake George Hot Rod Happening held this weekend at Fort William Henry. The event — a fundraiser for St. James Episcopal Church’s missions — included a classic car show, performance competitions, drag burnout demonstrations and a 1950s Sock Hop. Shown are Randy Beecher (right) of Lake George and his son Eric, 11, examining a 1932 Austin owned by Earl Urkevich of Stillwater. Photo by John Lustyik
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Minerva man in local court facing 30-year-old murder Cold case cracked as Collard confesses By Matt Bosley matt@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — A 30-year-old missing persons case has likely been solved, as a former Minerva resident has confessed to killing his wife in 1980, police say.
The murder was detailed by law enforcement authorities testifying in court July 23. Thomas Anthony Collard, 62, has been charged with second degree murder in the case, after he was questioned and arrested last week in Samson, Ala. Collard was in Elizabethtown Town Court for a preliminary hearing July 26, af-
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ter his recent confession led to his arrest by New York State Police for the murder of his first wife, June Collard, who he reported missing in November 1980. Thirty years old at the time, she was last seen in Johnsburg. Formerly a resident of Olmstedville in the town of Minerva, Collard had moved to Samson, Ala. in 1994. Inves-
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