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In walking through a ‘Monkey Walk’ course during Horicon Day, 5-year-old Ruthie Brior from Brant Lake is assisted by local Boy Scouts Christiaan VanNispen, 16, (right) and Dylan Blake, 11, (left), both of Chestertown. Photo by Thom Randall
Horicon Day attracts crowd to town By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com BRANT LAKE — For a day, the hamlet of Brant Lake was transformed into a scene from a bygone era.
Saturday, Aug. 6, the community was full of people sporting smiles, greeting neighbors they haven’t seen for a while, br owsing among vendors, gawking at classic cars, and watching children play a variety of games. Horicon Day, launched last year, was
a success for 2011 despite questionable weather that may have r educed attendance. “We had mobs of people despite a horrible for ecast,” event or ganizer Maureen Wilson said. “At times, you
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New Asian Clam infestations found in Lake George By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Several more infestations of Asian clams have been discovered in Lake Geor ge, and mor e money is needed to fight the spread of the envir onmen-
tally destr uctive clam colonies, Walt Lender of the Lake George Association told town officials Monday. While Asian clams wer e first discovered a year ago in shallow ar eas of the lake in front of the shoreline resorts near t he no rthwestern e nd
of Canada St., infestations of the envir onmentally destructive pest have now been located in T reasure Cove near Diamond Point, and o ffshore n ear N orowal Marina in Bolton Landing. Several weeks ago, a colony of clams of about 5 acre s was
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WARRENSBURG — Warren County Commissioner of Social Services Sheila M. Weaver was arrested Friday, Aug. 5 and charged with Official Misconduct, two felony counts of second-degree Forgery, and two counts of second-degree Offering a False Instr ument for Filing, authorities said. The arrests were based on incidents r elated to her alleged involvement in obtaining public assistance for two individuals who had recently been living in her household, and another associate, county Sherif f Bud York announced mid-afternoon Aug. 5. Weaver, 47, lives in W arrensburg. County of ficials said that the arrest came as a shock because Weaver, during her tenure as Commissioner,
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