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thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — This year, dozens of northern Warren County residents may be benefiting from Warrensburg’s nationally known World’s Largest Garage Sale event. An effort is now underway to prompt Chestertown and Horicon residents to hold a community sale in conjunction with the massive annual “World’s Largest” event, set to occur this year on Sept. 29 and 30. The Tri-Lakes Business Alliance is organizing the effort to recruit homeowners to host garage and yard sales at their residences, as well as occupying spaces along Main St. in Chestertown for a “midway” of sales in the community. “With over 100,000 people expected to attend the World’s Largest sale in Warrensburg the same weekend, we feel we can draw some of the traffic up Route 9 into Chestertown,” Alliance

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Meet the NW tennis team Warrensburg running back Malachai Prosser sprints 58 yards down the home field for the first touchdown of the game against Canajoharie Saturday, Sept. 1 — the Burghers’ season opener. See page 11 for a report on game action. Photo by Kim Ladd/Lifescapes Photography

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County’s pending grants a record sum By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — Although radically downsized less than a year ago, the Warren County Planning staff has secured or is seeking nine major grants representing a record sum — and their

work received praise recently from county leaders. County Planning Director Wayne LaMothe presented a list of the grants, totalling $3.02 million, to the Warren County Board of Supervisors last week. The planners, under the leadership of county Planning Director Wayne

LaMothe and now-consultant Patricia Tatich, obtained a $324,500 state grant for flood mitigation work in the towns of Bolton and Thurman. The grant funds projects to rebuild road crossings of Patterson Brook in Thurman and Indian Brook in Bolton. The damage was determined not eligible for

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