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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — A man from western New York staying at a Lake Geor ge campground apparently shot his two young daughters to death Monday night Sept. 5 and then committed suicide by shooting himself, authorities said. Warren County Sherif f Bud York said that Adam P. Parcells, 29, of Hilton, N.Y . shot the girls — Noel Parcells, 10, of Rochester and Mia Parcells, 3, of Hilton, before committing suicide with gunshots from the same rifle. “It’s a very sad day,” York said, noting that it was one of the most disturbing crimes he’d seen over his many years of service in law enforcement. The Par cells checked in Saturday, Sept. 3 and spent the next several days at Adirondack Camping Village about two miles north of Lake Geor ge V illage on Finkle Farm Road. York said that the girls had t wo di fferent m others. York said that investigators believe Noel Parcells’ mother reported her daughter CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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THE MOMENT — On the first day of school for 2011, Carla Steves (foreground) takes a photograph of her children Audrey, 7; Dustin, 10; and Calista, Sept. 6 in front of Warrensburg Elementary School with Principal Amy Langworthy. Photo by Thom Randall

Feds pledge aid to restore Irene’s destruction By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — Both private properties and public infrastructure in Warren, Essex and Clinton counties are

Aug. 31 that pre-qualifies partial funding of restoration of local public infrastructure stemming fr om destr uction caused by Tropical Storm Irene. President Barack Obama signed the declaration that allows roadways,

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WA R R E N S B U R G — T h e Primary elections set for Tuesday have spurr ed considerable inter est in the r egion, as a substantial number of positions in town govern-

ment are contested. A total of 20 Republican primaries are to be held Sept. 13 in towns acr oss northern Warren County alone. No Democrats are competing to be their party’s endorsed candidate — they and the independent parties will be competing in the November elec-

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