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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WA R R E N S B U R G — I n the Primary election held Tuesday S ept. 1 3, R epublican incumbents were defeated by challengers in several northern W arren County towns. The top local executive position of Town Supervisor was contested for the Republican ballot position in the towns of Lake Geor ge, Bolton, Horicon, Johnsbur g, and Lake Luzerne. In Lake Geor ge, Incumbent Frank McCoy was defeated in this initial vote for the Republican line by engineer and surveyor Dennis Dickinson, a former Democrat turned Republican, by a tally of 278 to 221. As of press time, there were 63 absentee ballots yet to be counted, but absentees generally follow the pr oportion of the machine vote. The two will face of f again in November as they have independent party lines on the ballot. Dickinson, a former town supervisor, is supported by the Lake Geor ge Citizens Group, which also took over
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Among the hundreds of area citizens participating sunday in Warrensburg's annual Sept. 11 Memorial ceremony were (left to right) Warrensburg Central students Kerrigan Roth, Adam Langworthy, Merissa Hayes and Luke Bryant. The candlelight ceremony included the involvement of 13 area fire companies and other emergency response agencies, a record for the yearly event.
Record crowd pays tribute to 9/11 victims By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — W ith candlelight r eflecting of f tears filling her eyes, Brittany McNulty gazed at a
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ticipants. About 500 citizens, including dozens of fir efighters and other emergency r esponders fr om 13 dif ferent area a gencies w ere i nvolved. As s he saw images of the towers collapsing and the mayhem in Manhattan streets, McNulty, 16, wiped away the tears.
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LAKE GEORGE — Municipal employees wer e praised at a town boar d meeting Sept. 12 for their efficient work r esponding to the damage caused by Trop-
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