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WARRENSBURG — Town leaders pledged to boost recycling efforts and educate local citizens in the task — soon after they heard from a town board member how local government as well as residents could save money through the measures. Town board member Linda Baker Marcella reported to the panel that a variety of plastics, now pitched into the trash hopper at the town landfill, could be separated by residents, collected in a bin at the landfill and sold to hauler Waste Management Inc. for $200 per ton. For 25 years, state regulations have required that municipalities across the state collect and recycle plastics and a variety of other materials, but many of these counties, cities and towns have not complied with the full list, citing that it wasn’t cost efficient to do so. Marcella, however, has spent time recently researching the issue of recycling, CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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Community honors 9/11 heroes, soldiers By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — With their solemn faces bathed in candlelight, hundreds of citizens from northern Warren County joined area firefighters and EMS personnel in a ceremony downtown held as a tribute to those who gave their lives in the Sept. 11 ter-
ror attacks — and those who put their lives on the line providing vital assistance on that fateful day. While some ceremonies across the nation were downsized or abandoned in this 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Warrensburg followed the theme of its adopted 9/11 slogan, “We Will Always Remember” as it held its community ceremony beside the Floyd Bennett Memorial Band-
By Shaun Kittle shaun@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — A proposal to build an eight-story chain hotel and conference center on Canada Street in the village of Lake George has been put on hold.
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Local business owner David Kenny withdrew the proposal after it received mixed reviews from local residents and business owners. “The owner agreed that he didn’t want to do anything that the village community didn’t want, and he agreed that he had some time to rethink his plans,” said Village Mayor
stand. Warrensburg Fire Chief Justin Hull urged people to never forget the day, and its impact on the nation. “We lost so much that day, and the 11 years to follow with battling two wars — but as a nation, we have grown stronger,” he said, extending the attention to U.S. and allied soldiers as well
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Robert Blais. “It just seemed like a good time (to withdraw) because of the controversy over it being eight stories.” Currently, buildings in the village cannot exceed a height of 40 feet, which amounts to three stories, as defined by Adirondack Park Agency regulations.
Blais said the zoning board of appeals asked the village board if they would do a study of the zoning regulations, particularly concerning height and density, and that he sees this as an opportunity to rethink the entire downtown area. “There are very few vacant lots in our commercial zone,” Blais said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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