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Pumpkins are a poppin’ in Alice Coon’s garden. See Page 5
Balloon fest is coming to Queensbury this weekend. See Page 11
All the scores and stats from around the region.
See Pages 20-22
New police headquarters christened
Birdsall in race for top Thurman post
Boost in law enforcement envisioned
By Thom Randall
By Thom Randall
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THURMAN — As of this week, there are now two candidates who will be listed on the ballot in the November general election for Thurman supervisor. Long-time town assessor Thomas “Tuck” Birdsall, 63, filed paperwork Sept. 20 with the county board of elections to be the Republican candidate for the post. Birdsall’s action follows the decision recently reached by the Thurman Republican Committee to choose him as their candidate. The committee consists of two members: Birdsall and Ed Binder. Birdsall joins Evelyn Wood, 33, in the race for town supervisor. She decided in July to run for the post after former supervisor Red Pitkin resigned from the position. The timing of Pitkin’s resignation blocked a Republican primary race,
See BIRDSALL, page 7
Supervisors vote to demolish Cavalcade, but McCoy says ‘No’ By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — After two years of debate and contentious public hearings, the Warren County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 17 not to condone the renovation of the Cavalcade of Cars building by the town of Lake George, but to pursue demolition of the facility instead. However, Lake George supervisor Frank McCoy said Sept. 20 demolition wasn’t about to happen. County attorney Paul Dusek has said demolition of the building would need approval of all the municipal owners of the building and the surrounding West Brook park festival plot — Warren County, the village of Lake George
Emerging jazz artist Sharel Cassity leads her group Sunday with some improvisation on a soprano saxophone during the Lake George Jazz Weekend. George Cables (rear): backs Cassity up on piano. Cassity was one of the stellar performers that included the legendary composer/musician/arranger David Amram whose opera debuted in Lake George in 1968; hailed young trumpet innovator Christian Scott and Veteran Bassist Buster Williams, who was joined onstage by the acclaimed Stefon Harris on vibraphones. Photo by Thom Randall
See CAVALCADE, page 4
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CHESTERTOWN — Retired police officer Jack Currie stood with a half-dozen other former state troopers gazing at a display of photographs depicting police work in olden days in the southern Adirondacks. He and other former troopers joined about 15 active state police, local and state officials, and dozens of community members for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 20, for the new state police substation in Chestertown. “In the old building, we had no interrogation rooms,” he recalled, as citizens took a walking tour of the expansive, 19-room new building. “We had to take suspects out of the substation into our patrol cars to question them.” About 19 police will be working out of the new 7,100-square-feet building — 13 state police joined by a half-dozen Warren County sheriff ’s office personnel. The new state police headquarters includes upcounty headquarters for the Warren County sheriff ’s office. State Police Troop G Commander Major William Sprague said his agency didn’t need all the room in this building, which was built to state’s ample specifications, so his agency decided to host the county sheriff ’s substation — perhaps a first for the state police. “This provides a model for cooperation elsewhere in the state,” he said.“It will work for the benefit of both agencies.” County Sheriff Bud York agreed, noting the rent-free arrangement will save local taxpayers as much as $12,000 per year, while boosting
See POLICE, page 8
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