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October 2, 2010
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Locals are looking to pick up trash where the state will not. See Page 3
Native son returns to learn about his heritage and roots.
All the scores and stats from around the region.
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Large crowd expected for ‘World’s Largest’ sale Vendor participation way up for 2010
A fixture of fall in the region, Warrensburg’s World’s Largest Garage Sale event annually attracts 70,000 visitors or more to browse through the wares of hundreds of vendors and as many as 1,000 private garage sales in the area. By Thom Randall
Skyler Scott, age 6, of Bolton Landing bobs for apples during the annual Hague Oktoberfest celebration Sept. 25. Photo by Nancy Frasier
Gaslight buyout agreement moves forward Regional $39 million
WARRENSBURG — A normally peaceful town known as “Gateway to the Adirondacks” is going to get its gates crashed this weekend, as tens of thousands of people descend on Warrensburg for the World’s Largest Garage sale. This virtual stampede for the mother-ofall community sales — which has earned the town national attention — depends on the weather, of course. As of Sept. 28, local oddsmakers were predicting this year ’s sale would be a gangbuster, as vendor reservations for properties are way ahead of last year, and the weekend weather forecasts looked favorable. Cheryl Kenyon, of the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the event, nearly guaranteed there would be no
See SALE, page 7
Town to receive $210,000 for its stake By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — A buyout of the town of Lake George’s interest in the Gaslight Village project is under way. However, other government entities are calling for a payoff to the town of $210,000 to exit the partnership and turn over its 19 percent interest in both the West Brook Environmental Park and the 2.5 acre festival space it contains to the village of Lake George. According to a draft contract approved Monday night by the Lake George Village Board, the village government will be bankrolling the payoff sum to go to the town,
and the three local environmental groups involved in the project will be together refunding the village for half of it over three years, paying the village $35,000 in three annual installments. The county’s stake in the project will remain the same, although they will be assuming sole responsibility for the maintenance of the environmental project once completed, according to the draft contract. As of Tuesday, a meeting of the Warren County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to ratify the contract. The 25-acre West Brook Park, once Gaslight Village, is to include constructed wetlands to purify migrating stormwater, as well as host bike and pedestrian trails, informational kiosks, nature trails, several gazebos and scenic overlooks. The village government agreed to assume
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