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LAKE GEORGE LEGACY
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IN WARRENSBURG
By Thom Randall
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A moment after the plaque memorializing Alexander Muratori was unveiled, Lake George Town Supervisor Dennis Dickinson (left) offers dedicatory remarks as Muratori’s daughter, town board member Marisa Muratori, reads the inscription. Watching the proceedings are Warren County Board of Supervisors Chairman Dan Stec (right rear) and town board member Vinny Crocitto. Photo by Thom Randall
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — Alex Muratori, a Lake George entrepreneur who made his mark on life in Lake George during the 1960s and early 1970s, was hailed Sunday, Oct. 14 by community leaders as the Lake George Town Hall was ded-
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icated in his memory. Several dozen local citizens gathered in light rain for the ceremony, which was held on the day that would be his 89th birthday. Muratori passed away in 1976. Muratori was a contractor and founder of the Lake Theatre as a jazz club as well as Yonder Hill Golf Course. The present town hall served as the course’s clubhouse through the
mid-1970s. Muratori designed and built the two-story structure. Lake George Mayor Blais recalled that Muratori had served on the village board, and had been one of the trustees that approved him as the first sergeant of the Lake George Police Department. Blais continued that Muratori was influential and nurtured ideas that
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — In an effort to save money as well as being environmentally responsible, the Warrensburg town government is ramping up its recycling program.
Following a recent decision by the town board, an array of plastic materials are now being accepted for recycling at the Warrensburg transfer station. Now accepted for recycling are a wide variety of plastic containers that formerly were thrown into the landfill’s trash hopper to be hauled away and burned — at taxpayer ex-
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pense. Instead, there’s a new plastics collection bin near where steel cans and glass is stockpiled at the landfill. Accepted for recycling are plastics bearing the codes 1, 2, 4, 5, or 7. Containers should be rinsed and minus their caps, and not in bags. The town is also now collecting, at no charge, all electronic devices in-
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