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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — Minutes befor e the votes wer e counted Tuesday, Oct. 18 in the Warrensburg School District election, Diane Angell was on edge. She’d never before won a campaign for an elected office. Decades ago, she’d run for high school class pr esident, but lost the race. A moment after the votes were tallied by school of ficials, Angell exhaled and smiled. She won a seat on the W arrensburg Central Boar d of Board of Education, defeating Patrick Powers of W arrensburg by a vote of 338 to 213. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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Blair Davies takes an emergency call Oct. 12 at Warren County's dispatch center, which handles police, fire and ambulance calls. County leaders are considering suing the state to force them to distribute the proceeds of the 911 surcharge — that’s collected through cell phone bills — back to the counties for dispatch operations, as was originally intended. Photo by Thom Randall
County chiefs angry over 911 funds By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — For nearly 20 years, cell phone bills in New York state have listed a “91 1 wir eless sur-
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charge” imposed by the state government to pay for local public safety communication costs. But for decades, a very small portion of the money collected — about $1.4 billion since 1994 — has ever gone for the designated purpose.
Instead, the money collected by the state has been spent on everything from pizza to clothing or travel — even tie clips — for various state employees, as well as general government expenses, according to documents uncovered CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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QUEENSBURY — The historic former Herrick’s V ariety stor e on River Str eet in Warrensburg wa among 19 properties sold Satur day in a W arren County tax for e-
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dilapidated, fir e-damaged 2,0165-square-feet home that sits on on about a quarter-acre at 9 Quoddy Boulevard in Lake George. Bryan Rounds of Warrensburg also bought several parcels: thr ee plots of land totaling 4.5 acres, assessed CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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