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Citizens Group sweeps election
thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — It was a season of upsets, surprises and comebacks for elections in Warren C ounty, a s c ampaigns culminated T uesday with a considerable number of new citizens taking over offices of leadership in local government. At no place in the county was this more apparent than in the town of Lake Geor ge, where an inde pendent, upstart gr oup disr upted the political status quo and swept their entir e slate of candidates into office. The Lake Geor ge Citizens Group made history locally , as their candidate Dennis Dickinson won the town supervisor post with a solid margin, and Dan Hurley and Marisa Muratori — also promoted by the gr oup — bested two veteran Republicans, Caryl Clark and Scott Wood, who had for many years enjoyed solid popular support. In Warrensburg, a similar upset occurred. Political newcomers Joyce Reed and Linda Marcella CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
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People stream across the new Lake Champlain Bridge around 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, a few minutes after the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Photo by Andy Flynn
New Lake Champlain Bridge opens By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com CROWN POINT — Hundreds of people lined up to cr oss the new $76 million Lake Champlain Bridge Mon-
over, around 3:30 p.m., the podium was removed, the white chairs stacked against the guard rail, and the cr owds streamed across the bridge to Vermont. It had been mor e than two years since the 1929 bridge closed here on CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
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