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Bus driver ejected from seat after I-87 crash.
Veterans lobby Murphy for benefits and more.
Party planned to honor Bolton Supervisor Simmes.
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Major new book depicting county’s history is on its way
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Citizens honor soldiers’ service, small-town style By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
By Thom Randall
QUEENSBURY — A dozen volunteers were ready to unloaded boxes Monday from the tailgate of a delivery truck, but the shipment was delayed, as it was several times last week. The volunteers were waiting for thousands of thick books, which represent the conclusion of a nine-year project by the Warren County Historical Society to connect present and future residents of the county with their heritage. The 3,000 books, which were still in transit Tuesday, are copies of the society’s new publication, “Warren County: Its People & Their History over Time.” Sixteen chapters long, the
Warren County Historian and former Family Court Judge John Austin is one of the many authors of the 16 chapters included in “Warren County: Its People & Their History Over Time.”
See BOOK, page 17
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County expenditures cut further By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — Friday afternoon, Warren County budget officer Kevin Geraghty sat with his office door shut, and a paper tape from his adding machine extended from his desk to the floor. Sequestered in his office, Geraghty was busy crunching numbers, making final budget reductions, in preparation for some landmark decisions this week. The 2010 county budget, which has spawned job losses and controversy, is scheduled for a vote Friday by the full county Board of Supervisors, as they determine their preliminary spending plan under a looming state deadline. When the supervisors started their budget cutting in the spring, the increase in amount to be raised by taxes for 2010 over 2009 was about $13 million, and it increased by millions more over the next few months — due to cutbacks in state reimbursements and revenue shortfalls both in sales tax receipts and from the county trash plant operation. Most of these shortfalls were prompted by the floundering economy.
See COUNTY, page 18
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