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Warrernsburg students collected pull tabs for charity.
A crowd turned out to dedicate the new Conservation Park in Bolton Landing. See Page 5
Stephenson Lumber, Lincoln Logs are a part of the community fabric. See Page 8
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Polar plunge shatters record
Hudson Headwaters Health Network pediatrician Eugene McTiernan examines a patient in the Warrensburg Health Center. With the new federal support announced Friday, HHHN’s 13 health centers will be able to expand primary care and boost recruitment and retention of physicians.
Area health-care initiative earns federal endorsement and dollars $3 million committed to program
See HHHN, page 15
Assembly GOP gains seats, local members expect more clout By Jon Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com ALBANY — Republicans in the state AssemIn order to fit all our new bly picked up seven seats during this year ’s elecmembers in, the Speaker is tion, making a small but going to have to shuffle his crucial dent in a legislacommittees around. tive body long dominated by Democrats. — Teresa Sayward But with just 49 seats, Republicans remain two votes shy of breaking the Democratic stranglehold on veto overrides and other votes that require
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Members of a fraternity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute chide each other during a break from a session of frantic water-football during the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics held Saturday. The fundraiser shattered records by raising about $78,000. Photo by Bill Toscano
By Liam O’Donovan denpubs@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — The temperatures were mild for mid-November, but donations were red-hot at the fourth annual Lake George Polar Plunge for Special Olympics New York. "I never believed we'd get this much," said Kaila Horton, who coordinated the Nov. 20 event for Special Olympics. Without all the contributions counted on Monday, this year's plunge into Lake George raised more than $78,000. Local organizer Bill Toscano said the sum far outpaced the three previous events and exceeded the organizers' most optimistic goal of $75,000. Final results will be available next week, he said. More than 300 individuals
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