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NY budget director details initiatives By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com GLENS FALLS Ñ In a rare visit to Warren County, state Budget Director Robert Megna told a gathering of civic leaders and citizens about how the newly-approved 2013-14 state budget accomplishes a wide array of goals. The new budget creates jobs, cuts taxes for middle-class families, boosts the minimum wage, reduces costs for businesses

and increases education funding to its highest level ever Ñ yet hikes overall spending less than 2 percent, Megna said. “Jobs are coming back, confidence is being restored, and as the Governor says, it is now a Ô new New York,Õ Ó Megna said. An audience of about 80 people from all over Warren County attended MegnaÕ s presentation, and nearly a dozen asked him questions about the spending plan. Megna noted that the last two budgets, crafted in compromise between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature,

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Chamber names Geraghty ‘Citizen of the Year’ By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG Ñ Town supervisor Kevin Geraghty has been named Citizen of the Year by the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce Ñ but itÕ s not due to his accomplishments leading municipal government

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represented a dramatic rebound from a $10 billion deficit and had put the state back on a track of financial responsibility. “We’ve put our fiscal house in order — and weÕ ve right-sized government while showing the nation that New York is open for business,Ó he said. Taxes reduced, govt. spending cut Megna said that the dozens of state agencies were held to a zero percent budget increase, state employee salaries

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ATHOL Ñ Soon after a controversial decision was reached by the municipal leaders, an armed sheriffÕ s deputy escorted several thurman Town Board members from the town hall to their vehicles. The exit into the darkness followed several local residents jeering and muttering threats after a long-awaited vote was cast. Minutes earlier on Monday April 8, the Thurman Town Board approved a two year, $80,000 emergency services contract with the Warrensburg ambulance corps, rather than the local squad. Although all but a few members of the crowd expressed opposition to the pending contract, the board voted 3-2 to approve it Ñ with several board members citing the ability of Warrensburg Emergency Medical Services to provide Advanced Life Support at a cost to taxpayers less than the local independent squad which offers only Basic Life Support. The public hearing, twoand-a-half hours long, included residents shouting out accusations and pleas, with board members defending their

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