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State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli answers a question posed at a breakfast event held Monday, May 20 at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. Photo by Thom Randall

NY comptroller visits Warren County By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com GLENS FALLS „ While the stateÍ s economy is rebounding from the recent deep economic recession, the Adirondack region has continuing challenges, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told area leaders Monday during a visit to Glens Falls. DiNapoli gave a speech and answered

questions at a breakfast held May 19 at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. About 90 local politicians, entrepreneurs and economic development officials attended the event, hosted by the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce. New York State as a whole, he said, is gradually climbing back out of the recession, he said. ñ WeÍ re on the road to recovery „ but weÍ re not moving forward like gangbusters „ weÍ re not generating the kind

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THURMAN „ The Town of Thurman was received international news exposure last week „ and it wasnÍ t focusing on the townÍ s nationally recognized broadband initiative, or any controversy thatÍ s

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of job growth weÍ d like to see.î DiNapoli noted the Glens Falls metropolitan region in March had an unemployment rate of 8.3 percent, equal to the stateÍ s level „ but unlike the entire state, the Glens Falls metro area has only recovered 25 percent of the jobs it lost during the recession. The state had a net increase of 350,000 jobs over the past three years, he said.

been sparking angry debate at recent town meetings. The article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal Wednesday, May 15 was instead about language, punctuation and the naming of a mountain dear to Thurmanites. The article quoted four residents of Thurman and included on-site interviews of the four individuals conducted by famed Journal Reporter Barry New-

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TICONDEROGA „ All of the excitement of the Taste of Home Cooking School is coming to the E.M.A. (Employees Mutual Association) in Ticonderoga on Saturday, June 1. The all-day event, sponsored by Denton Publications, will feature about 20 booths, complete with displays and samples from businesses in the area. But the cornucopia of goods and services is only a warm-up to the main attraction „ a live cooking show hosted by Taste of Home Chef Michael Barna. The charismatic chef will prepare 10 recipes, ranging from appetizers to desserts, in front of the energized crowd. Barna is no stranger to cooking, either. He has given both private and online cooking classes, appeared in national television commercials as a hand model, has helped open three gourmet casino restaurants in Atlantic City and has spent time as the Executive Sous Chef at a four-star hotel in Philadelphia, all before becoming the Executive Chef for

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