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This Week Warren County SWCD and OES talk Hazard Mitigation By Maggie Morgan
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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
CHESTERTOWN Ñ A new school-community organization is forming at North Warren Central, and itÕ s likely to generate more activities for students and their teachers and families, the groupÕ s organizers said this week. Nikki Monroe Rising, new president of the North Warren Parent-Teacher Organization, described how the group formed. She said that Kelly Walker, a North Warren parent, talked with others in the community about forming a PTA or PTO to enhance the already strong bonds among students, their parents, faculty and staff. ÒO ur mission is to bridge any gap that might exist between the school, home and community,Ó Rising said, noting that the group is filling the void left by the dissolution several years ago of the North Warren PTSA. Walker said this week that by talking with other parents, she found support for the idea existed in the North Warren community, and the group began meeting in June. ÒPar ents were interested in how they could be more involved with the school,Ó she said.
Employees of the Lake George Park Commission’s boat inspection and decontamination and inspection program learn the techniques of washing a boat to remove aquatic invasive species during a training session held last spring. The implementation of the program on Lake George, the first of its scope in the Eastern U.S. and considered a model for other lakes nationally, was one of the top regional news stories of 2014. Photo by Thom Randall
WARRENSBURG Ñ The Code of Federal Regulations defines “Hazard Mitigation” as Ò any action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from natural hazards.Ó On Jan. 8 at the Christine L. McDonald Community Room at the Crandall Public Library and on Jan. 13 at the NYSDEC office in Warrensburg from 6 to 7 p.m., Warren CountyÕ s Soil and Water Conservation District will team with their Office of Emergency Services to give an hour long presentation on the topic. Jim Lieberum, SWCDÕ s District Manager, explained the presentations will provide answers to the publicÕ s questions about Hazard Mitigation. Lieberum said it is a Ò kickoffÓ in redeveloping a Hazard Mitigation plan, which is required to be reworked every five years. The last plan was redone years ago, and since then a lot has happened that must be addressed. Ò I view this is as really getting some good information because the last plan was developed before the Memorial Day storms back in 2011 and [Tropical Storm Irene] so a lot of the stuff needs to be covered.Ó CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com
Without a doubt, 2014 was an eventful year for Warren County. The list of top area news stories for the year features the effort to privatize the Glens Falls Civic Center, the relocation of the Calgary Flames AHL hockey team to Glens Falls, the election of Elise
Stefanik to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the inauguration of mandatory boat inspection and decontamination program on Lake George. Alongside the latter, another headline-grabbing incident was the aborted effort by the administration of Gov. Cuomo to terminate Lake George Park Commission Executive Director Dave Wick, who worked tirelessly to get the boat inspection program enacted
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Civic Center now on a new path
Area citizens were shocked at first when in June Glens Falls Mayor Jack Diamond proposed selling the cityÕ s civic center Ñ because the venue for decades has been considered the major attraction in the city. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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