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Mayor seeks upgrades to north end of Lake George Village ‘I’ve been to third-world countries with better sidewalks and lighting,’ says local business owner By Thom Randall
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LAKE GEORGE — The north end of Lake George Village will become more pedestrianfriendly in several years if the municipal leaders’ plans are realized. Mayor Bob Blais said March 13 that the vil-
lage will soon be seeking a state grant to pay for streetscape design work on the stretch of Route 9 between Mario’s Restaurant northwest to the town line. He said he envisions the work to be similar to other projects completed in the core of the village to include such amenities as new sidewalks, curbing, trees and benches on both sides of the street up to the Exit 21 overpass, and on the northwest side of the highway from there north to the town-village line. Blais said that a grant application seeking money to design such upgrades would be prepared in early summer, and hopefully approved by fall.
Hit musical ‘Godspell’ to be presented at Warrensburgh High By Thom Randall
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WARRENSBURG — Every recent weekday, students at Warrensburg High School have been practicing five hours per day singing and dancing onstage as they rehearse the hit musical drama Godspell. The students’ production of this classic show is to be presented Thursday March 30, Friday March 31 and Saturday April 1 in the Warrensburg High School cafetorium. All three shows are at 7 p.m. The musical explores philosophical teachings and life-lessons through parables punctuated with exuberant singing and dancing. It was a remarkably popular off-Broadway show in the 1970s, and now considered a cultural milestone of the era. The Godspell score became a top-selling album. Over the past 12 years, Warrensburg’s drama productions, coached by WCS choral instructor Jim Corriveau, have been acclaimed regionally for their dramatic substance, athletic >> See DRAMA | pg. 13
The plan to move forward on enhancing the village’s northwest end follows a complaint voiced at the Feb. 13 village board meeting by Michael Stafford, owner of a motel on that stretch of roadway. Stafford, who serves as one of the town’s two judges, said sidewalks along state Route 9 in the north end of the village were crumbling or non-existent, and the roadsides are unkept and littered. “I’ve been to third-world countries with better sidewalks and lighting,” he said, adding that the roadsides were “an “eyesore” and “dangerous” for pedestrians. “I don’t disagree,” deputy Mayor John Earl
replied. Blais was not present at the Feb. 13 meeting. Stafford said that the village’s pending streetscape beautification project from McGillis Avenue in the heart of the village south to West Brook Road was a “wonderful” effort, but higher priority should be given to the northwestern end of the busy roadway. He said that eight motels and two restaurants are situated on this northwest section, and they represent millions of dollars in property value. “These businesses pay a lot of property >> See VILLAGE | pg. 13