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SOUNDS AT SHEPARD
Ballots take shape as petitions for public office filed
This Week WARRENSBURG
Some candidates face rejection
Echo Lake town park enhanced
By Thom Randall
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thom@denpubs.com
COMSTOCK
QUEENSBURY Ñ Politics in Warren County took some unexpected detours this week as deadlines passed for fi ling petitions to run for public offi ces in affi liation with mainstream political parties. Three of the many candidates for local public offi ces aren’t likely to be getting the Republican ballot line as they had been seeking, as several sets of petitions were judged invalid by the county election commissioners this week after challenges were fi led by local citizens. Petitions for Warrensburg Town Board member Linda Baker Marcella, Thurman highway superintendent candidate John M. Haskell Jr. and Stony Creek Highway superintendent candidate Leon B. Bills, were all determined to be invalid. All three can submit requests by Friday, July 17 CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Autosaver Ford celebrates 1 year PAGE 8 WARRENSBURG
Trombonists of the Honeoye Falls Community Concert Band perform during the 2011 edition of the Lake George Festival of Community Bands. The 2015 festival is to be held the evening of Friday, July 17 and from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday July 18 in the Shepard Park amphitheater. Photo by Thom Randall
Open house held at Small Tales PAGE 11
Stolen historical marker to be replaced this fall 6
LETTERS
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TURNING BACK
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RICHARDS LIBRARY
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NEWS IN BRIEF
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CLASSIFIEDS
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Funds raised by Internet crowd-funding campaign By Ryan Edwards ryan@denpubs.com JOHNSBURG — A mysterious theft that has baffl ed concerned citizens and local law enforcement for
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nearly a year, while still unsolved, is set to be rectifi ed later this year. Last August, a $1,200 blue and yellow historical marker placed by the Johnsburg historical society along the side of Route 28 between the Glen and Weavertown was stolen less than a year after its Fall 2013 installation. The sign commemorated the birthplace of Civil War photographer Mathew B. Brady, who became
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famous for his ground-breaking battlefi eld photography and his portraits of celebrities and politicians of the day — including the portrait of Abraham Lincoln which adorns the current $5 bill. The sign was placed at a pull-off about half a mile from what remains of the foundation of the home in which Brady was born in 1822, now on private CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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