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NORTH CREEK | Resumption of passenger train service between Saratoga Springs and North Creek on Warren County’s railroad moved closer to reality recently as representatives of prospective railway operator United Rail presented its intentions July 17 to North Creek business proprietors — and a day later began negotiations with county supervisors to operate a railway for the county. » Railroad Cont. on pg. 9
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STONY CREEK | The remote Adirondack town of Stony Creek will be celebrating its rural traditions next weekend, as its Mountain Days festival is held Saturday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4. The annual event is to be held at the town park on Harrisburg Road just north of the town’s settlement. » Mountain Days Cont. on pg. 6
Jerry Gingras of Errol, N.H. — a world-champion logging sports competitor — takes a whack at a standing timber during the 2014 lumberjack competition at Stony Creek Mountain Days festival. Renowned lumberjacks from across the northeastern U.S. are expected to compete in this year’s edition of the lumberjack competition held during the second day of the Stony Creek Mountain Days festival, set for Saturday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4. In this daylong event next Sunday, men and women will be putting their chopping, sawing and ax-throwing skills to the test. Photo by Thom Randall
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Representatives of United Rail, seeking to operate passenger train services on the Warren County rail corridor, discuss their plans July 17 at the North Creek train station soon after a meeting with local business proprietors. Photo by Thom Randall
Warren County seeks public access to historic Hague fire tower HAGUE | By next year, tourists and area residents may have a new destination where they can enjoy an impressive birds-eye view of southern Adirondack landscape. Warren County is seeking to provide public access to a historic fi re tower on Swede Mountain, and recently they’ve taken steps toward that goal. The mountain is accessed from state Route 8 about six miles south of the Town of Hague’s namesake hamlet on the shore of Lake George. Swede Mountain has an elevation of 1,900 feet, and the fire tower, positioned not far
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LAKE GEORGE | The use of Lake George Village docks by commercial watercraft — except those already permitted to use them through 2019 — is to be prohibited, according to a decision adopted July 15 by the Lake George Village Board. For nearly a year, the village has permitted commercial vessels including small tour boats and fishing charters to pick up and drop off passengers at the docks they
own — for $250 per season — but the practice is to halt as soon as the village’s amended ordinance is filed with the state. Mayor Robert Blais said that it was brought to his attention that a 1972 state appeals court decision cited that the village could not charge for the use of its docks. The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit brought against the village by the Lake George Steamboat Co. “We aren’t going to be licensing people in violation of the court’s 1972 decision,” Blais said. Greg Teresi, co-owner of Tiki Tours, which operates several Polynesianthemed vessels off a private dock in the village, urged the village trustees July 15 — prior to their prohibition decision — to continue permitting commercial use of the village’s six docks. » Docks Cont. on pg. 2
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