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Runners flock from near and far Thousands will come for annual race in Schroon Lake
By Christopher Pratt
christopher@suncommunitynews.com
SCHROON — There’s a multitude of races across the country for distance running enthusiasts, but for those who partake year after year in the Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival, the event offers an incomparable blend of natural scenery and human joy. The annual distance running ritual takes place this weekend in Schroon Lake. For runner Joe Branigan, 60, who splits time between residences in Schroon Lake and Florida, the combination of fall foliage, clear views and a fun crowd, makes the Adirondack race a true treasure of the distance racing circuit. “It kind of just gives you the inspiration,” Branigan said of the scenery. “This is home to me and I love the area, and I just to love participate in it.” Branigan, a retired plumber, will run the half marathon this year. He’s run the full 26.2 mile Adirondack Marathon before and has also completed races in Boston, Chicago and New York. It’s the 2002 Adirondack Marathon race that is most memorable to him, though. Branigan proposed to his wife during the event. The race “just brings out his love for the Adirondacks,” said Mary Beth Romanzo, Branigan’s wife.
Organizing group is prepared
Joe Branigan, who splits time between his home in Schroon Lake and Florida, is one of thousands of runners scheduled to run Sunday as part of the Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival. Branigan proposed to his wife during the event in 2002.
Bob Singley, a member of the festival’s organizing committee, said in a statement last week that all systems are ready for the annual celebration. The festival is “geared up for an outstanding weekend of events over the course of the two days,” Singley said. Organizers have designed the festival to be accessible to an >> Story Continued | pg. 11
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Lake George honors victims, survivors of Ethan Allen tragedy By Ryan Edwards
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LAKE GEORGE — On Oct. 2, 2005, Lake George saw the largest boating loss of life in the State of New York when a Shoreline Cruises tour boat, the Ethan Allen, sank off Cramer Point, resulting in the loss of 20 passengers’ lives. The boat was carrying 47 passengers from a tourist group called the Trenton Travelers, consisting of mostly seniors from Michigan and Ohio, on a fall foliage tour of the lake when it capsized and sank. On the first anniversary of this tragedy, the Village of Lake George erected a granite stone memorial on Lower Amherst Street, between Shepard Park and the Shoreline Restaurant, where emergency boats are berthed to respond to such incidents on the lake. Now a decade later, at this monument, the Village will hold a memorial service to honor the fallen as well as the survivors of the incident. The memorial service is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2 at 12:30 p.m. “It was one of those times
where I remember exactly where I was when I heard,” Mayor Blais said in an interview. “I think [the memorial service] is the right thing to do; it’s an important day in history and I don’t think we should forget that we are in the tourist business — people come to enjoy Lake George, and this is exactly the opposite of what we hope for.” Along with Blais, members of the local clergy, representing the Saint James Episcopal Church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Caldwell Presbyterian Church will take part in the ceremony, along with a sing-along and ‘Amazing Grace’ sung by Andrea Jacobs, exactly as done ten years ago. Members of the four re>> Story Continued | pg. 12