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Election results
In OPINION | pg. 4
Quicken the pace
More results from local races
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Dissolution should be expedited
In LAKE GEORGE | pg. 3
Incumbents win
Familiar faces return to municipal govt.
Election outcome:
Cliffhangers — and a few newcomers emerge By Thom Randall
thom@suncommunitynews.com
QUEENSBURY — This year’s election results in Warren County offered plenty of intrigue as several political novices prevailed, the county attorney was elevated to a judgeship, several town officials spurned earlier this year in the primary scored rebounds, and races in Thurman and Chester were far too close to call. Heading up the races was a contest for two judgeships in the NYS Fourth Judicial District, which stretches from Schenectady to the Canadian border and includes Warren,
Washington and Essex counties. Mary Farley, a long-time law clerk from St. Lawrence County, was top vote getter as of midnight, when 698 of 707 districts were tallied. Martin Auffredou of Queensbury, now serving as Warren County Attorney, endorsed by both the Conservative and Republican parties, was second. Farley received 67,338 votes to Auffredou’s 57,870, and their margin over the other candidates prompted party leaders to declare them the winners late Tuesday night. Democratic candidate Julie Garcia, a War>> Story Continued | pg. 8
Incumbent Warren County Sheriff Bud York (right) joins a crowd of fellow Republicans in celebrating his election victory Nov. 3 over former county sheriff and entrepreneur Larry Cleveland. County Republican officials characterized York’s win as a “landslide” victory. Photo by Thom Randall
Veterans Highway open, York retains sheriff post free this weekend Veterans pushed for longer season, free pass at Prospect Mountain
By Christina Scanlon
christina@suncommunitynews.com
LAKE GEORGE — Spectacular mountain views from atop Prospect Mountain can be seen this weekend for free, thanks to the efforts of three local veterans working in collaboration with the state
Department of Environmental Conservation. “It’s called Veterans Memorial Highway and it’s not open through Veterans Day,” said Dennis Galloway, of Lake George, of the nearly six mile roadway up Prospect Mountain. “Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get it open,” he recalled thinking. Galloway, along with friends and fellow veterans Phil Santaserio, of Queensbury, and Dan Hurley, of Lake George, got the ball
rolling. It took about three or four weeks, said Galloway, but the trio was able to not only extend the season past the regular mid-October closing, but secured free admission this weekend for all guests from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is normally $10 per car. Planned at each of the three scenic stops along the way, as well as the entrance and peak, the group is arranging veterans to greet and visit with guests. >> Story Continued | pg. 2
By Thom Randall
thom@suncommunitynews.com
QUEENSBURY — Warren County Sheriff Nathan “Bud” York, won re-election to a third four-year term Nov. 3, easily fending off a challenge by entrepreneur and former county sheriff Larry Cleveland in a campaign that captured plenty of news headlines in recent weeks. Cleveland, a Democrat, had expressed a variety of accusations against York, a
Republican, throughout the fall campaign on his political website. Cleveland accused York of improprieties, mismanagement of the sheriff ’s office resources, and dragging down department morale. York defended himself against the allegations on his own website, but concentrated publicly on campaigning with a positive message about his administration’s accomplishments — and then won the vote Tuesday by a wide margin, garnering 7,641 votes to Cleveland’s 4,341.
The differential was substantially wider than the last time the two had competed >> Story Continued | pg. 2