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Storm ravages area roadways, maroons dozens, Value of construction leaves residents without utilities for days offsets boost in 2020 Warren Co. spending By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT

WARREN COUNTY | Warren, Hamilton and Essex counties were battered by heavy rains and stiff winds on the night of Oct. 31 and the morning of Nov. 1, causing many millions of dollars of damage to area roadways, as well as leaving thousands of area homes and businesses without power and phone service.

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It was the most destructive storm to ravage Warren County since 2011. In last week’s storm, trees were blown down onto many roadways and several homes in the three counties, while floodwaters from overflowing waterways tore through roads, displaced people from their homes — and stranded a number of area citizens who live on dead-end roads. The storm’s damage prompted Warren County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ron Conover to declare a state of Emergency at noon Nov. 1, following a similar declaration made hours earlier by Essex County officials. As he relayed the declaration via phone to state officials, Conover said the storm damage appeared to be quite extensive. “We’re looking at major, major damages,” he said. “It looks like it will go into many millions of dollars.”

By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT

QUEENSBURY | Warren County’s tentative 2020 budget calls for spending $161 million — an increase of $4.1 million over 2019 — and the tax levy is projected to increase by 1.4 percent; but the average tax rate to be charged across the county is expected to show a miniscule decrease. This reduction is because of new construction in the county, increasing its aggregate taxable value by $157.45 million to a historic total assessment of $11.4 billion. The county Board of Supervisors endorsed the budget on Nov. 1 after county Budget Officer Frank Thomas presented the plan. The budget is subject to a public hearing at 10 a.m. Friday Nov. 15, after which the supervisors are scheduled to vote on whether or not to approve it.

See STORM DAMAGE » pg. 2

In the Town of Johnsburg, a length of Crane Mountain Road was obliterated and turned into a streambed on Halloween night due to raging floodwaters. On another stretch of the roadway, rushing water carved a canyon in the roadbed four feet deep. Photo courtesy of Andrea Hogan

See BUDGET » pg. 7

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See HALLOWEEN PICS » pg. 3

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GLENS FALLS | The annual Veterans Day concert presented by the Lake George Community Band to honor U.S. military personnel past and present has a new aspect this year — observing the 75th anniversary of D-Day in World War II.

During Warrensburg’s Halloween parade, eight-month-old baby Flynne Scherer of Warrensburg pilots his ‘Flynne Flyer’ twinengine plane along Main St. with the help of his co-pilot and mother, Kelsey Scherer. Photo by Thom Randall

See VETS CONCERT » pg. 9

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