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Annual Christmas Eve March to salute soldiers on duty By Thom Randall
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GLENS FALLS — The region’s premier wintertime event honoring military personnel is occurring this Saturday, and a record turnout is expected. A crowd of 1,500 or more area citizens are expected to participate in the 13th annual Christmas Eve Road March through Glens Falls and southern Queensbury, the event’s founder Arthur Coon said Tuesday. Coon was a Sergeant in the Army National
Guard until he retired in 2011 after serving 32 years in the U.S. military. The procession is to begin at 9 a.m. Dec. 24 in front of the Glens Falls Civic Center. The 3.5-mile march extends up Glen St. to Garrison Road, east on Garrison to Bay St., and south on Bay back to the civic center. The event started in 2011 with Coon and a dozen or so National Guard soldiers walking around Glens Falls, with the intent of sending a photo of the procession to local soldiers deployed in Iraq. >> See MARCH | pg. 19
New Year’s Day Polar Plunge may really earn title this year
By Thom Randall
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Warrensburg Central School District students from Miss Uhly’s dance class and “Master Singers” recently performed for residents at the Pines in Glens Falls and the Countryside Adult Home in Warrensburg. The dancers and singers alternated between performing dances and singing carols and other select songs. Several members of the audience were given jingle bells to ring throughout the songs and truly enjoyed the student interaction. Organizers say that everyone was touched with some extra holiday spirit. Photo provided
LAKE GEORGE — For many of the 1,500 or so people participating in the the annual New Year’s Day Polar Plunge into Lake George, the frigid dip is a way they demonstrate their hardiness or bravery to the world. But last year, courage wasn’t really proven, as the water was a mild 46 degrees, and the air temperature was nearly as warm. Long-range weather forecasts, however, indicate that the cold temperatures of years ago will return and make the 2017 New Year’s Day experience of plunging into the lake an entirely different experience. The polar vortex that has gripped the nation recently may be continuing its dominance — so revelers can indeed prove their frigid fortitude. The last truly cold New Years Day at Lake George was in 2013, when temperatures dropped to the single digits, and stiff winds amplified the wind chill to brutal sub-zero levels. >> See POLAR PLUNGE | pg. 19