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The faculty at Long Lake Central School recently honored several students for academics. See Page 4

New snowmobile trail connects Newcomb and Indian Lake, adding 30 miles to the trail system. See Page 5

Look inside for all the statistics and scores from your local sports teams. See Pages 7,10-11

Murphy reflects on tenure in Congress Job with Obama, Cuomo awaits? By Chris Morris

Minerva Winter Carnival planning continues MINERVA — The next planning meeting for the 2011 Minerva Winter Carnival meeting is set for Monday, Jan. 3, at the Minerva Town Hall. The meeting, which will take place at 7 p.m., is open to all organizations and individuals who’d like to help make this year ’s carnival a great one. Members will work to expand on last meeting’s efforts and set up a schedule of activities for the event, which will take place the first weekend of President’s week (Feb. 18 – 20). New ideas are welcome. For more information, call the Minerva Town Hall at 251-2869.

Johnsburg Youth Baseball/Softball to meet JOHNSBURG — Baseball fans are encouraged to join Johnsburg’s Youth Baseball/Softball Clubs Tuesday, Jan. 4, at Sodom Scout Hall, 6:30 p.m. All interested in being involved in next season are welcome. For more information, contact Randy LaFountain at 251-5119.

THIS WEEK North Creek ..............2 Opinion .....................4 NFL Contest................6 Sports........................7 Classified ............10-12

denpubs@denpubs.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a few days, Chris Gibson will head to the nation’s capitol to be sworn in as the next representative of New York’s 20th Congressional District. Earlier this year, the Republican from Kinderhook defeated Democrat Scott Murphy of Glens Falls in a heated Congressional election. Gibson rode a wave of voter anger that saw many incumbent Democrats swept out of office. The U.S. House of Representatives rounded out its final legislative session last week — a session that was

Adirondack Tri-County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center hosted their holiday party Dec. 23. Leroy Abrams drew the name of Jim Ahlfeld of Larchmont, who won the grand prize of a 4-wheeler from their recent sportsman fundraising raffle. Michele Leigh was also honored with $100 for selling the most tickets. Photo by Dave Braley

See MURPHY, page 3

Johnsburg Central School bridging people and places By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com JOHNSBURG — Kindergarteners, first-, second- and third-graders at Johnsburg Central School joined regional volunteers to host a program last Monday called “Bridging People and Places.” JCS students dressed donated teddy bears with homemade clothing, showered them with attention and then prepared them to be sent throughout the world to people in need. Bridging People and Places is a free program run out of Schuylerville and is based on a mission to provide comfort to children and women throughout the world who are struggling with personal issues such as lifethreatening illness, neglect/abuse, loss of a loved one, child loss, loss of belongings due to fire, or other traumatic events. The teddy bears, whose main purpose is to provide comfort, have been

Johnsburg Central School (JCS) students with the Bear Hugs teddy bears that they prepared for others through “Bridging People and Places” hosted at JCS Dec. 20. Photo submitted

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