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Artist Hannah Jay, left, and her mother Robin Jay welcome visitors to Trimmers on Thursday, July 19 during the Third Thursday Art Walk in North Creek. The next Art Walk will be held on Aug. 16. Photo by David Braley
Grand Unions to become Tops again By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — The familiar chain of Grand Union supermarkets throughout the North Country that became Tops supermarkets in 2001 — only to revert back to Grand Union several years later — will once again be known as Tops. Tops Friendly Markets announced
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shaun@denpubs.com NEWCOMB — Major renovations to Newcomb Central School District’s main building will be put to a vote Tuesday, Aug. 21. The district will ask voters to approve the spending of no more than $1.989 million for the capital project. Every five years, the school dis-
trict is required to have an outside engineering firm inspect its property. After this year ’s inspection, Superintendent Clark Hults decided it was time to act. Of immediate concern is the building’s sewer lines, which have been in place since the school was constructed in 1948. Ventilation also needs to be put into classrooms and the auditorium. There are other repairs that aren’t as pressing but will need to be dealt
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and Peru. Tops has also purchased several Vermont locations including Hardwick, Northfield and Rutland. Tops officials said the local stores will still be called Grand Union until the transfer is complete, which is expected to happen this fall. The acquisition will bring the number of Tops stores to 153 and will expand Tops’ footprint further into areas of northern
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Thursday, July 19, it had entered into an agreement with Grand Union Markets LLC, to acquire 21 facilities located in upstate New York and Vermont, according to a release by the company. The Grand Unions purchased by Tops include stores in the following Adirondack locations: Elizabethtown, Au Sable Forks, two locations in Saranac Lake (Lake Flower Avenue and Church Street), Bolton Landing, Chestertown, Schroon Lake, Corinth, Warrensburg, North Creek, Northville
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NORTH CREEK — The North Country Hardship Fund will be rocking the Ski Bowl Park at noon Saturday, Aug. 4 with the return of its popular Wayne Stock music festival. This year ’s Wayne Stock promises 11 hours of live music, food, face painting, cab rides and benefit auctions. As always, the money will go to help families who have suffered recent tragedies in Washington, Essex, Warren, Hamilton and Saratoga counties. Nine different acts will perform over the course of the day, featuring the best of Upstate talent. Vinnie Leddick starts off the concert at noon, followed by the Steven L. Smith Band, Donna Britton, Flipside, Road Dawgz, Groove Therapy, Decadence, Willie Playmore, and finally Cosmic Jackson. There’s no admission, and visitors can expect a SPAClike experience as bands perform on a professional-quality stage with full concert lighting.