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August 7, 2010
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Water Rafting
Sheriff dies
Outdoors
The town of Indian Lake has a storied history of rafting the Hudson River. See Page 9
Essex County’s longtime Sheriff passes, leaving a void for the post. See Page 3
A graduate student working in Newcomb is asking for hunter’s help this season. See Page 11
Investigators begin digging at 30-year-old murder site Long Lake to host Town Wide Garage Sale
By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com
LONG LAKE — Long Lake’s Town Wide Garage Sale Saturday, Aug. 14 will return with a map full of vendors. Be on the map for $5, which is distributed Friday, Aug. 13 to area businesses and at the Town Office and the 24 hour room at the Long Lake Town Hall. In addition, the Long Lake Library Book Sale and the Eastern Star Pie Sale will be held at the Town Hall. The Long Lake Association will be having their annual meeting at the Nutrition Site at Noon at the LL Town Hall Nutrition Site.
MINERVA — State Police have begun work on an empty half-acre lot off Wilson Road to uncover the remains of June Collard, who was allegedly killed by her husband here 30 years ago. Law enforcement officials are focusing their efforts on the site at 76 Wilson Road after a statement from Thomas Anthony Collard, 62, revealed the supposed location of June’s body. Collard, formerly a resident of Olmstedville who has been living in Samson, Ala. for the past 16 years, confessed to killing his wife in November 1980 and dumping her lifeless body out a kitchen window into a hole dug for a septic system. He then covered the hole until spring when, his statement said, he burned brush in the hole, dumped some lime over the remains, bulldozed the hole, and built an addition to his house over it to conceal it. The home has since burned down, and the site is littered with garbage and debris. Collard has been arrested under the charge of second degree murder and is incarcerated at
Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague is interviewed by news reporters at the site where law enforcement officials believe the body of June Collard is buried. Photo by Lindsay Yandon
See MURDER, page 8
Flea market scheduled NORTH CREEK – The Adirondack Tri-County Nursing and Rehabilitation, Inc. Auxiliary in North Creek will hold their Annual Flea Market Saturday, August 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. White elephant items, crafts, books, plants and baked goods will be for sale. Vendors will offer specialty items. Grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, cold soda and delicious strawberry shortcake will be available. Proceeds to benefit ATCNRC.
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Attracts more than 700 spectators By Lindsay Yandon lindsay@denpubs.com BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — Chefs from across the region met at the Adirondack Museum July 29 in a fierce competition of campfire cooking. The first ever “Adirondacks are Cookin’ Out,” event challenged local chefs to design their own menus and present tasty creations all cooked over an open fire as part of the museums new exhibit, “Lets Eat! Adirondack Food Traditions Exhibit.” The event welcomed more than 700 spectators to the museum grounds. “We were very pleased with the turn-out,” said Susan Dineen, marketing director. “The chefs did and outstanding job and we hope to see them all back next year.” Chef Stephen Topper, executive chef at the Copperfield Inn tied for first prize in the competition with his presentation of braised balsamic rabbit with a side dish of succotash. Topper serves up
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creative Italian dishes at Lorenzo’s al Forno, one of North Creek’s newest restaurants. “The dish is a fabulous example of a ‘one pot meal,’” said Topper. “I think it closely resembles what a mountain man of centuries ago might have prepared over the fire, with a few modern additions.” The competition was judged by Tony Zazula, co-owner of “Commerce,” a contemporary American restaurant in Greenwich Village, Suvir Saran, a respected food authority, consultant and television personality, and Sally Longo, a chef and owner of Aunt Sally’s Catering in Glens Falls, and also the host of the TV program “Dinner at 8” on North News 8. Each were impressed with Toppers creations as well as presentations from other local chefs. Topper shared the win with chef Tom Morris of Mirror Lake Inn in Lake Placid. Other local chefs included sous chef Kevin Gardner and chef Luke Bowers of barVino in North Creek, and chef Eric Hample of The Cellar Restaurant in Long Lake.
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