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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com CHESTERTOWN — The annual Halloween Pug Party & Parade, considered Chestertown’s premier event, returns Sunday, Oct. 14 — and it’s expected to draw people from all over the northeastern U.S. Each year on a Sunday in mid-October, pug owners from all over New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, Canada and elsewhere have flocked to Chestertown for canine-related activities and socializing with other pug owners. The event is held at Chestertown’s Dynamite Hill Recreation area on state Rte. 8, about two thirds of a mile west of the I-87 Northway. Many of the pugs participating are dressed up in imaginative costumes — for not only the parade, but for contests. In past years, pugs have been disguised as pigs, bumble bees, bananas, pirates, ballet dancers, surfers, and cartoon characters. The pug parade has often included elaborate floats that attest to the pug owners’ humor and creativity. The lineup of friendly competitions also includes judging on factors other than clever garb. The occasion not only features pug owners swapping tales and tips on rearing the docile creatures, but it provides an opportunity for

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This bear in downtown Long Lake was eating apples and garbage in September before a state environmental conservation officer shot and killed it. Residents had been feeding this 90-pound female yearling and it was deemed a nuisance after becoming dependent on humans and getting too close to a child. The Department of Environmental Conservation has one message for residents: If you care, don’t feed the bears. Photo by Christine LaRocque

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Long Lake residents mourn black bear

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By Shaun Kittle shaun@denpubs.com LONG LAKE — Colleen Smith is so upset that an environmental conservation officer killed a black bear here that she’s writing a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, requesting an investigation into the incident. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) staff shot the 90-pound, female yearling

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Sept. 25 after classifying it as a nuisance bear. But Smith didn’t agree with the decision. “That bear was not a nuisance; it was considered a joy,” Smith said. “They want to vilify these animals; it has polarized this town.” Smith recalled living through the days when bears routinely patrolled garbage dumps in the Adirondacks and said that the animals never posed a threat to humans. But some bears in the park, like the

one recently shot, are still getting a free meal even though the dump days are long gone. “I took care of that little bear because no one else wanted to take care of it,” said Bernadett Morrissey, who lives on South Hill Road in downtown Long Lake. Morrissey fed the bear a mixture of milk and maple syrup after it showed up on her property about five months ago. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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APA may renew permit for Johnsburg weather tower

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Bear feeding a tradition in the Adirondack Park

Data needed for wind farm proposal By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency is considering a twoyear permit extension for a weather tower on Pete Gay Mountain, which

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is needed for a commercial wind farm proposal in the town of Johnsburg. The 50-meter tower — which was issued a permit in 2006 and renewals in 2008 and 2010 — gathers meteorological data (weather and wind) to build a case for a possible wind farm on the property. The additional wind measurements are needed to “fine tune” a proposal for micro-site turbines. The extra data are needed to acquire financial support for the

project and find adequate locations for or number, height or model of turbines to be proposed, according to the permit application. The applicants are Adirondack Wind Partner, LLC and Barton Mines Company, LLC, which owns the property on land classified Industrial Use in the APA-managed Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan. There are no changes to the proposed wind farm project, according

to Adirondack Wind Partner attorney Bernard Melewski, who requested the permit renewal in an Aug. 8 letter to APA Regulatory Programs Director Richard Weber. But the economy has not yet picked up. “Unfortunately, the business climate has remained quite uncertain for small wind farms since the initial renewal of this permit,” Melewski wrote. “Both the national economy CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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