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The North Creek Holiday Children’s Choir performs standards like “O Christmas Tree” and “It’s a Small World” at the Holiday Celebration concert at Tannery Pond Dec. 4. The performance hall was standing-room only as attendees packed in to see the kids, the North Country Singers, Saxy Santas and the JCS Jazz Band. Photo by John Grybos
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CHESTERTOWN — With a mission of boosting local commerce and tourism, local citizens r epresenting ar ea enterprises ar e forming a new gr oup, tentatively called the T ri-Lakes Business Alliance, which is similar to the North Cr eek Business Alliance. About a dozen people interested in launching the organization met Friday , Dec. 2 at the Panther Mountain Inn in Chestertown. The organization is to represent business inter ests in the municipalities of Chestertown, Brant Lake, Pottersville, and Adir ondack, including the settlements surr ounding Friends Lake, Loon Lake and Brant Lake. The tentative goal of the group is to generate more business activity in the towns of Chester and Horicon. Objectives to accomplish the goal wer e discussed at the Dec. 2 meeting. The group’s next meeting is set for 9 a.m. Dec. 16 at the Panther Mountain Inn. The momentum for forming the gr oup occurr ed this fall after four businesses in Chestertown closed operations — Becky’s Bloomers floral shop, Adirondack Ural motorcycle dealership, Anywheres Diner and Bagel Girls Deli.
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