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By Keith Lobdell keith@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWNÑ Essex County Lawmakers have come up with a compromise when it comes to the matter of when Ò closing timeÓ will be here. Members of the Public Safety Committee voted April 8 to turn back the clock on the time bars and restaurants can serve alcohol Ñ from 4 a.m. until 3 a.m. Last month, the committee tabled a resolution that would have moved last call up to 2 a.m. Mac MacDevitt of the Prevention Team presented the committee with information on cutting back on serving times. Ò The CDC is very concerned about this,Ó MacDevitt said. Ò They see the way that alcohol is being used in this country as really an epidemic that something has to be done about. The alcohol industry is gearing up. They are getting very clever on how they market to young people and New York state is open for business when it comes to alcohol right now.Ó MacDevitt said that any decision made by the board to change the hours would have to be reviewed and agreed upon by the New York State Liquor Authority. “They will make the final decision. They will hold a public hearing here to collect information before making a final decision,Ó he said. Ò Alcohol in this CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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Johnsburg Town Supervisor Ron Vanselow reads to kindergarteners at the Johnsburg Central School. Students in grades PreK-6 participated in Parents as Reading Partners (PARP) during the month of March. Students kept track of the time that they read with a family member and received prizes at school for doing so. Photo by Heather Flanagan
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com GLENS FALLS Ñ In a rare visit to Warren County, state Budget Director Robert Megna told a gathering of civic leaders and citizens about how the newly-approved 2013-14 state budget accomplishes a wide array of goals. The new budget creates jobs, cuts taxes for middle-class families, boosts the minimum wage, reduces costs for businesses
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and increases education funding to its highest level ever Ñ yet hikes overall spending less than 2 percent, Megna said. “Jobs are coming back, confidence is being restored, and as the Governor says, it is now a Ô new New York,Õ Ó Megna said. An audience of about 80 people from all over Warren County attended MegnaÕ s presentation, and nearly a dozen asked him questions about the spending plan. Megna noted that the last two budgets, crafted in compromise between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature,
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represented a dramatic rebound from a $10 billion deficit and had put the state back on a track of financial responsibility. “We’ve put our fiscal house in order — and weÕ ve right-sized government while showing the nation that New York is open for business,Ó he said. Taxes reduced, govt. spending cut Megna said that the dozens of state agencies were held to a zero percent budget increase, state employee salaries CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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NORTH CREEK Ñ As Assemblyman Tony Jordan (R-Jackson) looks to trade in his Capitol seat in Albany for the district attorneyÕ s chair in Washington County, this North Creek native says the decision was bittersweet because he would have to leave private practice. That means resigning as municipal attorney for the village of Whitehall and the town of Johnsburg. Ò You can become very close to clients, but there
Would step down as J’burg town attorney if elected are some that make it very painful to leave, and one would definitely be the town of Johnsburg,” Jordan said. Ò When you grow up in a small town and then come back and have a chance to represent them and help them through some really great projects, the notion of having to give that up does weigh on any decision you make.Ó
Jordan Ñ who graduated from the Johnsburg Central School in 1982 Ñ announced recently that he is running for Washington County DA in the fall. He represented the 112th Assembly District for four years, starting in 2009, and that district included all 17 towns in Washington County, plus five in Saratoga and six in Rensselaer. After redistricting, he was bumped to the 113th Assembly District, which only includes eight towns in Washington County and seven in Saratoga. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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