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LAKE PLACID — Notice is hereby given that the existing Old Military Road detour will remain in effect until the end of the day Oct. 19. Old Military Road will then be opened to traffic but still subject to lane closures and delays. The detour is being extended to optimize the remaining construction season before winter conditions set in. The road has been closed since Aug. 15. The detour takes drivers along Mill Pond Drive — starting at State Route 73 at the bottom of Mill Hill at the location of the former Downhill Grill — and Wesvalley Road all the way to Saranac Avenue — at the corner near McDonald’s.
New leader at Trudeau PAGE 10 LAKE PLACID
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Second City coming to town
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A runner passes through Wilmington Notch as part of the Ragnar Relay Adirondack Sept. 29. The ultra relay race spanned two days, starting in Saratoga and weaving its way through the Adirondacks toward the finish line at the Lake Placid Horse Show grounds. Photo by Katherine Clark
Moose death sparks week of debate Small group rallies for ‘Bruce the Moose’ DEC defends decision to kill moose The scorebook PAGE 20
katherine@denpubs.com WILMINGTON — A small group of protesters weathered the rain and cold on Saturday, Sept. 29 to stand up for the moose killed by the Department of Environmental Con-
servation (DEC) on Sept. 25. The protest was held after a wildlife official killed an injured bull moose that had been seen around the West Branch of the Ausable River for four days off a narrow stretch of road in the Wilmington Notch. CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com RAY BROOK — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) officials are defending the Sept. 25 killing of an injured moose.
DEC Regional Wildlife Conservation Manager Lance Durfey said the decision to kill the moose was made after watching it suffer for four days. Furthermore, the DEC was following protocol for dealing with moose near busy roads. CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
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By Katherine Clark
ELIZABETHTOWN — There will be a lot of decisions that will have to be made between now and the final vote on a 2013 Essex County budget. Members of the Essex County Board of Supervisors talked about the preliminary budget process at the end of their Oct. 1 regular meeting, with County Manager Daniel Palmer and Moriah Supervisor Tom Scozzafava saying preliminary conversations had taken place. “We have talked to almost all of the department heads and have a sense of where they are right now,” Scozzafava said. “There is a pretty big gap. At this point in time, it is too early to give you any predictions other than it is not going to be pretty.”