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Editorial» Essex County should consider a board of legislators

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Astorino campaigns at state fair By Pete DeMola pete@denpubs.com

E-towns Social Center reaches milestone. PAGE 3 21ST DISTRICT

Essex County officials, including Department of Social Services Commissioner John O’ Neill, second from right, participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the Government Center in Elizabethtown. Photo by Shawn Ryan

Woolf stumps with Bill Owens in Willsboro. PAGE 5

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Group gathers to discuss train safety. PAGE 8

Annual Olympic Car Show, Parade on tap LAKE PLACID Ñ The Lake Placid Ski Club will hold their 32nd Annual Olympic Car Show & Parade on Sunday, Aug. 31 on the Olympic Speed Skating Oval in Lake Placid. The Show is proudly sponsored by Hoffman Auto, High Peaks and Egglefield Ford, Hoffman & Eells CPAs, P.C. and Wes Moody Landscaping. This show is a major fundraiser for the Ski Clubs youth ski education programs. Past participant have not only learned to ski, but a few have made it all the way to Olympics and won medals for the USA. On Saturday, Aug. 30, a cruise night will be held where the registered participants will meet at the Speed Skating Oval for a BBQ dinner and music by The Stoneman Band, starring the Lake Placid Ski ClubÕ s own Ski Jumping Coach, Larry Stone! At 8pm the cars will cruise down Main St and around Mirror Lake. On Sunday, all pre-registered car show entries will be in a parade through Main

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The 32nd Annual Olympic Car Show & Parade will be held on Sunday, Aug. 31 on the Olympic Speed Skating Oval in Lake Placid.

GEDDES Ñ ItÕ s a long road to the statehouse in Albany from Westchester County Ñ especially if youÕ re a Republican up against a powerful Democratic incumbent Ñ but gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino says heÕ s looking forward to the 60-day sprint after Labor Day that will hopefully see him narrowing Gov. Andrew CuomoÕ s commanding 25-point lead and eking out a victory. Astorino appeared in this Syracuse suburb on Thursday, Aug. 21 for the opening of the Great New York State Fair, one of the largest in the country and a must for political candidates seeking statewide office. Ò After the summer, people will start paying attention to the race,Ó he told reporters as he prepared to tour the fairgrounds. Ò ThereÕ s a lot of anxiety about the economy and putting food on the table. ThatÕ s what people are concerned about.Ó Asked about the feasibility of his candidacy, the candidate said he was once 30 points behind in the race for his current position as the Westchester County Executive. Since the New York Times report on the Moreland Commission ran last month Ñ a plutonium-grade bombshell that alleged a top Cuomo aide put the boots to an investigation of a political ally before Cuomo disbanded the investigation altogether on the pretense that since it was his, he could do what he wanted with it Ñ Astorino has made the emerging story a centerpiece of his campaign. Asked by a reporter if the slow-burning scandal had salience to the average voter, the candidate said he thought it should: CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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