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Decadence to release new CD on Aug. 17 NORTH CREEK Ñ The local country-rock duo of Jennifer Gadway and Katy Cole Ñ a.k.a. Decadence Ñ will hold a CD release party for Ò Tales From the Mountains” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Copperfield Inn ballroom on Main Street in North Creek. “Tales From the Mountains” is an EP they recorded at Oceanway Studios on Music Row in Nashville. It was engineered by Patrick McMakin, who has worked with many great country musicians, including Willie Nelson, Brooks and Dunn, Dolly Parton and N Sync. “Tales from the Mountains” is a cycle of songs that tell a wild and vivid tale of life, lust, love, and death. It has already been praised by some of the biggest names in country music as Ò new, fresh, and unlike anything youÕ ve heard.Ó New tracks — “Too Much Fun” and Ò Dogtown CadillacÓ Ñ have already received airplay from numerous radio stations and have had a huge response from listeners and fans. This CD is a followup to the duo’s first album, “Love Loud,Ó released in 2012. Gadway and Cole formed Decadence in 1996. They started out as a cover band playing CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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The legendary Smokey Greene will return to the 10th Annual Upper Hudson Bluegrass Festival this weekend at the North Creek Ski Bowl. The festival runs from Aug. 16 to 18. Above is a photo of Greene and a youngster who played guitar on stage with him in 2012. Day tickets are available: $25pp Friday, $30 Saturday and $15 Sunday. Admission is $15pp each evening after 5 p.m. Kids 15 and under are free with a parent. The other bands will include Audie Blaylock & Redline, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, the Spinney Brothers, the Katahdin Valley Boys, HoneyGrass, Washington County Line, Beartracks, and Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters. For more information, visit online at www.upperhudsonbluegrassfestival. Photo by Andy Flynn
Derailment disrupts train service By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE Ñ A minor derailment on the Saratoga & North Creek Railway suspended passenger train service for several days last week, but repairs to the track had the railway operating again by Friday Aug. 9, according to a railroad representative. A locomotive being pulled behind a tourist train jumped the track on the morning of Aug. 2, which didnÕ t affect passenger cars, according to Luisa Sher-
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Kevin Geraghty, Chairman of the county Board of Supervisors, said that the derailment caused the track to twist, but it has since been repaired. He expressed dismay over why it took Saratoga & North Creek Railway officials four days to notify the media or public officials about the derailment, considering the disruption of train service. Sherman said last week that the railway operators would from now on be notifying local officials of schedule disruptions on a more timely basis. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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man, spokeswoman for the railway. The derailment happened in Thurman between Thousand Acres Ranch and Thurman Station. Sherman said that although the passengers onboard werenÕ t affected, they were shuttled back to the North Creek station via buses. Repairs have been made, and inspections have been conducted by Federal rail administration inspectors, she said. Railway General Superintendent Justin Gonyo said the inspectors Ò found no defects or violations with equipment or trackÓ despite the derailment on the railroad, owned by Warren County.
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INDIAN LAKE Ñ A coalition of Adirondack Challenge organizers from the state, region, county and town levels critiqued the first-ever event Aug. 6 at the Indian Lake Ski Hut. They had put the word out to the community that a debrief of sorts was to be held to investigate how the community at large felt about the Challenge and to hear what worked and what needed to be improved. Also on the agenda was the objective of hearing from
community members as to whether they wanted to host future events. The 2013 event was held July 2122 in Indian Lake. The coalition of organizers included: •Bill Farber, Chairman, Hamilton County Board of Supervisor •Ross Levi, Vice President of Marketing Initiatives for Empire State Development •Ron Ofner, Director of the Adirondack Regional Tourism Council (ARTC) •Jim McKenna President and CEO of the Lake Placid Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB)/Re-
gional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) •Jeff Byrne, Senior Vice President, Olympic Regional Development Authority •Brian Wells, Indian Lake Town Supervisor •Neil McGovern, Supervisor, Town of Lake Pleasant •Christine Pouch, President of Indian Lake Chamber of Commerce •Vonnie Liddle, Town of Indian Lake Events/Activities Coordinator •Bob Rafferty, owner of Adirondack Rafting Co., CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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