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By Katherine Clark katherine@denpubs.com S P E C U L ATO R — A Hamilton County grand jury Thursday, Jan. 17 found the owner of the Hudson River Rafting Company not guilty on two criminal charges. The grand jury acquitted Patrick Cunningham, 73, of North Creek, on Jan. 17 on two misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges in which he had been accused of endangering the safety of two passengers during a 2010 rafting trip down the Hudson River. Cunningham’s lawyer, Joseph Brennan, said throughout the case the prosecution had no evidence to support there had been a criminal violation of the charges. Cunningham did not testify during the trial, according to Brennan, and could not be reached for comment. Hamilton County District Attorney Marsha Purdue said she had anticipated the case being difficult because the crime of reckless endangerment is difficult to prove. CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
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King’s legacy hailed in ceremony By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com GLENS FALLS — Participating in a service honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Charity Steans, 83, listened to the joyful singing in the Christ Church United Methodist on Sunday Jan. 20. After hearing several impassioned speeches extolling King’s legacy of
achievements in civil rights and social justice, she offered a few thoughts of what it meant to be growing up as an African-American in the 1930s — and what changes she witnessed over her lifetime. Steans in her youth had been used to staying away from public rest rooms and water fountains marked “Whites Only,” she recalled. She also remembered being turned away at restaurants
By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com LAKE GEORGE — A towering casino with many thousands of gamblers streaming into Lake George Village for a quick profit and glitzy entertainment is again in the lime-
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