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LAKE GEORGE | The 50th sheriff in Warren County’s 206-year history was sworn in Jan. 1 with about 180 people attending the ceremony, held in the Glens Falls Elks Lodge in Queensbury. After taking the oath of office, new Warren County Sheriff Jim LaFarr said he’d live up to his campaign pledge to focus on “community policing.” “I look around this room today, and I see community policing has already started,” LaFarr said, gesturing first to the audience and to the two-dozen-plus sheriff ’s officers standing at the south end of the lodge’s banquet room. “It’s about connections, it’s about relationships, it’s about family.”
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Left: The former Hitching Post restaurant and tavern, a 14,000-square-feet timber building that decades ago was a stop-off for cowhands and tourists on the fabled ‘Dude Ranch Trail’ in Lake Luzerne, is to become the new site for the cheese-making operations of Thurman’s Nettle Meadow Farm. Nettle Meadow has earned an international reputation for its artisan cheeses — and demand for products has grown substantially, prompting the enterprise to undergo expansion. Photo by Thom Randall
LAKE LUZERNE | The nationally renowned cheese-making enterprise Nettle Meadow Farm in the town of Thurman is moving its production facilities soon to a landmark building on Route 9N in the town of Lake Luzerne, according to local officials. Work is now underway to convert the former Hitching Post restaurant and tavern into a cheese-making plant for Nettle Meadow that is likely to become a popular tourist attraction,
Lake Luzerne Supervisor Gene Merlino said last week. Merlino serves on the Warren County Local Development Corp. which has arranged loans to allow Nettle Meadow’s production to expand to meet a fast-growing demand for their various artisan cheeses. Just two weeks ago, the New York State’s Regional Economic Development Council awarded Nettle
Meadow $120,000 to expand their cheese-making operations — and last February the county LDC liberalized the terms of a loan to Nettle Meadow to enable the farm’s owners, Sheila Flanagan and Lorraine Lambiase, to invest in higher-capacity processing equipment as well as boost marketing efforts. The LDC loan, granted in 2017, was for $115,000.
Jim LaFarr recites his oath of office as he assumes the post of Warren County’s 50th sheriff; state Supreme Court Judge Martin Auffredou (foreground) conducts the swearing-in ceremony. About 180 people attended the event, held Jan. 1 in Queensbury. Photo provided
LaFarr said that while he felt slightly apprehensive about taking on the post of sheriff, he wasn’t overwhelmed by the responsibilities of his new job because he could depend on those he would be working with.
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Warrensburg personnel changes pending Town planning board chair resigns By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT
New Warrensburg Town Board member Rich Larkin takes the oath of office during the town’s organizational meeting held on Jan. 7. Larkin, who has expressed interest in boosting the town’s commerce and job opportunities, has been asked by town Supervisor Kevin Geraghty to spearhead the town’s economic development efforts. Photo by Thom Randall
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