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A record crowd of spectators flocked to the Adirondack Balloon Festival last weekend — including this kickoff balloon launch Sept. 19 in Glens Falls’ Crandall Park. Photo by Thom Randall

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LAKE GEORGE | Citing concerns about the future of local emergency medical services, Lake George town board members have proposed granting employment benefits to local emergency medical personnel. At their Sept. 4 meeting, town leaders discussed how the roster of volunteers in the Lake George Emergency Squad is continuing to dwindle, and that the town government needs to assure that adequate EMS personnel is on duty, ready to respond to emergencies. See EMS » pg. 2

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An emergency medical ‘fly car’ sits in front of the Lake George Emergency Squad building on Gage Road. The Lake George town board is considering providing benefits to EMS personnel to attract new employees — particularly drivers — and retain existing ones. Photo by Thom Randall

GLENS FALLS | Balloon pilot B.J. Sullivan of Nashville pulled a lever and a 12-feet-long propane flame blasted into the opening of his hot-air balloon, with his crew members holding tight to several tethers to keep it it in place. Shrieking in mock fright, dozens of children ran away from the pulsating, gigantic balloon which was inflating — rolling over the grass of Crandall Park in

Glens Falls on Sept. 19, the opening day of the four-day Adirondack Balloon Festival. Sullivan’s balloon was the fi rst craft to take off during this event, which annually draws people from all over the northeast U.S.. This year, the four-day event drew a record crowd of more than 150,000 people, Adirondack Balloon Festival Director Mark Donahue told the media as the event neared its conclusion on Sunday. See BALLOON FEST » pg. 3

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David Pede is now teaching STEM-related courses to Johnsburg High School students — currently Introduction to Computer Science, Website Design, Robotics, and Computer Repair. The Website Design Course class is working this semester “The students are gaining on developing a By Thom Randall skills we previously new website for CORRESPONDENT the school dishadn’t been able to teach them.” trict, based on —Michael Markwica, a program that NORTH CREEK | This year, Johnsburg Central Superintendent is more userJohnsburg High School has friendly and allows more effi cient updates of taken a significant step forward in their engineering and information technology content including events, Pede said. instruction — as they have hired a teacher See STEM » pg. 2 to focus on these fields.

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New Johnsburg High School STEM instructor David Pede offers advice Sept. 19 to students Helena Williams and Erin Corr in a website design class he teaches. Williams, Corr and three other students are developing several prototypes for a new school district website — which will be updated and managed on the school campus by the students. Photo by Thom Randall

Village public works chief retiring; Lanfear to take on post LAKE GEORGE | The person overseeing all of Lake George Village’s infrastructure is retiring and his associate of recent years will be taking over his position. Lake George Village Public Works Superintendent Dave Harrington, 53, is retiring as of Nov. 1 — and Keith Lanfear, his assistant, is taking over Harrington’s post. At the village board’s Sept. 16 meeting, the village accepted Harrington’s resignation “with regret,” but they had known for six months or so that it was pending. Since early this year, Harrington has been familiarizing Lanfear with the duties that he is about to undertake. Harrington has been a Lake George Village employee for 26 years. He was hired in 1993 as the village’s water

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Lake George Village Public Works Superintendent Dave Harrington (left) and his assistant Keith Lanfear (right) listen to proceedings at the Sept. 16 village board meeting. Harrington is retiring as of Nov. 1, and Lanfear — who has worked in a supervisory capacity for the village since 2009 — is taking over Harrington’s position. Photo by Thom Randall

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