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HOMES EVERY WEEK! Adirondack Journal / News Enterprise
October 27, 2018
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Feds OK stay on rail abandonment application
Halloween events set for area towns ‘Boo Bash’ to entertain in Chester
Deal would bar long-term rail car storage
By Thom Randall STA FF W RITER
By Pete DeMola EDITOR
NORTH CREEK | The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has asked federal authorities to put the brakes on their application to have a stretch of railway in the southeastern Adirondacks abandoned. OmniTRAX, a Colorado-based transportation company, is negotiating the purchase of the 30-mile stretch of tracks between North Creek and Tahawus from operators Saratoga & North Creek Railway (SNCR). Their principal objective in doing so, said the firm, is to haul freight “to and from customers located along the route,” including the former NL Industries in Tahawus. » Rail Cont. on pg. 3
Two children mug during the 2017 edition of ‘Boo Bash’ at North Warren Central School. This year’s edition of the Halloween festival — featuring carnival games and crafting — is scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday Oct. 20.
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WARREN COUNTY | Spooktacular activities are taking place in the next nine days in northern Warren County, as Halloween festivities are held and children are likely to be decked out in creative costumes for the events in each town. The towns of Chester and Horicon are busy this year with no less than five Halloweenthemed events before and after Oct. 31 itself. In Warrensburg, the traditional Halloween Parade sponsored by the Warrensburg Volunteer Fire Company will proceed through town at about 4:15 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 31. » Halloween Cont. on pg. 3
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Wearing the crown she wore at a recent party celebrating her 100th birthday, Elsie Holfolter (right) poses with her daughter Carol Confer for a keepsake photograph. Photo by Thom Randall
CHESTERTOWN | About 70 people recently celebrated the 100th birthday of Elsie Holfolter, a 60-year resident of Chestertown known for her many years of assisting area citizens in need, her quick wit, and her many years of local employment in food service. For decades, Elsie was known as “Mayor of Chestertown,” or at least mayor of the local senior citizens’ community. This title was prompted by how she devoted her post-retirement time — until she had a hip replace-
ment at age 90 — to transporting her peers to doctors’ appointments, or take them shopping. From age 62 to 72 years old, Holfolter worked as the cook and manager of Warren County’s Senior Meal Site at the First Methodist Church of Warrensburg. Her daughter Carol Confer recalled that Elsie had major heart surgery at 72, but expected to continue working afterwards. “We said, ‘Oh no, you’ve worked long enough,’” Confer said, recalling her family’s reaction to Elsie’s plans. Indeed, Holfolter had worked nearly her entire life, including 58 years in various restaurants. From about 1959 to 1980, she worked at the Silver Star diner, a long-time landmark in Chestertown, as a waitress and cook. But her working career didn’t start there. » 100th Cont. on pg. 5
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