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HOMES EVERY WEEK! Adirondack Journal / News Enterprise
November 3, 2018
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Adk. Stampede brings raw rodeo action back to Glens Falls this weekend By Thom Randall STA FF W RITER
GLENS FALLS | Cowboys hungry for a national championship, charging livestock and acclaimed entertainers are featured this weekend at the 28th annual Adirondack Stampede Rodeo. Set for 7:30 p.m. Friday Nov. 2 and Saturday Nov. 3, the renowned rodeo is to be held in the Cool Insuring Arena in downtown Glens Falls. Cowhands from the region will be competing alongside national rodeo stars in bareback and saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie-down and team roping, barrel racing and bull riding. The two evenings of competition are joined by a number of public soirees, including a family-oriented block party on opening night in front of the arena — from about 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. The event includes rodeo-themed children’s games, giveaways and line dancing. On the evening beforehand — from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday Nov. 1 — a rodeo kickoff party is to be held at Texas Roadhouse restaurant at 820 state Rte. 9 adjacent to Northway Plaza. » Rodeo Cont. on pg. 5
Tax rate hike likely to be 8 cents By Thom Randall STA FF W RITER
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WARRENSBURG | The Town of Warrensburg’s 2019 budget approved by the town board Oct. 17 calls for a 2.7 increase in the tax levy. The amount to be raised by taxes is $1,255,000, or $33,218 more than last year with highway and general town
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government expenditures combined. Town Supervisor Kevin Geraghty later he estimates the 2019 town tax rate will be $3.69 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, an 8 cent increase over the current year. The state tax cap would have allowed an additional expenditures of at least $71,450, according to figures supplied by Geraghty, who said he and other town leaders were striving to hold tax increases to a minimum. The lighting district appropriations for 2019 are set at $81,450, which should mean a lighting tax
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