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December 28, 2019
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Santa visits Chestertown with Rotarians’ help
Advances in providing downtown North Creek with municipal sewer service as well as new water supply infrastructure occurred this week as the town was awarded a $3 million state grant to upgrade its water system, and the town board took a major step forward in establishing a municipal sewer system, considered vital to retain Main Street businesses and attract new enterprises. The Sun file photo
Johnsburg awarded $3 million for water system renovations Town board moves forward on sewer system for North Creek
A girl reacts as ‘Chief Elf’ John Nick hands a gift to her, after she shared a conversation with Santa, delivered to Chestertown on Dec. 14 by the Chestertown Rotary Club. Somehow, Santa knew each child’s name as they visited with him — Read the article for details. Photo by Thom Randall
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JOHNSBURG | Town of Johnsburg Supervisor Andrea Hogan was smiling as she opened the town board meeting Dec. 17. Just hours beforehand, she had been informed that Johnsburg was awarded a $3 million grant to replace or repair aging, vulnerable elements of the North Creek’s water system. See WATER SYSTEM GRANT » pg. 3
By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT
CHESTERTOWN | Mrs. Claus, known to many Adirondackers 3,197 miles south of the North Pole as Carol Monroe, looked over her wire-rimmed
glasses at the crowd of children in the Chester town hall auditorium, waiting to see her sidekick — Santa. She examined how the waiting line snaked through a U-shaped venue featuring a faux stone entrance and exit, lined with dozens of large panels bearing colorful hand-painted depictions of holiday characters frolicking in country scenes. This “holiday hallway” was new to Chestertown Rotary’s annual Visit with Santa event — held this year on Dec. 14 — that annually captures the
imagination of up to 300 children in northern Warren County. “I’ve never seen anything like this — it’s an incredible wonderland for these children to walk through those arches on their way to visit Santa,” Monroe said. “It’s true artistry.” For nearly a year, local Rotarian Gary Confer painted each imaginative panel, and designed the hallway so it could be disassembled and erected efficiently. See CHESTERTOWN SANTA » pg. 5
L.G. MUSEUM AWARDED TWO KEY GRANTS By Thom Randall CORRESPONDENT
Frigid fun predicted for Lake George New Year’s Day Polar Plunge A swimmer who jumped the gun in the 2019 New Year’s Day Polar Plunge — running into the waters before the official countdown — invites the crowd to join her in the 35-degree water. Last year’s air temperature was 45 degrees, but this year’s weather conditions are likely to be much colder. But this fact is not likely to deter the hundreds of people of all ages who annually turn out for the zany, rollicking event. This year’s edition of this zany tradition is to be held Wednesday Jan. 1 at Shepard Park Beach, with groups of polar plungers charging into the lake beginning at 1 p.m. Registration starts at 10 a.m. at Duff y’s Tavern on Amherst St. in Lake George Village. Photo by Thom Randall
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WARREN COUNTY | The historic former Warren County Courthouse in Lake George, now hosting the Lake George Historical Association’s museum of local history, is to be upgraded to protect the array of artifacts it contains as well as boost its energy efficiency. The Alfred Z. Solomon Foundation in Saratoga Springs recently awarded the historical association a $15,850 grant to help bankroll a project to install devices that will monitor the museum’s indoor climate as well as retrofitting the windows of the town-owned courthouse, specifically its gallery and archive room. The windows to be installed will substantially block ultraviolet radiation, which degrades printed and photographic materials. The climate monitors are to aid in both minimizing utility expenses, as well as gathering information data on the indoor climate which will help town officials in determining appropriate measures for boosting energy efficiency. Such efforts may include adding insulation, accomplishing additional weatherization tasks, or upgrading heating and cooling systems. The town’s buildings and grounds employees will be conducting the installation of the climate monitors and windows. These employees restored the museum’s original flooring several years ago. Funded by a 2015 Solomon grant, this project received an award from Adirondack Architectural Heritage Inc..