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Stec now lone GOP Assembly candidate
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By Tim Follos
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tim@denpubs.com ELIZABETHTOWN — There will be no Republican Primary in the race for what will be the 114th Assembly District. Regan bowed out of the race for the race to represent the state’s 114th Assembly District seat last week, clearing the field for Queensbury supervisor Dan Stec. “Looking at the big picture in terms of how I would like to get involved with public service again, it just seemed that there would be better, more effective ways to do that than engaging in a drawn-out, months-long battle,” said former Glens Falls mayor Robert Regan. “It just seemed to make more sense to do it a different way.” Thurman Town Supervisor Evelyn Wood and Lake Placid accountant Doug Hoffman joined Stec and Regan in seeking the endorsements of the local Republican committees in the four counties that comprise the Assembly district: all of Warren and Essex counties and parts of northern Saratoga and northern Washington counties. The G.O.P. committees of these four counties have all endorsed Stec. He’s also won the endorsements of the Conservative Party committees of Warren and Essex counties as well as the nod
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Kersten Mason makes a piece of artwork in the Johnsburg Central School art room. Photo by Nancy Frasier
County endorses synthetic marijuana ban By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — Synthetic marijuana is likely to be banned soon in Warren County, since the county Board of Supervisors passed a resolution April 20 endorsing a local law prohibiting the substance. The vote set a public hearing on the proposed legislation for 10 a.m. May 18. County leaders have predicted it will be adopted on that date. The proposed county law would pro-
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then been readily available — the possession and use of the substances continues to be legal. At the April 20 board of supervisors meeting, county District Attorney Kate Hogan praised the fast action of the county board for moving forward on banning synthetic marijuana. Last month, a board committee endorsed the proposed ban just minutes after she told the board of how destructive it has been in the lives of many citizens locally as well as nationally. She noted that the supervisors’ quick action may have CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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NORTH CREEK — The Johnsburg Planning Board and an applicant seeking site plan review for a proposed subdivision find themselves between the proverbial rock and hard place when it comes to certifying the subdivision will have adequate fire protection.
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the Planning Board a month ago. The Planning Board is reluctant to sign off on that aspect of the plan without assurances that the town can provide adequate fire protection. The Planning Board is looking into whether coverage by “mutual aid” – having neighboring fire companies agree to cover the subdivision in the event of a fire or other emergency – is sufficient. “Can we approve based on mutual CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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both the Planning Board and James Easton, the engineer designing the project agree that the road meets the requirements of town code – a minimum width of 20 feet and a pitch of no more than 12 percent. There’s just one problem. The chief of the Bakers Mills Volunteer Fire Department refuses to offer fire protection to the subdivision unless the road is at least 22 feet wide and has a pitch of no more than 8 percent. He said as much during a meeting of
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The Planning Board is charged with interpreting the town code and assuring that all projects that come before it comply with the code. Likewise, applicants to the Planning Board are required to design projects to comply with the town code. When it comes to the pitch and width of a proposed road within the proposed Ward Hill Subdivision, a 12-lot subdivision on more than 200 acres in the Iroquois Trail and Chatiemac Road neighborhood,
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hibit the possession, use, sale or distribution of synthetic marijuana or socalled herbal incense — and provide for criminal charges against those violating the law. Sold in stores under the trade names “Posh, “Wicked X,” and “K2,” the various synthetic marijuana substances — when ingested — are known to prompt violent, criminal behavior as well as psychotic reactions, hallucinations, and thoughts of suicide. Although several weeks ago the state Health Department banned the sale of synthetic marijuana — which had until
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