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September 17, 2011
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Primary election nets a few surprises
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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com QUEENSBURY — In the Primary election held T uesday Sept. 13, Republican incumbents wer e def eated by challengers in several northern Warren County towns. The top local executive position of Town Supervisor was contested for the Republican ballot position in the towns of Lake Geor ge, Bolton, Horicon, Johnsbur g, and Lake Luzerne. In the town of Johnsbur g, two new candidates wer e seeking the Supervisor ’s post, following the announced retirement of longtime town CEO Sterling Goodspeed. In this vote for the G.O.P . endorsement, Charles D. Martin r eceived 84 votes to T imothy “T im” Record’s 42. For two Johnsbur g town board seats, the votes wer e as follows: challenger Peter Olesheski, 83; incumbent Frank E. Mor ehouse Jr ., 78; incumbent Eugene Arsenault, 74; and Roger W. Mosher, 23. In Lake Geor ge, Incumbent Frank McCoy was defeated in this initial vote for the Republican line by engineer and surveyor Dennis Dickinson, a former Democrat turned Republican, by a tally of 278 to 221. As of press time, there were 63 absentee ballots yet to be counted, but absentees generally follow the pr oportion of the machine vote. The two will face off again in November as they have
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Rep. Bill Owens visits Blue Mt. Lake museum. PAGE 8 SPORTS
Local sports teams compete. Part of the Civil War festivities marking 150 years since the war began, Ryan Nash munches on a hunk of bread in his pup tent at the Ski Bowl encampment Sept. 10. Photo by John Grybos
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Bulmer said it was a chance to get to know the candidates a little better. “We may know them as friends jgrybos@denpubs.com and neighbors, but we may not NORTH CREEK — Convening in know wher e they stand on the isthe Ski Bowl Lodge Sept. 12, the can- sues,” said Bulmer. The chamber may r un a similar didates for Johnsburg town governpanel again a week or so before elecment made their case for a turn at tion, said Bulmer. the helm.
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The event was or ganized by the Gore Regional Chamber of Commerce. Chamber Pr esident Dave
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Frank Morehouse, a current board member who's r unning again, said the Kellogg-Waddell property was a great piece of property, buildings or no buildings.
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Nessle also made it clear that he was unhappy with the town's decision to close the beach, which he volunteered time and ef fort to establish.
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board, spoke first. The town's decision to take over the Kellogg-W addell property was a poor one, he asserted. Now that they have it, though, they need to work to improve it and make it useful to townspeople and visitors. “I'm dedicating my candidacy to whatever I can do to change the ambience down ther e to a riverfr ont walk, a riverfr ont park,” said Nessle.
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