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Stuff to do Winter Tune Up Sept. 29-30
Johnsburg mulls funding for Depot Museum PAGE 3 IN MINERVA
By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — This weekend will be the first of what many in North Creek and North River hope to be many Nordic Winter Tune Ups — held in the fall — getting North Country Nordic skiers in a winter state of mind. Capital Region Nordic Alliance, Garnet Hill Lodge, Gore Mountain and the North Creek Business Alliance are collaborating on two days of tune-up events on Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30. A good deal of the activity this weekend will be held at the region’s premier Nordic skiing facility, the Garnet Hill Lodge in North River. “We’re excited to be hosting this first of a kind event here,” said Don Preuninger who is the innkeeper at Garnet Hill Lodge. “It’s great to see the kind of cooperation between the various groups involved to make this happen and we hope to see it grow each year in the future.” The idea of the Nordic Tune Up is to get everyone CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
Index NORTH CREEK
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JOHNSBURG
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EDITORIAL
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PUBLISHER’S COLUMN
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MOOSE CALLING CONTEST P7 BAKERS MILLS NEWS
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Cullen Rose, 11, of Inlet, takes his turn at the moose-calling contest Saturday, Sept. 22 at the Indian Lake Theater during the Great Adirondack Moose Festival. Naturalist/author Ed Kanze, of Bloomingdale, holds the microphone while Cullen’s brother, 10-year-old Andy Quodomine of Clifton Park, watches. Cullen won the contest. See the story on page 7. Photo by Andy Flynn
Minerva rescue squad gives activity update PAGE 5 IN INDIAN LAKE
Cuomo visits Boreas Ponds to tout purchase NORTH HUDSON — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state officials visited North Hudson Sept. 29. Cuomo, cabinet commissioners and administration senior staff traveled to Boreas Ponds, located among the 69,000 acres that were recently acquired by the state and are now part of the Adirondack State Park. The trip was designed to help promote tourism in the Adirondack Park and find new ways to attract tourists from around the world. The governor
an state officials were joined by local elected representatives and economic development officials. The Boreas Ponds are located in the town of North Hudson and border the High Peaks and Dix Mountain Wilderness Areas along the northern boundary. The property features the Boreas Ponds and provides abundant opportunities for hiking, paddling, hunting, trapping, camping, fishing, crosscountry skiing and snowshoeing. In Greek mythology, Boreas is the
god of the North Wind and bringer of the winter. Boreas means “North Wind” or “Devouring One,” according to the writings of Pausanias. In August, the governor announced the state’s acquisition of 69,000 acres of the former Finch Pruyn and other Nature Conservancy lands throughout the Adirondacks. The acquisition was the largest single addition to the Adirondack State Forest Preserve in more than a century, Cuomo said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
Moose-calling contest draws crowd to theater PAGE 7
Tickets on sale now for Nashville in North Creek By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com NORTH CREEK — Members of a local band are organizing what they hope to be an annual celebration of music in November called “Nashville in North Creek,” and tickets are now on sale. Jennifer Gadway, of the band Decadence, announced at the Sept.
20 North Creek Business Alliance meeting that several bands will be headlining the Nov. 3-4 event, including her band and the Steven L. Smith Band, of Brant Lake. “If we can grow this like the bluegrass festival has grown, I think it would be a great opportunity,” Gadway said at the meeting. Nashville in North Creek shows will be held at the Copperfield Inn on Main Street; however, Gadway envisions having performances at
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multiple venues in the future. Gadway said after the meeting that she made a lot of contacts during a recent trip to Nashville, where she and her musical partner, Katy Cole, had performed. “I came up with the idea when my band Decadence went to Nashville in August to play some shows,” Gadway said. “I had already had my eye out for something to do as an event in November in North Creek, as that is a really slow time for the
town and the Copperfield Inn.” Gadway is a bartender at Trapper ’s Tavern at the Copperfield. She had a brainstorming session with Copperfield investor Joel Beaudin to bring something to the area similar to Decadence’s successful CD release party in June. “When we got to Nashville and made some new friends and great connections, I knew that was it,” Gadway said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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