The Huletts Current

Your Property Just Got More Valuable
According to CBS 6 of Albany, the Lake George Land Conservancy has just finalized a deal for 350 acres and a half mile of shoreline on Lake George in the town of Putnam. This deal has been in the works for some time.
The Train Will Keep Running
The Albany Times Union [...]

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Did you know that the Town of Dresden pays approximately 50% of the Whitehall school district’s budget, has around 5%-10% of the children in the school and yet has no representation on the Whitehall School District Board of Education? Look for yourself. What’s missing? Not one single member on the Board is from Dresden.
When I [...]

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Lake George Mirror
March 4, 1880

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If you watched 60 Minutes on CBS this evening, you may have seen this piece on the new conficker worm which is scheduled to do something on April 1st. Even the security companies don’t know what it may do on April 1st.

Conficker is spread by exploiting several weaknesses in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. (The program [...]

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The Albany Times Union reports that the tentative budget deal worked out by legislative leaders eliminates the Governor’s proposed freeze on tax payments to towns and school districts in the Adirondacks with state-owned land.
They heard us. NY is going to have pay its property taxes like everyone else.

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Budget Deal Reached
Business Council Blasts Budget
Gaslight Village Buildings Saved by Warren County
Historic Rutland Barn Taken Down and Saved
DEC offers tips for Trout and Salmon Season

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How would you like to get clear water without odor in your septic tank? Read about an amazing new product by Aero-Stream.
Excerpted from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted: Nov. 21, 2008
Thoughts of gurgling toilets, sewage backup and foul-smelling liquid saturating the lawn flashed across Karl Holt’s mind when he realized his septic tank was nearly full. [...]

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We’ve learned that TV personality and chef, Rachel Ray, will be returning to Lake George on Monday, May 11th for a benefit for the Lake George High-School Alumni Association.
Rachel was born in Glens Falls, and grew up in Lake George. She is a 1986 graduate of Lake George High School. Tickets went on sale [...]

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“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”
Charlie Chaplin

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Sitting at a computer running Mircosoft Windows, watching YouTube, and blogging on a platform created by a 20 year old, Milton Freidman gets this one right.

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From the mid-1960’s through the 1970’s these decals were quite common around Lake George. You would peel them off and the front would stick to the inside of a car window. I haven’t seen any in a long time, so this one brought back memories. They might go back farther than this, but they promoted [...]

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NY late paying its taxes
Bloomberg.com: congressional race is referendum on Obama spending
State to layoff 8,900 employees, deficit higher than predicted
Train station in Whitehall to get stimulus funds
Budget shortfall for Washington County
Local unemployment reaches 10%
Gaslight buildings will be great for public use

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The Lake George Park Commission has posted the video from their February 24, 2009 public meeting where public comments were solicited on their proposed stream regulations.
The first video is from February 24, 2009, the first 11:00 AM session. It is 1 hour and 34 minutes.
If you don’t have the time to watch, here are the [...]

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