The Huletts Current

Washington County Sales Tax Down Washington County’s sales tax revenue is down from last year. Please try to buy local when you can. When you shop in Glens Falls/Queensbury, remember you’re shopping in Warren County. Kentucky Derby Winner Headed to Travers The Travers Stakes will be run at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 29. and [...]

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American Heritage Magazine has a great article in their summer 2009 edition which I also found online about one of Major Robert Rogers most daring raids two hundred fifty years ago. It’s a long article but it will give you a better appreciation of how tough this guy and his men were. It illustrates how [...]

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The Lake George Park Commission released this letter today thanking those who took the time to comment on their proposed stream regulations. The process now moves to the next phase because the LGPC approved the Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement at their May meeting. To learn more about what happens next, read the letter.

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Bravos to Ed Briody as he finished scrapping the last side of the Casino today. The plan is to paint the remaining side of the Casino this week. I made Ed take off his mask and smile for the camera. Ed gets the Bravo this week, because he takes the time to see that no [...]

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I came across these two mallard ducks sitting on a dock and I creeped up as close as I could to get a good picture. I was thinking about ducks because yesterday was the anniversary of the creation of Disney’s Donald Duck.

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Birch tree at the end of the 5th hole.

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Post Star Editorial: Whitehall Police Read the Post Star’s editorial in favor of turning over the Whitehall police force to the Washington County Sheriff. Springsteen to Play SPAC Read how to get tickets for Aug. 25th.

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Yesterday, on the way back from Whitehall, I stopped at the pavilion/walkway out over South Bay on Lake Champlain. I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but this little improvement shows the difference between how Dresden and Whitehall are facing their future. Dresden Town Supervisor, Bob Banks, spearheaded this initiative a few years back [...]

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I spoke to Leann this evening and one improvement that she will be offering at the Casino this summer will be wireless Internet access. So if you bring your laptop and stop at the Casino, you’ll be connected!

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Google has recently launched a new tool designed to help web users find public data buried in hard-to-find government web sites. The new service, called Google Public Data, is an effort to make information from all levels of government accessible to citizens. I personally would like to see all Adirondack Park Agency decisions including permits, [...]

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Lake Homes Sales Take Hit Sales are slow this year on Lake George. Read the Post Star article here. Please Don’t Feed the Bears The Adirondack Alamanack had a good story on what happens when bears get fed. Whitehall Police to be Outsourced I wonder how the Washington County Sheriff will handle sightings of Bigfoot?

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I’ve been trying to get a decent picture of this heron for some time. This morning I got close and finally got some. These were the best two.

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The Washington Nationals announced this week, that they replaced Randy St. Claire as their pitching coach. Randy grew up in Whitehall and he and his family have many ties to Huletts. His parents ran the soda fountain for a few years in the 70′s and his brother Shane built some docks in Huletts in the [...]

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