The Huletts Current

Good Samaritans Help Survivors of Dresden Car Wreck The Post Star reports here on a bad car crash that took place on Route 22 in Dresden. I spoke to some at the scene and from what I can gather, it was quite a bad wreck. A helicopter was brought in to air-lift the survivors out. [...]

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Thursday: Exercise with Edie in the Casino has a special guest! Join Edie and her daughter-in-law Heidi, who will be doing a special section of their workout routine! And, after the workout pamper yourself with a manicure or pedicure. Laura will be there from 10a-2p, you can call her direct to schedule an appointment at [...]

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This is a really cool painting entitled “Life and Death” by artist Robert Griffing. These two Indian warriors are scouting Lake George. The Iroquois and Algonquin tribes competed viciously in this area and this picture caught my attention. I’ll be doing more on the Indians this winter but this painting really captures what they must [...]

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Man Drowns in Lake George The Times Union reports on it here. Rabies Common Among Bats The Washington Post had an interesting article recently about a woman who had an encounter with a bat. Any bat that is flying around in the daytime is likely to be rabid. This is an interesting article.

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A large contingent of Hulett’s residents boarded a bus in front of the Post Office this morning, to spend a day at the race track in Saratoga. One small piece of advice for all those headed to Saratoga today; quit while you’re ahead! (and have a great time!!)

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Spotted in the early evening yesterday.

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With the clear August nights we’ve been having, I thought this video on how to find the “Big Dipper” and the North Star would be interesting. You can spot the “Big Dipper” at this time of the year from Huletts, by looking across the lake in the evening between Deer’s Leap and Sabbath Day Point. [...]

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The Huletts Volunteer Fire Department received a warning from fire control late this afternoon, that someone across the lake allegedly saw smoke somewhere on the mountain coming into Huletts. After 3 hours of searching by both the Huletts and Dresden fire companies, no fire was found. The old axiom, “better safe than sorry”, certainly applied [...]

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Governor Seeking to Streamline Bureaucracy This Denton Publications article talks about the Governor’s attempt to curb unnecessary regulations. Washington County Revenue Falls The Post Star reports that Washington County’s revenue is projected to decline.

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The Huletts Gallery and Library has added a BOOK DROP for returns and donations, located conveniently in the overhead door to the equipment bay along Lands End Road. We can thank longtime resident Ira Doell for the good work of making and installing it. The Gallery hopes that the new BOOK DROP will increase library [...]

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The Lake George Property Owners Group sent out these two press releases which I’m linking to in this post. The first press release is about the recent vote in Dresden to oppose the Lake George Park Commission’s proposed stream rules. Their take on the vote is interesting. The second press release is actually a letter [...]

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With tonight being your last chance to see the Perseid meteor shower at its peak, I found this high quality video about the Hubble Space telescope to be quite fascinating. It focuses on (no pun intended) the view into empty black sky that turned out to be full of thousands and thousands of galaxies. This [...]

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I received the agenda for the Federation of Huletts Association’s meeting to be held on Saturday, August 29th at 8:30 a.m. in the new firehouse. I would encourage everyone to stop by and participate. Far too often, the Hulett’s community has been treated like an orphan step-child by the jurisdictions we are part of. This [...]

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At Monday’s meeting of the Dresden Town Board, this resolution opposing the Lake George Park Commission’s stream rules was passed unanimously. This adds Dresden to a growing list of towns surrounding the lake that are opposing the stream rules the Lake George Park Commission is proposing. Town Councilman, John Barber, said it best: “They’re infringing [...]

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