Agency finding struggle on taxes

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VOLUME 4: NUMBER 31
T H U R S D AY, D E C E M B E R 8 , 2 0 1 1
Agency
finding
struggle
on taxes
By JAIME STUDD
For the Express
DECEMBER
Carla Kolbe
BOAT RIDE
Adam Retersdorf and his pup Lexi were seen Monday taking advantage of mild early December temperatures for a final boat ride
on the Great Sacandaga Lake. Retersdorf, a mechanical engineer at General Electric, decided to take one more spin before
winterizing this custom 26-foot replica of a 1928 race boat he built. Retersdorf is president of Reets Boat Works in Mayfield.
County supervisors cast tax cap aside
By JAIME STUDD
For the Express
JOHNSTOWN — Despite repeated
pleas from residents throughout the
budget process, the Fulton County Board
of Supervisors voted Wednesday to override the state mandated 2 percent tax cap,
subsequently adopting a 2012 budget
with an average county tax rate of $11.57
per $1,000 of assessed value, a 5.5 percent increase over last year.
With a proposed budget that included
a tax levy increase of 6.37 percent, which
is 2.61 percent over the 3.76 percent allowed by the cap, and little else available
to cut, most supervisors felt that they had
little choice but to override the cap.
An overwhelming majority of the
board voted to override the cap, with just
three of the board’s 20 supervisors dissenting. Those who did would have preferred the board appropriate additional
Please see CAP, Page 3
Once again, the Hudson
River-Black River Regulating
District is scrambling to
amass enough funds to fulfill
its obligations to the
Mayfield, Northville and
Broadalbin-Perth school districts.
In August, the the agency,
which governs the Great
Sacandaga Lake, managed to
deliver the more than $3 million it owed the schools and
Fulton County for two year’s
worth of unpaid taxes, but the
move severely drained the
regulating district’s coffers
and left the Black River arm
of the agency, from which the
money was transferred, just as
Please see AGENCY,
Page 6
INSIDE
Calendar ...........10
Churches.............4
Classifieds ........21
Lake levels .........4
Letter ..................6
Local news .........2
Obituary ..............9
Outdoors ...........20
Sports ...............14
‘Seen’ ......12,13,19
WELCOME, CHRISTMASTIME
Carla Kolbe
Local residents filled the Edinburg fire house this past weekend to welcome in the holiday
season. ABOVE: Noah and Braedon Bassett, with Evan Seeley. LEFT: Chad Laport Jr.
meets Santa Claus. Inside: More photos from Edinburg, Page 12. Northville rings in the
holiday, Page 13. A Rice Homestead Christmas, Page 19.
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LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF
Michael Papa
makes dean’s list
SAVANNAH, GA Michael Papa of Mayfield,
has been named to the Dean’s
List at the Savannah College
of Art and Design for fall
quarter 2011.
Full-time undergraduate
students who earn a grade
point average of 3.5 or above
for the quarter receive recognition on the Dean’s List.
Edinburg Seniors
plan party for Friday
EDINBURG - The
Sacandaga Seniors will have
their Christmas Party at the
Edinburg Community Center
on Friday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m..
The afternoon promises a
feast as each will bring a dish
to share. Also, bring, if you
choose, a $5 gift for the exchange. If you have thought
about joining the group, now
is the time. As a bonus, you
are sure to get into the
Christmas spirit.
The Seniors are sponsoring Line Dancing Lessons at
the Edinburg Fire Hall on
Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Alice Megargle of Wells is
the instructor. All are welcome to join the fun. Call
Carmen Durkin at 518-2153536 if you have any questions.
Bible Conference
celebration set
BROADALBIN Sacandaga Bible Conference
will celebrate Christmas on
Saturday, Dec.17 beginning
with a Christmas Banquet at
5:30 p.m. proceeded by a
Cantata at 7 p.m.
All are welcome. The
Christmas Banquet is by
reservation requested with a
cost of $12 for adults, children aged 7 to 11 $10 and
children aged 3 to 6 $8.
Reservations can be made by
calling the SBC Office at
(518)883-3713 or sending an
email to sbc@nycap.rr.com.
Invite your Friends. The
Christmas Cantata is free and
open for all to attend. The
evening will feature a choir
with people from many of our
local Churches presenting the
Christmas Musical by Marty
Parks and Word Music “Light
Our on-line poll:
Your favorite holiday
season holiday is:
A: Thanksgiving
B: Christmas
C: New Year’s Eve &
Day
Vote at:
www.sacandagaexpress.com
MAYFIELD
BREAKFAST WITH
Carla Kolbe
SANTA
The Mayfield Elementary PTA presents a breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec. 10, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. in the elementary cafe at the
Mayfield Elementary School, 80 North Main St.. Families can enjoy breakfast and have time to visit with Santa. Only $5 per person
or free for children ages 4 and under, gets you a complete, all-you-can-eat breakfast and a visit with Santa where each child will
receive a special surprise. For an additional $3 you can also have a picture taken with Santa. While at the breakfast, visit the
Mayfield Elementary PTA Santaland holiday shop where children can purchase their own affordable gift for family or friends. All
gifts will sell between $1 and $5. ABOVE: Mayfield Elementary students Sidney Rivenburg, left, Madison Willis and Jordan
Rivenburg shop Tuesday at the PTO’s Santaland for gifts.
Looked Down”. Come share
the Christmas season in exciting song and carol.
The Celebrate Christmas
evening will be held at
Sacandaga Bible Conference
located at 191 Lakeview
Road, just outside the Village
of Broadalbin. The Christmas
Banquet will be in Hilltop
Dining Hall with the proceeding Christmas Cantata being
in Johnston Lodge.
For more information
visit the website at
www.sacandagacamp.com or
call SBC at (518)883-3713.
Hotline available to
Mayfield residents
MAYFIELD — Families
in the Mayfield Central
School District in need of
Christmas gifts and/or food
can get help through the
“Santa Hotline”.
The hotline is supported by the Mayfield School
District, Mayfield
Presbyterian Church,
Mayfield Methodist Church,
the Northampton Diner, community members and other organizations.
Residents can call the
hotline from Nov. 3 through
Dec. 8 at 613-5000 from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
through Saturday. If no one
answers, please leave a message with your name and
number and your call will be
returned.
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Santa is coming
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nual Children’s Christmas
Party on Saturday, Dec. 10
from 2 to 4 p.m., at their Fire
Department building, located
at 7171 Fish House Rd., in
Providence.
There is no charge for the
event which will include refreshments and activities.
Enjoy a visit from Santa
with gifts for all children.
A photographer will be in
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gregate meal, which is served
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The meal, which is sponsored by the Fulton County
Office for the Aging, will be
chicken cacciatore, rotini,
Italian blend vegetables,
Italian bread, and pudding.
Next week on Thursday,
Dec. 15, STFSL’s Red
Rooster program will feature
Amanda Pitcher and the NCS
Select Choir. The meal will
feature goulash, peas, red
cabbage, rye bread, and
Christmas cookies.
You may attend Red
Rooster Programs without attending the meal. Feel free to
come for the program, or
bring a bag lunch. Programs
are held Thursdays at the Red
Rooster Cafe (Pink Chicken)
at the corner of Bridge and
Main Streets Northville.
Those who wish to enjoy
the OFA meal are asked to
please call Fulton County
OFA at 736-5650 to make
lunch reservations. STFSL requests that if you are unable
to attend the luncheon, to
please call OFA to cancel
your meal. If the OFA meal
site is closed, there will be no
program at the Red Rooster
Cafe that day.
In addition to the Red
Rooster Program, each
Thursday a Senior Stretch
class taught by Ony
Antonucci is held from 10:30
to 11:30 a.m. Cost is $5 per
week or six sessions for $25.
You may join at any time.
Additional information
about STFSL can be found
online at STFSL.org. J
MAYFIELD
TREE LIGHTING
SATURDAY
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The annual Mayfield village tree lighting will take place on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Mayfield municipal offices, 28 N. School St.,
Mayfield. The village tree will be lit by Santa and Mrs. Claus with the village mayor, followed by community holiday festivities. The
Mayfield High School jazz band will perform, and Santa will arrive by horse-drawn sleigh to greet the kids and sit for photos.
Refreshments and hot chocolate will be served. Fritzann Farm’s horse-drawn sleigh rides will be available after Santa’s arrival.
Festivities began at 4:30 p.m. and dressing for the outdoor weather is suggested. For further information, go to
www.mayfieldny.org. ABOVE: Santa and Mrs. Claus greet children at last year’s Mayfield tree lighting ceremony.
Cap
from page 1
fund balance to cover the gap.
As of Monday, $1.5 million in
fund balance had already been
applied to minimize the levy
increase.
Most, however, saw any
additional appropriations from
fund balance as detrimental to
the county’s future financial
solvency.
Northampton
town
Supervisor Linda Kemper,
who voted in favor of overriding the cap, described the entire budget process as “gut-
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wrenching.”
“It was a tough decision
for me,” said Kemper on the
resolution to override the cap.
“I was originally grossly opposed to it, but sitting session
after session after session, and
cutting everything right to the
bone that we could, you just
have to realize there’s no other
way. There’s just nothing more
we can do.”
Kemper said the decision
not to use more fund balance in
order to meet the tax cap was
one based on projections of future fiscal uncertainty for the
county.
“There were a lot of things
put in revenues that were one
shot deals for 2012,” said
Kemper. “We’re trying to look
to the future and realized that
we cannot jeopardize the entire
county by pulling that money
out of the fund balance.”
Kemper said her decision
to override the cap was also
based on numerous calls she
received from residents desperate to retain critical county
services.
“From what we’ve heard,
people don’t want their services cut any more than they already are, and I will never support doing away with the
Sheriff’s Department or the
Office for the Aging,” said
Kemper. “We’ve hacked and
hacked and gone line by line,
but there’s just no place else to
cut. We can’t just think about
next year, we have to look at
the years after and it would put
the county in a very dangerous
position to pull more out of
that fund balance.”
Fulton County Treasurer
E. “Terry” Blodgett agreed.
“They could have taken
more fund balance, but I
thought it was very intelligent
of them not to do that,” said
Blodgett. “Our fund balance is
in a critical position right now
and we shouldn’t take it any
lower than it is right now.”
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Blodgett lamented the fact
that the supervisors were even
put into the position of having
to choose between critical
services and higher taxes in the
first place.
“None of this is a good situation,” said Blodgett. “When
you have to continue to cut
back services and increase
taxes, it’s just a bad situation.”
“Medicaid is the culprit
right now,” he added.
“Between that and all the retirement increases and the
healthcare increases, it’s just
killing the smaller counties.
Everything rolls down hill and
we’re just at the end of hill, unfortunately.”
Describing the process by
which the state said the tax cap
must be overridden as a “political gimmick,” Administrative
Officer and Clerk of the Board
Jon Stead feared the importance of the fact that a budget
was adopted was being lost in
the process.
“Ultimately, the important
part is whether the board
adopts a budget at any given
level,” said Stead. “You’d like
to be able to do a zero increase
every year, but it doesn’t always work out that way.”
Voting against overriding
the state mandated cap were
Gloversville 5th Ward
Supervisor Michael Rooney,
Stratford town Supervisor
Robert Johnson, Jr. and
Oppenheim town Supervisor
George Capek.
The adopted budget features $93,168,680 in total appropriations. J
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For Your Convenience the
is available every week
for
FREE at the following locations
Amsterdam
Alpin Haus-4850 St. Hwy. 30
Amsterdam Memorial Hospital-St. Hwy. 30
Charlie’s-4465 St. Hwy. 30
Herba Motors Inc.-3953 St. Hwy. 30
Hess Mart-4635 St. Hwy. 30
Mini Kwik-4843 St. Hwy. 30
Nicolino’s Restaurant-4515 St. Hwy. 30
Olympic Diner-4790 St. Hwy. 30
Park & Ride-Crnr. Rt. 29 & 30
Pickett’s General Store-4207 St. Hwy. 30
Raindancer-4582 St. Hwy. 30
Stewarts-4184 St. Hwy. 30
The Recorder-1 Venner Rd.
Tower Shops & Pharmacy-4192 St. Hwy. 30
Town & Country Meat & Cheese-4755 St. Hwy. 30
Broadalbin
Adirondack Harley-Davidson-106 Bellen Rd.
Big Daddy’s Bakery-15 W. Main St.
Broadalbin Hotel-59 W. Main St.
Broadalbin Village-49 N. Main St.
Creekside Cafe-17 W. Main St.
CHURCHES
Fulton County
BLEECKER
Bleecker Community
Church UMC
503 Co. Hwy. 112 - Bleecker
518-883-8285
Rev. Kathy L. Reese
Sunday Worship Services at
8:30 am
Handicapped Accessible
BROADALBIN
Broadalbin Baptist
40 W. Main St.
Sunday services at 10:50 a.m.
and 6 p.m.
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic
The Rev. Neil Draves-Arpaia
7 North St., 883-3774
Masses Saturday 4 p.m.;
Sunday 10:30 a.m., Monday 5:30
p.m., and Thursday at noon
United Methodist
65 N. Main St.
The Rev. William “Bill” Deila
Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; worship 10:30 a.m.
First Presbyterian
54 West Main Street
The Rev. Linda Martin
Worship 10 a.m.; Sunday
school 10 a.m.
CAROGA LAKE
North Bush
United Methodist Church
1009 North Bush Road
PO Box 180
Caroga Lake. NY 12032
518-835-6884
Rev. Kathy L. Reese
518-883-8285 or 573-3695
Sunday service at 10:30 a.m
Coffee hour after services
MAYFIELD
Mayfield Central Presbyterian
22 N. Main St. - 661-6566
The Rev. Bonnie M. Orth
Sunday service 10:30 a.m.,
Mayfield High School auditorium.
Nursery and child care provided.
Coffee hour follows.
Mayfield United
Methodist Church
Pastor Jerry Oliver
19 North Main Street
Mayfield, NY 12117
(518) 661-5166
www.mayfieldmethodist.org
Sunday service 11 a.m.
Mayfield Center
Community Church
Red Bunch Loop Road
15 Miller St., Johnstown
762-4291
Pastor Richard Allen
Sunday services at 11 a.m.
NORTHAMPTON
United Methodist
The Rev. Jerry Oliver
Worship 9 a.m.; church school
9 a.m.
NORTHVILLE
First United Methodist Church
Office/Fax: 863-4911
Rev. Michael H. Terrell, Pastor
Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday school 11 a.m.
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Baptist Church of Northville
111 N. First Street - 863-8001
The Rev. Richard Klueg, assistant Rev. George Hopper.
Sunday worship; 10 a.m. and
7:30 p.m.
Thursday; prayer and pray
services 7 p.m.
www.baptistchurchofnorthville.org
St. Francis of Assisi
Roman Catholic
501 Bridge St. - 863-4736
The Rev. Neil Draves-Arpaia
Mass Tuesday, noon; Wednesday and Sunday, 8:30 a.m.
Northville United Presbyterian
161 Reed Street - 863-4151
Rev. Kirianne Weaver Riehl
9 a.m. Sunday service
www.northvillepres.org
PERTH
Perth Bible
1863 County Highway 107
843-3290
office@perthbiblechurch.org
The Rev. Mark Appell, senior
pastor; Dr. Roger Ellison, teaching pastor.
Worship Sunday 10:45 a.m.
and 6 p.m.
VAIL MILLS
Adirondack Baptist Church
Just West of Vail Mills on Route
29
Rev. Brian Norman
Sunday School 9 a.m.; Sunday
Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.;
Choir practice 5 p.m.; Thursday
Night Prayer 7 p.m.
PROVIDENCE
Providence Baptist
Fishhouse and Trevett roads
883-5221 - 883-3583
The Rev. William Marshall
Worship service, 10 a.m.
Sunday; Praise service, Bible
study and Intercessory prayer,
6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Saratoga County
BATCHELLERVILLE
Batchellerville Presbyterian
Route 7, Edinburg 863-4151
Rev. Kirianne Riehl
Sunday service at 9 a.m.
EDINBURG
Edinburg Bible Chapel
The Rev. John Trzaskos
Sunday worship 10 a.m., 7
p.m.; Sunday school 11 a.m.
7 p.m. Wednesday praise and
prayer service
Edinburg United
Methodist Church
3 North Shore Road at the Four
Corners
Pastoral team: Brian Gould and
Bill Delia
Sunday worship and church
school 8:45 a.m.
Sacandaga Christian
Fellowship
227 Fox Hill Road
Edinburg
Pastor Timothy Cox Jr.
Church Sunday Morning begins
at 10 a.m.
Pastor Timothy Cox, Jr.
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HADLEY
Community Church
of Conklingville
2943 North Shore Road,
Hadley 518-696-5310
Pastor Dan Jones
10:30 a.m.Sunday service
7 p.m. Wednesday prayer
meeting
email: DanJones@restoringthe paths.com
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Fastrac Vails Mill-4635 St. Hwy. 30
Java Junction-2 Railroad St.
Kristel’s Lodge on the Lake-113 Vunk Rd.
Mary Ann’s Restaurant-661 St. Hwy. 29
Meatland-9 Railroad St
Park & Ride Vails Mills-3687 St. Hwy. 30
Pizza Supreme-2 N. Main St.
Stewarts-47 Second Ave.
Suds & Bubbles-25 Pine St.
Tanner Lumber-4 N. 2nd Ave.
Vandeline’s-101 West Main St
Day/Hadley
Brooks Bay Store-1007 S. Shore Rd.
Day Town Hall-1650 N. Shore Rd.
Duffy’s North Country Store-1755 N. Shore Rd.
Old Trail Inn-232 N. Shore Rd.
Ponderosa Pines-770 North Shore Rd.
Edinburg
Brownell Lumber-96 Northville Rd.
Edinburg Marina-140 N. Shore Rd.
Edinburg Town Hall-45 Military Hwy.
J & S Old Country Store-930 S. Shore Rd
Galway
Dick and Jerry’s-1841 Route 29
Gloversville
Big Mike’s-120 N Pine St.
NAIF’s-Abraham’s Grocery-251 N. Main Street
O’Briens Deli-60 Elmwood Ave.
Tractor Supply Co.-25 Arterial Plaza
Johnstown
Andy’s Service-553 S. Comry Ave.
Mayfield
Adirondack Gateway-2460 St. Hwy. 30
Adirondack Mousse-2470 St. Hwy. 30
Fuel & Food-3000 St. Hwy. 30
Gordon’s Lakeside Marina-322 Lakeside Dr.
Jackie’s Diner-1472 St. Hwy. 29
Just Breakfast and Lunch-2471 St. Hwy. 30
Lanzi’s on the Lake-St. Hwy. 30
Mayfield Grill-8 School St.
Mayfield Laundromat-2424 St. Hwy. 30
North Country Florist-957 St. Hwy. 30
Northampton Diner-1205 St. Route 30
Northampton Marina-284 Houseman St.
Pour Jim’s-St. Hwy. 30
Powerhouse Motor Sports-2493 St. Hwy. 30
Sand Bar-306 Woods Hollow Rd.
Stewarts-St. Hwy. 30
Northville
Adirondack Country Store-252 N. Main St.
Allen & Palmer Hardware-112 N. Main St.
Brandt Minicipal Building-412 S. Main St.
Campers Last Stop-324 Houseman St.
Coloney Centre-746 St. Hwy. 30
Colorful Collections-142 N. Main St.
Duffey’s North Country Store-1755 N. Shore Rd.
Four Corners Diner-Edinberg Rd.
Fuller’s Corner Store-72 Northville Rd.
Grand Union Markets-201 Main St.
Java John’s-131 South Main St.
Klippel’s Kozy Korner Deli-221 Bridge St.
North Country Florist-957 St. Hwy. 30
Northville 5 & 10-122 S. Main St.
Northville Liquor Store - 172 N. Main St.
Northville Mountain Market-111Bridge St.
Northville Public Library-341 S. 3rd St.
Northville Public School-131 S. 3rd St.
Sacandaga Dog Supply-212 S. Main St.
Sacandaga Golf Course-126 Pine Ave.
Sport Island Pub-108 Riverside Blvd.
Stewarts-192 S. Main St.
The Ordinary-311 Bridge St.
Vic’s Tavern-223 Cty. Hwy. 152
Village Cafe & Pizzaria-S. Main St.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A special
thank you
To the editor:
The Broadalbin-Perth PTO
would like express our gratitude to all of the local businesses whose generous donations helped to make our annual Breakfast with Santa event
this past Saturday, not only
possible, but a great success.
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Cheese, The Village Market,
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Mayfield, and Amsterdam,
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Supply, Adirondack Kayaking
Warehouse, Vandeline’s
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We would also like to send a
huge thank you out to the
numerous volunteers who graciously donated their time and
efforts as well.
We wouldn’t have been able
to do this with out all of your
help, and we couldn’t be
prouder of our community.
Thank you for helping us in our
journey to help enrich our
schools and our students educational experience. “Together
we make a difference.”
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financially strapped as its
Hudson River counterpart.
So, when this year’s tax
bills came due at the end of
October, it came as no surprise to anyone when the
money failed to arrive.
“It’s my understanding
that when they paid that last
amount, that $3 million, they
pretty much broke the piggy
bank,” said Fulton County
Treasurer Terry Blodgett.
“They don’t have the revenues to pay it.”
Unfortunately for the
school districts, Blodgett
could not be any more accurate.
According to Mike Clark,
executive director of the
HRBRRD, there is simply no
money available to pay the
overdue taxes.
“We paid the previous
two year’s taxes by liquidating assets and transferring
them from the Black River
area, the other component of
the regulating district, and we
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“However, we have no reserve left whatsoever.
“It’s blood from a stone,”
he added. “We do not have
the funds to pay those
presently.”
However, the regulating
district is not without hope
that it may soon have the financial wherewithal to settle
the debt. Clark and the district
are currently awaiting word
on whether five Capitol
Region counties will be successful in their appeal of a recent court decision requiring
them to pay the regulating
district for the flood control
measures it provides those
communities. The district is
seeking payments from
Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga
and Washington counties.
“We expect to receive
that money and as soon as we
do, we will meet our obligation,” Clark said.
Clark said the district intends to use the funds it receives from those five counties as an annual revenue
source for both its school and
property tax payments.
“We are working on that
on a daily basis. We don’t
have the money to pay them
at present and the thought is,
and not only the thought, the
guarantee, is that as soon as
we do, we will pay those
taxes,” Clark said.
When asked if the district
had made plans to make the
tax payments should the
counties prove successful in
their appeal, Clark said,
“We’ll deal with that when
we get there.”
For the school districts
struggling to balance their
own minus sizable portions
of their tax base, those words
provide little comfort.
“It makes it difficult,”
said Mayfield Superintendent
Paul Williamsen. “There’s no
question, because it means
$372,000 to Mayfield and
that’s a lot of teachers.
“We need the money,” he
continued. “The whole state is
certainly in a fiscal mess, and
I understand that Hudson
River has some issues, but
they’ve certainly had plenty
of time to work this through
and try to come up with a solution.”
Despite the passing of the
Oct. 31 school tax deadline,
there are little, if any, avenues
available to the school districts to recoup the unpaid
funds.
According to Northville
Superintendent
Kathy
Dougherty, the districts must
wait until April 1 for the county to decide whether it will reimburse the schools the regulating district’s unpaid taxes
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Local teen dies in Route 29 crash
By JAIME STUDD
For the Express
HOLIDAY
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CRAFT SALE, LUNCHEON
The Town of Day’s holiday craft fair will take place Saturday, Dec.
10, at the town hall, 650 N. Shore Road, Hadley. The Community
Projects Committee has planned the event. A soup and sandwich
lunch, along with a “box of cookies” sale, a silent gift basket
auction, and a special appearance by Santa will round out the
afternoon. For more, go to www.townofday.com. ABOVE: Day
Supervisor MaryAnn Johnson serves soup at last year’s event.
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“Really, truly, right now
our hands are tied; there’s
nothing we can do,” said
Dougherty. “I’ve been in consultation with our lawyers,
obviously, and until such time
as that deadline passes and we
haven’t been made whole by
the county, there’s no action
we can take.”
According to Dougherty,
the school district is still required to record the regulating
district’s taxes in its as a
source of revenue, further impeding its ability to remain
somewhat fiscally viable.
“It actually goes into our
budget as unreceived revenue,” said Dougherty. “We
essentially use what we have
in fund balance to cover it
until such time as we get it
and that was the difficulty in
the last few years. District’s
have a difficult time enough
now that don’t have this issue,
that don’t have the regulating
district owing them money, so
it’s like a double- whammy on
our fund balance.”
According to Blodgett,
the decision whether or not to
make the school district’s
“whole” will ultimately be
that of the Board of
Supervisors, but he expressed
little optimism in the county’s
financial ability to do so.
“I don’t think anything
has changed since the last
time. The county’s financial
situation is no better than it
was last year or the year before that,” said Blodgett. “Is it
gonna happen? I can’t say yes
or no, but if we had to go by
the financial situation of the
county, we’re probably worse
off in a financial situation
than we were a year ago or
two year’s ago.”
Blodgett said the matter is
likely to play itself out in the
courts all over again if the
taxes remain unpaid.
“I think it’s gonna be a repeat of what happened again,”
said Blodgett. “That shouldn’t
have to happen. I mean nobody wins in this situation.”
Both Dougherty and
Williamsen can do little but
hope that their districts will
receive the money they so
desperately need, whether it
be from the county or the
HRBRRD itself.
“I trust that they (HRBRRD) are behind the scenes trying to work something out and
make something happen
here,” said Williamsen.
“Being one of our largest tax
payers we need some assistance from somebody on this
matter.”
Dougherty said, “I would
like to hope that Fulton
County would see the way
clear to making us whole as
they do with other properties
whose taxes haven’t been
paid.”
As the legal owner of the
land immediately surrounding
Great Sacandaga Lake, the
HRBRRD owes the Mayfield
School District $372,000, the
Northville School District
$337,000 and the BroadalbinPerth
School
District
$230,000 for the 2011-12
school year. J
JOHNSTOWN — Fulton
County Sheriff Thomas Lorey
confirmed Monday the identities of the three teenagers involved in Sunday night’s fatal
car accident at the intersection
of Route 29 and the Steele
Avenue Extension.
Nineteen-year-old
Christopher “CJ” Insogna, of
Caroga Lake, a passenger in
the vehicle, was pronounced
dead on scene. His sister, 17year-old Kelsey Insogna, also
of Caroga Lake, was ejected
from the vehicle and remains
in critical condition at Albany
Medical Center; she was airlifted there immediately following the accident. The driver, 19-year-old Justin Van
Nostrand, of Gloversville,
was treated for his injuries
and released from Albany
Medical Center Monday
morning.
Though he originally described the incident to be one
that involved racing, Lorey
said Monday that he now believes the accident occurred
when Van Nostrand, driving a
black Ford Mustang, attempted to pass two other vehicles
on the Steele Avenue
Extension while traveling at
speeds up to 100 mph.
“They were traveling together in three different cars,”
said Lorey. “Mr. Van Nostrand
pulled out and passed the
other cars and obviously came
upon the intersection faster
than he thought he was
gonna.”
After failing to stop at the
stop sign, Van Nostrand’s vehicle traveled across the road,
hit the embankment in front of
a house and crashed into a
truck parked in front of the
home before flipping over the
truck and crashing into the
house itself. The car landed
vertically against the house,
resting on its front bumper.
According to the siblings’
aunt, Stacy Elmendorf, the
two were en route from a
birthday party held at the
home of the Insogna’s grandparents in Meco.
“They had left their
grandparents’ house and met
up with Justin,” said
Elmendorf. “They were just
out together. We don’t know
what they were doing.”
The accident took place at
approximately 7:45 p.m.
Sunday night, forcing officials
to close a portion of Route 29
for several hours. Responding
to the scene were the Fulton
County Sheriff’s Department,
the Johnstown Area Volunteer
Ambulance Corps, the
Berkshire Volunteer Fire
Department, Fulton County
Ambulance Service. Also on
scene were Fulton County
Coroner Margaret Luck and
Fulton County District
Attorney Louise Sira.
Lorey said he expects
charges to be filed.
“There will be some
charges, but we’re going to
confirm with the district attorney before we decide what
they are,” said Lorey.
Sira said the matter remains under investigation.
“CJ” Insogna, a member
of the Meco Volunteer Fire
Department, graduated from
Wells Central School last
June.
On Monday, guidance
counselor Sharon Parslow described Insogna as “such a
nice kid.”
“I really liked him,” she
said. “A really good, polite
kid. He will be terribly
missed.” Parslow said grief
counseling will be available at
the school, which Kelsey
Insogna also attended for part
of her junior year.
Elmendorf said Monday
afternoon that Kelsey
Insogna, a senior at
Johnstown High School, is in
the pediatric intensive care
unit at Albany Medical Center
with severe injuries.
“Kelsey needs a lot of
prayers right now; she’s in
pretty bad shape,” said
Elmendorf. “We’re asking for
prayer. We appreciate everyone’s concern. The family has
a lot to go through.”
No one was injured in the
house that was struck by the
car. The residence was the
home of Milton Feldman, who
was struck by a car and killed
almost three weeks ago, while
attempting to cross the road in
front of his house. J
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Christopher Insogna
OBITUARY
December 4, 2011
and was a member of the
Speculator Fire Department.
He also worked with his
Uncle Tim as a mason tender.
He loved hunting, fishing and
four-wheeling with his
friends. Most of all, he loved
to be with his family. He will
be sadly missed by many.
Survivors include his father, Christopher “Poko”
Insogna (Kara) of Caroga
Lake; his mother, Kristine
Elmendorf (Donnie Pinkerton
Jr.) of Speculator; two brothers, Zachary Insogna and
Donnie Pinkerton III, both of
Speculator; a sister, Kelsey
Rae Insogna of Caroga Lake;
paternal grandmother Regina
Insogna of Gloversville; maternal grandparents Michael
and Judy Elmendorf of Meco;
maternal great-grandmother,
Elizabeth Gugenberger; two
aunts, Stacy Elmendorf and
Michaelyn Elmendorf
Christopher J.M.
Insogna, 19,
of Gloversville, died
unexpectedly
Sunday, Dec.
4, 2011. He
INSOGNA
was born
Sept. 15, 1992. in Niskayuna,
the son of Christopher
Insogna and Kristine Elmendorf. He was a 2011 graduate
of Wells High School. He was
employed as a laborer at
Puro-Clean in Canajoharie.
Christopher spent many
years with his grandfather at
the Meco Fire Department
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(Dwayne Illsey); five uncles,
Joe Insogna (Nancy), Russell
Insogna (Claudia), Tim
Insogna (Kelly), Mitch
Insogna (Sherri) and Glen
Insogna; several great aunts
and uncles, cousins and extended family.
Christopher was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Guisseppe “Joseph”
Insogna, and an uncle,
Gregory Insogna.
Family and friends may
call Saturday, Dec. 10 from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Walrath &
Stewart Funeral Home, 51
Fremont St., Gloversville,
where a funeral service will
be held at 1 p.m. with the
Rev. Cynthia Van Allen presiding. Interment will be in
Prospect Hill Cemetery,
Gloversville. Memorial contributions may be made to a
volunteer fire department of
your choice. Please visit the
family’s online guestbook at
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Garden Club holds
its holiday luncheon
In
November,
the
Sacandaga Garden Club held
their annual holiday luncheon, and fund raising auction
at Lanzi’s On The Lake in
Mayfield. Members and
guests were over 70 in attendance, and the auction raised
a record amount for the organization. The club and it’s
members pride themselves on
community outreach efforts,
and beautifying local community
venues.
The
Sacandaga Garden Club has
27 members and meets eight
times a year usually in the
Bradt Building on the first
Thursday of every month.
The club partners with
the Federated Garden Clubs
to offer a full scholarship to
cover camp tuition for one
week for a student age 12 to
14 at the Department of
Environmental Conservation
program at Camp Colby in
Upper Saranac Lake.
Locally, recent recipients
of this scholarship have been
Carissa Henderson, Emily
Krom, Arthur Hoffman and
Megan Frasier.
Students who are interested should submit a letter
stating why they wish to attend the camp, along with a
letter of recommendation
from a teacher to us at
POBox 675, Northville, NY
12134. The deadline for applications hasn’t been announced yet but it is usually
around the second week in
January so get them in early.
The Sacandaga Garden
Club made wreaths which
have been hung at the Bradt
Building, the Northville
Northampton Museum, the
Northville Post Office, the
American Legion Post 1076,
and the Northville Public
Library.
Wreaths are also made
for Edinburg, Day and
Benson. They also give seasonal gifts at Christmas and
Easter to those who are not
able to get out and enjoy the
holiday festivities.
In 2009 the club dedicated the Blue Star Marker that
sits in front of the Bradt
Building to honor all who
E X P R E S S
Carla Kolbe
Sacandaga Garden Club’s
Anna Johnson, left, and Ruth
Ralston with a quilt Ralston
made to be raffled off at the
clubs November luncheon.
serve in the armed forces,
past, present and future. They
have created and maintain a
garden bed alongside the
marker filled with perennials,
annuals and bulbs.
Club member Margreet
Monster leads the work to
maintain the gardens at the
Northville Public Library and
Carol Reutzel creates seasonal decorations for the door
and window box.
The Sacandaga Garden
Club was asked by the
Northville Girl Scouts to help
out in their community garden this year and many members volunteered their time in
weeding, watering and harvesting.
This year, in keeping
with the clubs theme of
Giving Back to the
Community they are holding
three special presentations
open to all and held in the upstairs meeting room of the
Northville Public Library. In
October, the first presentation
was on cactus and succulents
and will be followed in
March and April with lectures on orchids and wildflowers. The speakers are acknowledged experts in their
fields and we have refreshments for all afterwards.
The Sacandaga Garden
Club is very grateful to
everyone for supporting their
efforts and early next year
they will be talking about
other projects they can undertake for the community.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Thursday, Dec. 8
Monday, Dec. 12
Red Rooster located at the BCON Corner
Facility at Bridge and Main Streets in Northville,
with the weekly congregate meal which is served
from 11:30 to 12:30 offered through the Fulton
County Office for the Aging, please call Fulton
County OFA at 736-5650 to make lunch reservations; “Senior Stretch” class with instructor Ony
Antonucci at the Red Rooster located at the
BCON Corner Facility at Bridge and Main
Streets in Northville from 10:30 till 11:30 a.m. at
a cost of $5 per session; Line Dancing Lessons,
Edinburg Fire Hall 2 to 4 p.m. with Alice
Megargle of Wells, call Carmen Durkin at 518215-3536 with questions: Hadley Town Board, 7
p.m.; Aaron Mittler from 6 to 8 p.m., Mary
Ann’s Tavern, 661 State Highway 29,
Broadalbin, 883-5813; Karaoke night,1854 Pub
and Eatery at the Broadalbin Hotel, 59 West
Main St., Broadalbin, 883-5414
Blue grass Jam, Jackie’s Diner, 1472 St
Hwy 29. Vails Mills, 883-8600, music and
dinner ever second and fourth Monday of the
month; Day Town board meeting
Friday, Dec. 9
Thursday, Dec. 15
Sacandaga Seniors Christmas Party,
Edinburg Community Center, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 10
Mayfield Elementary PTA Breakfast with
Santa, 8 to 10:30 a.m. in the Elementary Cafe,
Mayfield Elementary School, 80 North Main
St., Mayfield; Town of Day’s Holiday Craft
Fair, Day Town Hall, 1650 North Shore Rd. in
Hadley, www.townofday.com: Santa Claus at
the Providence Volunteer Fire Department, 2
to 4 p.m., Fire Department building, 7171 Fish
House Rd., Providence; Annual Mayfield
Village Tree Lighting, Mayfield Municipal
Offices, 28 N School St., Mayfield, festivities
began at 4:30 p.m.; Dave Price, 9 to ?,
Ponderosa Pines,766 North Shore Road,
Hadley, 863-4848
Northville Central School Board of
Education Meeting, 6:30 p.m.; Town of
Broadalbin board of trustees, 6:30 p.m. 201
Union Mills Rd., Broadalbin; Mayfield
Community Group, Mayfield Municipal
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Page 11
Permit system defended
in federal appeals court
MAYFIELD - On Dec. 2,
Sacandaga
Protection
Committee (SPC) attorney
Benjamin Ahlstrom of
Hodgson Russ LLP, along
with attorneys for the Hudson
River Black River Regulating
District and the NYS Attorney
General’s Office, presented
oral arguments before a three
judge panel of the United
States Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit in New
York City.
Niagara Mohawk appealed a 2010 Federal District
Court decision by US District
Court Judge Norman A.
Mordue.
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against Niagara Mohawk’s
claim that the permit system is
illegal and must be eliminated. In the case, titled Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation
v. Hudson River ñ Black
River Regulating District, the
plaintiff power company
sought a refund of more than
$5 million in assessments paid
to the regulating district, plus
interest.
Niagara Mohawk argued
that the Federal Power Act
preempts virtually all of the
regulating district’s activities,
including operation of the
Great Sacandaga Lake Permit
System, maintenance of the
watershed, and even flood
control.
Niagara Mohawk also asserted that the permit holders
should be charged as beneficiaries and pay greater costs to
the Regulating District.
The SPC has also sought
permission from the New
York State Supreme Court to
intervene in twenty related
lawsuits challenging the
Regulating District’s assessments of Niagara Mohawk
and threatening the permit
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Page 12
The Edinburg community came together on Saturday to welcome in the holiday season. The fire house was filled with
goodies and refreshments for kids young and old while Freckles
the Clown made balloon sculptures for all the kids, and
Fritzann Farm took people on horse-drawn sleigh rides. The
excitement escalated upon Santa’s arrival. He would meet with
each boy and girl, and share age-appropriate gifts with each
one. Community members and local businesses made possible
additional raffle items for the children. The afternoon culminated as the Rev. Brian Gould shared a holiday blessing, and
Santa lit the holiday tree located at the Edinburg Four Corners.
Photos by CARLA KOLBE
Santa and his Edinburg helpers
Isabella and Sophia Edwards color in books from Santa.
Alyssa Newton and her dad Tom meet with Santa.
Freckles the Clown
and her balloon art
Amy Kronk opens her gifts.
The Crabtree kids with grandparents, the Lohnes of Edinburg.
Children at play
Porter Brownell wins a bike.
Santa and the Rev. Brian Gould.
Peter Cahill, left, and Chris Gill
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Page 13
The holiday rang in loud and clear in
Northville Saturday night as the
Northville Civic Association hosted its
annual Old Fashioned Christmas in the
Park, complete with a live Nativity, carolers, horse-drawn sleigh rides, popcorn, cookies, hot cocoa, a bonfire and
Santa lighting the tree. Santa and Mrs.
Claus visited in the park with all the
children young and old until all their
wishes were heard.
Santa and Mrs. Claus
by the Northville village tree
Live Nativity scene from Northville’s Baptist Church.
Photos by CARLA KOLBE
The Gifford family
Carolers from the St Francis of Assisi choir.
Northville elementary girls singing carols
Grace Izzo meets the sleigh ride horses
with her parents Karen and Thad
BFFs Emily Shepard, left,
and Madi Whittaker
Amy and Kendyl Wilkes
Molly Whittaker introduces Santa and Mrs. Claus
Northville Civic Assoc.
president Mahlon Robinson
throws pallets on the bonfire.
Santa throws
the holiday light switch
S A C A N D A G A
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Page 14
Basketball season is here!
THE SCOREBOARD
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wood, Lady Patriots
cruise in opener
BROADALBIN — Kaitlin
Wood scored a game-high 23
points and grabbed 12
rebounds to lead the
Broadalbin-Perth girls basketball team to a season-opening
55-33 win Monday over
Middleburgh in non-league
action.
Kylie Gifford and Monica
Magliocca each scored six
points for B-P (1-0), while
Katie Herba had five points
and picked up eight steals.
The Lady Patriots outscored
Middleburgh 36-8 in the first
half and lead 49-17 after three
quarters.
Victorian Wright led
Middleburgh with 18 points,
while Amanda Roney scored
seven.
Western Athletic Conference
Fort Plain 36, Mayfield 8
Abby Boyer tallied 15 points
and Haley Kilmartin added 10
points to lead Fort Plain to a
victory over Mayfield Tuesday.
Nicole Little scored four
points to lead Mayfield.
Northville 42,
Hadley-Luzerne 23
Allison Wadsworth poured in
19 points to key Northville’s
victory over Hadley-Luzerne.
Madalyn Ryan helped the
winners with nine points.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Western Athletic Conference
Northville 37, Galway 31
Tyler Henderson scored a
game-high 14 points, and the
Falcons outscored Galway 188 in the first quarter en route to
notching a win in the WAC
North Division opener for both
teams.
Jim Grega chipped in with 11
points for Northville (1-1, 1-0
WAC North).
Jamie Freebern had 12
points and Cody Marshall
added 10 for the Golden
Eagles (0-3, 0-1).
Coaches vs. Cancer
Mayfield 63
Crown Point 39
Dylan Toscano poured in a
game-high 26 points and
Andrew Haschytz added 17
points and 11 rebounds to lead
Mayfield to a victory over
Crown Point in a Coaches vs.
Cancer Tournament game
Saturday.
Mayfield raced out to a 32-19
halftime lead and never looked
back.
Billy Handy contributed with
nine points.
Jake Courey had 15 points to
lead Crown Point.
BOWLING
B-P bowlers
swept by Queensbury
Nate Madison’s 678 series
led Queensbury to a 4-0 win
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Page 15
Basketball season is here!
MAYFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL
Carla Kolbe
GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL
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E X P R E S S
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Basketball season is here!
BROADALBIN-PERTH
Carla Kolbe
BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL
Front row, from the left:Luigi Magliocca, Ethan Church, R.J. Pingitore, Justin Ferguson, Mark Sylvia. Back row: Brandon Perna, Ben Bellandi,
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BROADALBIN-PERTH
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GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL
Front row, from the left: Katie Herba, Rachel Orapello, Michaela Hills, Monica Magliocca, Kiley Gifford.
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S A C A N D A G A
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Page 17
Basketball season is here!
NORTHVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
Carla Kolbe
GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL
Front row, from the left: Stephanie Reed, Abby Moore, Kristi Bills.
Back row: Coach David Bush, Lyndsey Wadsworth, Allison Wadsworth, Kelly VanNostrand, Rachel Scharr, Mary Ryan. Absent: Madalyn Ryan
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Page 18
Northville’s Edwards earns state honor
Northville girls soccer coach Chris Edwards was
named the New York State Class D Coach of the
Year and All-State Co-Coach of the year by the New
York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization
for Girls Sports, culminating a year that saw him
lead the Lady Falcons to their first ever state final.
“The All-State Co-Coach of the year honor came
as quite a shock” said an exuberant Edwards
following the ceremony.
In his first year as head coach, Edwards helmed the
Lady Falcons to their fourth straight Section II Class
D final and an eventual trip to the state final, where
Northville was edged 1-0 by Chazy.
The Lady Falcons were also recognized with
outstanding accomplishments at last saturday nights
Capital District Girls Soccer 2011 All-Star Banquet:
• Western Athletic First Team All-Stars: Madalyn
Ryan, Kristi Bills
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• Section 2 Class D Player of the Year: Madalyn
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• Section 2 Class D Keeper of the Year: Kristi Bills
The following prestigious awards given by the
New York State Sportswriter’s and Coaches
Organization went to Northville’s Lady Falcons:
• First Team All-State: Madalyn Ryan
• Second Team All-State: Kristi Bills, Allison
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Broadalbin-Perth, which reached the Section II
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The Mayfield Historical Society held its 20th annual Christmas open house Saturday and Sunday at the historic Rice
Homestead. society members decorated the site, inside and out, in the spirit of an old-fashioned Christmas. The 1790 room was
filled with homemade cookies, and the scent of mulled cider filled the air. Live demonstrations were held in the barn where
Arlene Rambush and Barbara Hojohn spun wool while Libby VanNostrand weaved on an antique loom. Folk artist Teddi Knapp
also demonstrated her art. Musical entertainment was provided with Harry Izzo, Dave Hazzard, Larry Shepard and Bob Flynn
on Saturday and Ermina Pincombe, Tom Black, Judy Black, Paul Gavry, Sally Peck and Pam Broiles on Sunday.
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Historic society member
Ginny Hall with the parlor tree.
Libby Van Nostrand weaves on an antique loom.
Arlene Rambush, left, and Barbara Hojohn spin wool into yarn.
Third Regiment of the Tryon County Militia re-enactors
Maxine and Rick Christman and Jim Morrison.
Music by Harry Izzo, Dave Hazzard, Larry Shepard and Bob Flynn.
Jean Gifford at a mantel she decorated.
Visitors in the decorated dining room.
Mayfield Historian Betty Tabor and the 1790 room
mantel decorated by Carol Jablonski.
The kitchen and annual pie sale.
Shirley Galpin stokes
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Christine Dahl
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Sacandaga ice fishing contest dates announced
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details of that event.
The entry fee is $30 and
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No registrations will be accepted after Dec. 31, 2011
and participation in this contest is limited to the first
1,500 entrants.
This may seem like a lot
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year, after that number had
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awarded - $1,000 per hour
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prizes plus drawings for
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four largest walleyes entered
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the following fashion - $550
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Because these four prizes
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The contest will run from
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The wristbands can be
picked up at the Fuel N’
Food Store on Route 30,
Mayfield, after Jan. 1, 2012.
OUTDOORS
Also, all members of your
fishing party must be registered in the event and also
have wristbands.
No fishing will be allowed in any ice shanty or
tent. In other words, you can
spend all the time you wish
in a shelter but all your fishing gear must remain outdoors and in plain sight.
There will be two weigh
stations for the Walleye
Challenge - one out on the
ice in front of Lanzi’s on The
Lake and the other, also on
the ice, in front of the State
Boat Launch on Lakeview
Road, Broadalbin. You can
bring any walleyes to be entered in the event to either
one of those weigh stations
but all prizes will later be
distributed at the main location at Lanzi’s on the Lake,
where all the other prizes
will also be distributed.
You’ll find all the details
you need on the sheet that
accompanies the registration
form but if you have any
questions or need more information you can call the
Fulton County Chamber of
Commerce at 518-725-0641
or Lou Stutzke at Fuel N’
Food, 518-661-6917. I
haven’t spoken with Lou recently so I don’t know if the
magic number of 1,500 entrants has yet been reached
but if it hasn’t, it will be
soon so get your entry in
ASAP.
GSLFF ICE FISHING
CONTEST
The Great Sacandaga
Lake Fisheries Federation’s
annual ice fishing contest
will also be held on
Saturday, Jan. 28, the same
day as the big Walleye
Challenge event.
While the Challenge is
strictly a walleye contest, the
GSLFF event will offer
$1,500 in prizes in the northern pike, perch and trout divisions, meaning you can
now enter just about anything you catch in one contest or the other.
The Fisheries Federation
Contest will be headquartered at the Sacandaga
Boating Club which will also
serve as the sole measuring
station. Judging will be by
length and the contest hours
will be 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The entry fee is $15 per
person though youngsters 12
and under can participate for
free if fishing with an adult
who has paid the entry fee.
Three prizes of $300, $150
RACK ’EM
UP,
Photo submitted
DAN
On Nov. 6, Dan Sawyer of Broadalbin shot a 205-pound, 10-point buck in North Broadalbin.
Shown is Sawyer and his hunting group Eric Rorick, left, Jim Higgins Sr., Dan Sawyer (holding
horns), Mike Kinowski, Matt Cornell. Front row: Ed Sawyer, Kevin Buczkowski.
and $50 will be offered in
each of the three divisions
cited above. During the contest you can call 518-2278298 for up-to-the-minute
Gardinier at 848-7248. You
can also get additional information by going to:
www.gslff.com on the web.
J
information on the status of
the prize board.
For additional information now you can call Jack
Smith at 863-4271 or Randy
FRANK’S
Gun & Tackle Shop, Inc.
Rt. 30 Broadalbin • (518) 883-5053
across from Adirondack Animal Land
www.franksgunshops.com
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Sacandaga Express Classifieds
SPECIAL CARS under $10,000
2004 Chevy Trailblazer 4x4
2006 Dodge Charger SXT
2006 Dodge Stratus SXT
1998 Chrysler Concord LXi
2004 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT
2006 Jeep Liberty 4x4
2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan
2002 Mini Cooper
2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring
2000 Dodge Intrepid
2007 Nissan Versa SL
9,988
$
6 Cyl., Auto, AC, Alloys
6,555
$
Leather, Full Power,
Immaculate!
7,988
$
5 Spd., PW, PL, Alloys
5,999
$
Auto, PW, PL
9,990
$
3.5 V6, Auto, PW, PL,
P-Seats, Alloys
9,990
$
V6, Auto, PW, PL,
Rear AC, Alloys
6,990
$
V6, Auto, PW, PL,
Rear AC, Alloys
6,888
$
V6, Auto, PW, PL,
48,000 miles!
JEEP Grand Cherokees
JEEP WRANGLERS
2007 Wrangler Sahara Unlimited 4x4
2006 Grand Cherokee Limited
2007 Wrangler
Sahara Unlimited
4x4 Call of Duty
16,888
20,888
Hemi, Memory Heated Leather,$
Moonroof, Full Power, 40k
2007 Grand Cherokee Laredo X Pkg.
18,999
6 Cyl., Heated Leather, Alloys,$
Premium Sound, Full Power
2010 Grand
Cherokee Ltd. S
6 cyl., 4DR, Auto, Hardtop,
Alloys, PW, PL, 60k
20,999
$
6 cyl., 4DR, Auto,
Hardtop, Alloys,
2” Lift, 40k, You have
to see this!
33,988
$
27,888
$
Special! Look!
2011 Wrangler Sport Unlimited 4x4
6 cyl., 4DR, Auto, T/Tow, Fogs,
Alloys, AM/FM/CD, 3k
$
White & Tan – 2 in stock!
24,988
2008 Wrangler Sport 4x4
TRUCK BARGAIN OF THE DAY!
2005 Chevy
Silverado 4x4
Ext. Cab
19,988
$
2008 Wrangler Sport 4x4
20,888
6 cyl., 6 Spd.,Auto, Hardtop, $
Alloys, AC, 50k
PW, PL, Alloys
2004 Wrangler Sport 4x4
11,988
$
4.0L 6 cyl., Auto, AC,
Alloys
PERFORMANCE CAR BAGAIN!
So Close!
10,888
$
Immaculately CLEAN
WOW! These are like new!
2006 Chevy
Trailblazer LT
14,988
25,988
6 cyl., Auto, AC, Alloys,
Fog Lamps, 50k
4 cyl., Auto, AC, PW, PL,
38mpg!
$
$
6 cyl., 4DR, Auto, Hardtop,
Alloys, 2” Lift, 17k
8,555
$
Auto, Leather, Moonroof, AC,
PW, PL, Alloys, 50k, 40mpg!
6 cyl., Auto, PW, PL, PSeat, Alloys, Premium
Sound, Factory Trailer
Tow/Sunscreen/Fogs,
1-Owner, Non Smoker
Look at this!
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Hemi, Memory Heated
Leather, Moonroof,
Infinity Sound, Backup
Camera, Navigation,
Sirius Radio, Trailer
Tow Pkg. HID Lamps,
“EVERY AVAILABLE OPTION”
12k, In Short...
9,555
$
V6, Auto, AC, PW, PL,
Super Clean!
SPORT UTILITY SPECIALS!
2005 Grand Cherokee Laredo X Pkg.
4.7 V8, Leather, Moonroof, Alloys, $
Rear DVD, Full Power, 40k
9,555
$
Leather, Moonroof,
PW, PL, Alloys
13,988
$
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2007 Saturn Outlook XE
6 cyl., 3 Rows of Seats, Power Everything,
Premium Sound, Alloys, Fogs,
Rear AC & Heat, 1-Owner,
$
Non Smoker, Look at this!
18,888
MINIVAN DEALS OF THE YEAR!
2010 Dodge
Grand Caravan
SXT (Electric Blue)
3.8 V6, 6 Spd. Auto,
PW, PL, P-Seat, Rear
AC & Heat, Full Slown-go, Power Sliding
Doors, 30k
19,988
$
2011 Dodge Gr. Caravan Mainstreet
(Silver) 3.8 V6, 6 Spd. Auto, Totally New Interior,
Power Liftgate, Full Slow-n-go,
Power Sliding Doors,
$
Alloys, Fog Lamps
22,988
RARE HEAVY DUTY
2005 Dodge Ram
3500 4X4 Quad Cab
Laramie Trim, Cummins
Turbo Diesel, Heated
Leather, Power Everything,
Dual Wheels, New Tires,
Trailer Tow Group
29,988
$
2006 Dodge Charger SRT-8
425 HP Hemi, 20” Chrome Wheels, Moonroof,
Heated Leather, Infinity Sound System,
Navigation, Every Available Option! Perfect!
Should be $31,270
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Our Sale Price:
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2011 Dodge Durango Crew
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292 HP V6, Auto, Alloys, Premium Sound
System, Rear Backup Alarm, Keyless Entry,
Push Button Start, Power Everything,
Seats 8, 18k
$
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2008 Saturn Aura XR
29,777
3.5 V6, Moonroof, Heated Leather, PW, PL,
P-Seats, BOSE Stereo, Alloys, $
20k, Immaculate! Like New!
16,555
ALL WHEEL DRIVE!
2006 Dodge
Dakota Club
Cab 4x4
2006 Chrysler 300C AWD
Hemi, Moonroof, Heated Leather, Power
Everything, Infinity Sound, $
Alloys, Superb! 50k
6 Cyl., Auto, AC, PW,
PL, Alloys, 38k
2008 Jeep
Liberty Sport
4x4
14,988
$
2006 Subaru Baja Turbo AWD
19,988
20,555
Leather, Moonroof,
Power Everything,
Has it all! 60k
13,988
$
6 Cyl., Skyroof! Auto,
AC, PW, PL, Alloys, 30k
Leather, Auto, AC, Moonroof, Full Power Everything,
Alloys, Tonneau Cover, Trailer Tow,$
Premium Sound System, 30k
2005 Mercury
Montego
Premier AWD
2008 Subaru Imprezza AWD
18,888
$
Auto, PW, PL, P-Seat
Alloys, 11k!
17,555
$
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
MISC. FOR SALE
MISC. FOR SALE
MISC. FOR SALE
CARS FOR SALE
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BEER
Steins
Saratoga,
Budweiser, Coors. $25 each or $200
for all. (518)-842-3836 Amsterdam
LOG HOOP for fireplace, 3ftx3ft.
$50. (518) 842-3683. Amsterdam.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE toddler bed, $50 OBO. 60 gallon pond
w/waterfall and pump, $150 OBO.
(518) 844-5164. Fort Plain
2002 CAMARO Z28 Supersport
convertible, 35th Anniversary model.
Red w/black leather interior.
350/325hp engine. 14,900miles.
Like new. Asking $21,900. (518)8636941. Edinburg.
17 ADORABLE mint condition boys
infant fall/winter outfits. Carters,
Little Me, Boutiques $20. (518)-8420757 Amsterdam
2 TVS, Zenith 25 inch $50. Radio
Shack 20 inch $30. OBO. Stan (518)
843-5732. Amsterdam
56” BIG Screen, Phillips, HD TV,
$150
OBO.
(518)866-0138.
Amsterdam.
BALDWIN PIANO excellent condition $1200.00 Maple dining room
table, 4 captain chairs $125.00
OBO. (518) 843-0892. Hagaman
BOSTITCH N63CP coil siding nailer
with manual and 6 coils, 6D galvanized ring nails. $150. (518)-8632499 Northville
Web Surfers...
BROOKLYN
DODGERS
Yearbooks. Great condition. Ted
Williams Hall of Fame induction bat,
only 500 made. Call (518)725-0885.
Gloversville.
CHILDREN’S ITEMS Complete
Whinnie the Pooh nursey set. VTech V-Smile learning system with
13 games. Leap Frog Leap Pad.
(518)-843-5588 Amsterdam
MAHOGANY DINING room table
48X60
$60.
(518)212-2288
Amsterdam.
MAYTAG DISHWASHER $75 OBO,
works great needs new control
panel. (518)-829-7908 Tribes Hill.
MILLER MOBILE Home furnace oil
fired, $225. (518)-882-9137 Galway
NEW MAPLE Kitchen cabinet set
$1100. (518)848-2477. Tribes-Hill.
NEW SEARS House generator
$800. Miscellaneous lumber and
plywood, large doghouse $30. 33
1/3 albums, odd size tires (518)-3660615 Amsterdam
OAK DINING room table, pedestal
base with claw feet, 48” round, with
1 leaf, 4 chairs. $325. (518) 7732691. Gloversville
ORANGE VINYL snow fence, 5
100ft long rolls with stakes. $25
each. (518) 842-0918. Amsterdam.
PLUS SIZE WOMEN'S NURSES
SCRUBS AND CLOTHING: Sizes
XL to 3X, good condition. Tops $3,
pants $2 to $3. (518)843-8264
Amsterdam.
COLLECTIBLE DOLLS, Adora and
(1) Lee Middleton doll, with accessories, $40ea OBO. (518) 661-5957.
Mayfield.
PLUS SIZE WOMEN'S NURSES
SCRUBS AND CLOTHING: Sizes
XL to 3X, good condition. Tops $3,
pants $2 to $3. (518)843-8264
Amsterdam.
Sacandaga Express
DEXTER BOWLING shoes brand
new size 10.5 $10. Nike football
cleats brand new size 9.5 $15.
(518)-842-1997 Amsterdam
REAL FUR ladies mink coat, size
12, $20. Charcoal grill with utensils,
$20.
Call
(518)843-0455.
Amsterdam.
on-line
DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT Ring
$300, Diamond wedding band $150.
(518)-843-0632 Amsterdam
SHIRLEY TEMPLE doll, 36” tall,
pink party dress in box. $180. (518)835-4388 Johnstown
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FREEZER UPRIGHT 17 cubic foot,
excellent condition, must see. (518)
863-4065 Death in family, no
Sunday calls please. Northville.
SHUTTERS, RAISED panel, 1 pair
forest green, 15 x 56. Brand new
$40.00. Amsterdam 518-842-1854
You can check out the
APPLIANCES &
FURNITURE
APPLIANCES &
FURNITURE
DINING ROOM Table, 6 chairs, and
hutch. Very good condition. $500.
(518)842-2531. Amsterdam
LIFT CHAIR-NEW Only 34" wide
with Push Button Controls Brown
fabric, Purchased new for $900
Asking $600. (518) 883-5509
Broadalbin
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MISC. FOR SALE
(3) MUD and Snow tires 13” x 70R
on rims, good condition.$70 for all
three. Call Jim (518)-522-3779
Broadalbin
(4) 245/75/R16 Truck Tires, good
condition, 7/32 thread, $80.
(518)887-5301 or (518)810-1841.
Florida.
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GALAXY HAM Transceiver GT550
with SC550 speaker/power supply
and Lafayette Crystal microphone.
1970’s tube style, need work. $200.
(518)-366-8770 Amsterdam
HARLEY DAVIDSON leather jacket
for sale with logo -size xxxl-like new
condition, $100. call 518-673-5933.
Canajoharie.
HOMEMADE UTILITY Trailer $100
(518)-852-7190 Amsterdam
HP DESKTOP, no HDD, 512 MB
Ram, Works, 4 usb, two disk drives,
$150.00 firm. (518) 863-2381.
Edinburg
LARGE CHEST freezer 48 x 26 x
36 runs good, good condition make
offer. (518) 863-4117 Northville
SINGLE SHOT 22 for sale, good for
target practice or young boy just
starting out. $75. (518)-577-6374
Amsterdam
SONY FLAT Screen 46” TV, great
picture, black. $200. (518)883-3834.
Broadalbin.
SONY TRINITRON 36” TV. Great
picture. Like new Free. (518) 8431789. Amsterdam.
SPORTS LOGO Ceiling Fans, new,
Mets & Yankees. Electric dryer,
Roper, hardly used. 32x80 storm
door with window. (518)842-0845.
Amsterdam.
STIHL CHAINSAW, model MS361
Professional, 25” bar, case, accessories, spare chain. Cost $700 new,
sell $500. 518-774-7587. Perth.
TODDLER GIRLS clothes sz.3-4,
all seasons-$50 OBO. (518)8443385. Fort-Plain.
TOTAL GYM Type Exercise
Machine-$150. American Tourister
Hard Case 4pc luggage, Tiffany
style lamps, SS rings, opague
stones, jade.
(518)843-0016.
Amsterdam
WHEELCHAIR RAMP, all aluminum
w/handrails. Adjustable legs to 50”
equal 50ft to code, $6500 negotiable. (518) 843-2442. Amsterdam.
WHITE CRIB, $50. Men’s 3XL
waterproof jacket and Dartmouth
college winter jacket sz.48. Boys
large Mets jacket. Diaper bag, new.
(518)842-7876-Amsterdam.
LAWN & GARDEN
CRAFTSMAN
RIDING
Lawn
Mower, $375. Troybuilt Snowblower,
like new, $500. (518) 736-1807.
Johnstown.
NEVER USED, no rust. 46” cut
mower deck. Fits an 18 HP riding
garden lawn tractor $200 (518)-9243809 Wells
PETS & SUPPLIES
FREE FEMALE Orange Cat, possibly 5-6 months old, friendly and loving, no dogs, (518)843-3337.
Amsterdam.
PUREBRED PITBULL puppies, ,
eight weeks old, Asking $100 each.
Can
delivery.
(518)705-3245.
Mayfield
SIXTEEN WEEK old orange and
white male, litter trained, medium
hair. Call (518)-922-5630 Fultonville
HOUSES FOR SALE
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2004 FORD Taurus SES Excellent
shape, good tires, new brakes, snow
vehicle. $3,200. (518)-843-2361 or
(518)-210-0990 Amsterdam.
‘69 MGB Roadster, good condition.
$5900. OBO. (518) 842-6479.
Amsterdam
AUTO PARTS,
SERVICE
4 TIRES Firestone. Size 205/60R
16, $100. for all (518)842-1619.
Amsterdam.
LEER 6.5FT Fiberglass truck bed
cover, $300. (518) 842-5066.
Amsterdam.
SNOW
TIRES/RIMS:
Two
215/65R17 M+S tires on steel
wheels. Fit Chrysler 300/Dodge
Charger. One season. New $450,
asking
$250.
518-762-8699.
Johnstown.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
BULLDOZER 1952 Oliver OC-3
with factory "Anderson" hydraulic
blade, also power pulley and p.t.o.
nice condition $4200 (518)8422352 Amsterdam NY
RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES
1993 COACHMEN Catalina, 31FT,
sleeps 6+, new tires, 18,000 original
miles. Clean. $6500. (518)847-2853
or (518)669-3508. Mayfield.
HONDA BIG Red 3-Wheel (1984)
automatic, runs as-is, $500 call 518441-6736. Glenville
HONDA BIG Red 3-Wheel (1984)
automatic, runs as-is, $500 call 518441-6736. Glenville
SNOWMOBILES
2001 SLED bed covered trlr jack
stand and spare tire. $2000 call 315348-5079. Port Lyden
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CAN IT REALLY SNOW FREE JEWELRY?
T’was the night before New Year’s
And all through the town
not a grown-up was sleeping
not even a hound.
Were we going to have snow
this New Year’s Eve?
Each one was wondering
could their jewelry be free?
We will just have to
wait and see...
Snow fall at
Castiglione’s will
be measured by
Weather Watch
Doppler Radar
Any purchase you make
between November 25th
and December 24th
will be completely refunded
IF IT SNOWS 6 INCHES
OR MORE BETWEEN
6 PM AND 12 MIDNIGHT
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011
Since 1929
JEWELER
CLOSED:
Christmas Day & New Year’s Day
OPEN DAILY: 9:30 - 5; Friday ‘til 7 PM; Closed Sun.
Starting Sun. Dec. 4th, 11th, 18th: 12 - 4
Starting Dec. 12th: Mon-Fri.: 9:30 - 7; Sat.: 9:30 - 5
GEMOLOGIST
Corner N. Main & Church Sts.,
Gloversville, NY
Visit our web site:
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