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Moms Picks
Happy Thanksgiving! After eating the bird and watching football, you can make your plans for Black Friday and beyond.
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Parks cut from budget proposal
The Washington County Board of Supervisors didn't approve the tentative 2009 budget on Friday, instead cutting thousands of dollars more from next year's proposed spending plan.
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Washington County supervisors eliminate raises, beach funding from tentative budget
The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted today to eliminate a proposed 3 percent salary increase for county department directors and their deputies, shaving $78,908 from the tentative 2009 county ...
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Many object to 2009 budget
The 2009 Washington County budget isn't pleasing everyone. More than 100 concerned citizens filled the Board of Supervisors chambers on Friday to voice their opinions on the proposed $117.3 million spending ...
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Residents react to Washington County budget
"There is nowhere else to cut from out already bare bones budget," said Sheriff's Sergeant Bryn Reynolds.
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Patrols to face big cuts
Public hearing on 2009 budget set for 10 a.m. Friday FORT EDWARD - Washington County Sheriff's Department faces severe cutbacks, including the possible elimination of nighttime patrols, as officials try to keep ...
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A source of joy
Published: Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 7, 2008 at 4:06 p.m. WEST HEBRON, N.Y. Jon Katz and companion Izzy, both wearing the photo IDs of hospice volunteers, are greeted ...
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Answers, Please
Q. Growing up in Glens Falls, I can remember as a kid Doyle's on the southeast corner of Bay Street.
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Reporter candids
From time to time I like to post photos of Post Star employees hard at work.A It gives the reader's an idea of what we may go through to get the best of the best each day.
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Washington County Sheriff's Office told to cut budget
The Washington County Sheriff's Office has been directed to cut $200,000 from its 2009 budget, and officials said the elimination of police officer positions is possible.
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Man's trial on sex charges set for December
A 20-year-old Fort Ann man is to stand trial Dec. 8 on charges he had sex with a 10-year-old girl and possessed child porn.
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VIDEO: Head-on crash closes Route 4
At least two people were injured in a head-on collision on Route 4 in Whitehall on Friday afternoon.
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Crash closes portion of Route 4
WHITEHALL A portion of Route 4 was closed Friday afternoon after a head-on car crash that happened shortly after 3 p.m. Officials reported at least one serious injury in the two-car crash south of the village ...
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Report: Move to centralized assessments would save county taxpayers $300,000 annually
Taxpayers would save almost $300,000 annually if Washington County consolidated assessment services into a centralized location, according to a report released by county officials this afternoon.
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Morning Update -- Man charged with felony Dwi
A Fort Ann man was charged with felony driving while intoxicated early Saturday, one of two DWI arrests made by Glens Falls Police within 90 minutes, police said.
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Appeals court upholds murder conviction of Fort Ann man
A mid-level state appeals court Thursday unanimously upheld the murder conviction of a Fort Ann man who beat and choked his girlfriend's mother to death nearly 6 years ago.
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Vermont woman hospitalized after Route 149 crash
FORT ANN u A Vermont woman was hospitalized with serious injuries following a crash on state Route 149 early this morning, the State Police said.
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Two area prisons will see cutbacks
It's not closing, but it is downsizing. A year after lawmakers and union representatives rallied against the proposed shuttering of Camp McGregor, state officials have announced a plan to close two inmate ...
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Treadwell seeking woman
In a reminder that 2008 is the year of women in politics, the camp of Republican candidate Sandy Treadwell has started a "Women for Treadwell" group.
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Local prisons set to scale down operations
A pair of dorms at Camp McGregor will close, and the number of community work crews dispatched from the minimum security prison will be sliced in half, as part of a proposed cost-saving effort by the Department ...
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