A Washington County man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. According to WNYT, 35 year old Kevin Smurphat of Whitehall, admitted in court this week to uploading images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct to a file hosting service, prosecutors said. He also participated in a group chat in which he distributed and … Read more
An apparent unprovoked attack at a local motel left one person with facial injuries and another facing charges. Sun Community News reports on Nov. 27, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office was called to the Travel Lodge in Lake George for reports of a man stabbed in the face by an occupant of a nearby room. … Read more
Winter’s Dream, staged inside the walls of Fort William Henry is scheduled to open Friday, Dec. 8th. The Sun Community News reports it will be open to the public from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. every day except Tuesdays through March 31, with some Tuesdays exempted from the shutdown but closures on Christmas, New Year’s … Read more
A plan to use 10% less road salt as part of a pilot project notwithstanding, the New York State Department of Transportation still spreads roughly 290 tons of the stuff every winter on the highway along Lake George’s west shore. The Lake George Mirror reports not only has the DOT continued to deposit the same … Read more
Eariler this month, State Police arrested two Romanians, Laurentiu Urziceanu and Christian A. Sima were suspected of using skimmer devices in Warren and Saratoga Counties. Urziceanu faced charges for having a fake ID and two counts of skimmer device possession. Sima was also arrested for owning two skimmer devices. The investigation started on November 8, … Read more
New York State is providing $100 million in funds to support roadway renewal due to extreme weather. The funds will go directly to support repaving projects at dozens of sites this spring. Among the local recipients: $2.4 million to resurface Route 28N from the Essex County line to Route 28 in the Town of North … Read more
David Decker, who was convicted in March 2020 of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money between 2012 and 2016 through his role as director/project manager of the Lake George Watershed Coalition, was transported to state prison Nov. 17 to begin an 8-to-24 year sentence. Sun Community News reports Decker was convicted of … Read more
The Warren County Board of Supervisors recently adopted a $192.8 million budget for 2024 that will bring a countywide tax rate decrease for the fourth straight year. The 2024 county budget will decrease the countywide property tax rate by $0.29 to $3.284 per $1,000 in assessed value. Based on the countywide tax rate, a homeowner … Read more
A “Local Government” Job Fair will be held Tuesday, December 5 at Queensbury Central’s Fire Station on Lafayette Avenue in Queensbury. It will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Municipal agencies from around Warren and Washington counties will be on hand with information about careers in government and available jobs.
Thousands of people gathered in Lake George’s Shepard Park Saturday evening for the annual Lite up the Village celebration. The event kicked off at 3 p.m. with music and dance, reports the Lake George Examiner. The Lake George Winter Carnival Committee handed out fixings for smores and people roasted their marshmallows over fire pits set … Read more