Snowmobilers get new privilege in Lake George

In the interest of boosting tourism in downtown Lake George, the village board voted Dec. 19 to allow public snowmobile parking during the winter months on the former Gaslight Village property — the festival area of the West Brook Environmental Park. At the board's special meeting held Monday, Mayor Robert Blais said that last winter a considerable number of snowmobiles had been parking at various places substantial distances from downtown, and allowing parking in the festival area would encourage sled riders to patronize village businesses. The parking approval includes allowing snowmobile trailers. Blais said that representatives of area snowmobile clubs had reported that the outlying sled parking areas were routinely full. Also, the board approved reimbursement of the Warren County Department of Public Works for materials and labor for improvements to the north parcel of the West Brook lands for a parking lot. Plus, they voted to authorize Elan Planning and Design of Saratoga Springs to prepare grant applications relating to the festival space. The board voted to turn over historic photographs, posters, and leaflets found during the demolition of Gaslight Village buildings to the Warren County Historical Society — with the assurance that the local historians have first privileges to the materials. Blais said the county Historical Society is planning a display of the materials found at Gaslight for an appropriate site in the village. Blais also said he was looking forward to working with the incoming town administration, which represents a new majority on the town board — Supervisor-elect Dennis Dickinson and board members Marisa Muratori and Dan Hurley. Muratori, who served several terms on the village board, was present for the village board meeting. Blais said the village board might likewise be routinely sending a village trustee to the town board meetings to boost inter-municipal communication and cooperation. He noted that to start off 2012 in this spirit, a joint town-village board meeting would be held in early January. In other business, the board approved allowing the Lake George Music Festival to use the Shepard Park Amphitheater for a free orchestral concert on Aug. 23 — a presentation, complete with fireworks, that wraps up their week-long series of classical chamber music concerts in village churches. The board also approved an agreement to work with the Lake George Park Commission on a project that is intended to solve a stormwater buildup problem on Sewell Street. Additionally, the trustees approved the induction of three new firefighters into the Lake George Fire Department: Matthew Oswald, Dennis Mitchell, and Kenneth Miller. The approval is pending satisfactory physical examinations. Also, Blais announced that the Special Olympics NY Polar Plunge held Nov. 19 at Shepard Park raised $72,000 for the organization. A proposed local law regulating LED and digital signs was tabled so trustees could review and evaluate the opinions of experts on the law's provisions including square footage restrictions.

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