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This is National Safe Boating Week and an event was held in the region to raise awareness. Authorities said there were 192 boating accidents on state waterways in 2021. Eighteen people were killed, and more than 100 others were hurt and almost 90 percent of people who drowned following a boating accident in 2020 were not wearing a life jacket.

Warren County Board of Elections has finalized ballots and early voting locations – which include a new early voting polling place — for the June 23rd, 2022 New York State Primary election. Early voting will start on Saturday, June 18th and run through Sunday, June 26th . An additional Warren County early voting site will be located at Glens Falls City Hall, 42 Ridge Street in Glens Falls. Early voters will also be able to cast ballots at Warren County Human Services Building, 1340 Route 9, Queensbury.

EDC Warren County recently cut the ribbon on their new office space. They’re now in the historic Empire Theater Plaza, at 11 South Street in downtown Glens Falls. According to WNYT, the new space will help them collaborate with the community and revitalize Warren County. EDC Warren County’s top priority has been pushing for broadband internet access to every business and household in the North Country.

More than 100 people came out Tuesday to start building a home that will eventually become home for a family in Glens Falls.
WNYT reports doing all the work were more than 100 volunteers from Habitat for Humanity affiliates across New York.
Once this house is completed, it will be disassembled, and then put back together again in Saratoga Springs so that a pre-qualified family can move right in.

A piece of local history is now for sale. According to The Chronicle Newspaper, the owner of the Ethan Allen is asking for $49,900. WNYT reports the tour boat capsized and sank in Lake George in 2005, killing 20 passengers. The broker for the sale says the weight of the previous top is what caused the boat to capsize.

A Washington County woman says her security camera captured a man inside her home while she was there. WNYT reports
Kat Grimes was checking her camera feed history and spotteda snapshot of a stranger, caught on a charging camera inside her home while she was there. She doesn’t recognize the intruder, but she’s hoping someone else will. State police are now investigating.

The busy summer season unofficially starts next weekend, and many seasonal businesses are in need of workers. Warren County Employment & Training Administration has partnered with numerous agencies and organizations to help fill these openings as summer gets rolling. Find our region’s hospitality jobs at www.lakegeorgeishiring.com and see if there is something for you or someone in your family, and you can find tourism-related and year-round jobs at Warren County Employment & Training’s job board, thejoblink.org.

No injuries reported after a car crahsed into a Glens Falls business late Saturday morning. According to the Post Star, the vehicle drove onto a downtown sidewalk, over tables and chairs and crashed into the window of Downtown Social just after 11 a.m., Saturday morning. Police say the driver appeared to be dealing with a medical condition when they lost control and crashed. No injuries were reported.

Warren County Department of Social Services has some new jobs that are open. The positions include caseworker, social welfare examiner, senior account clerk and intake clerk. Civil service tests are being scheduled for social welfare examiner and intake clerk as well. You can find information about these jobs and all available Warren County jobs at warrencountyny.gov/jobs.

A Fort Edward man died late Wednesday afternoon after he rode his motorcycle onto the road and was hit by an oncoming car. The Post Star reports 42 year old Tory E. Lapan was on County Route 46 in Fort Edward and was hit by a 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was eastbound on the road. Lapan suffered serious injuries to his head and chest and was transported to Glens Falls Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.