Glens Falls TODAY: Morning Brief – Episode 108: America’s Longest-Serving Mayor | 02/13/23

Today, Gary discusses Lake George Village Mayor Bob Blais set to retire next month after 52 years as mayor. Also, registration for the Lake George Hike-A-Thon to open next month, Lake George officials considering the purchase of a new fire truck, a community connections fair at Glens Falls High School, and Ticonderoga’s upcoming End of Winter Festival.

00:03 – Intro
00:47 – Ad Break 1
01:56 – Story 1: Lake George Hike-A-Thon Registration
03:58 – Story 2: Lake George Considers Million-Dollar Fire Truck
07:06 – Ad Break 2
07:31 – Story 3: Bob Blais Ends 52-Year Run as LG Village Mayor
09:26 – Story 4: GFHS Community Fair
11:48 – Story 5: Ticonderoga End of Winter Festival
13:24 – Outro

Stories Cited:
Lake George Hike-A-Thon Registration – Post Star
https://poststar.com/news/local/registration-to-open-march-6-for-11th-annual-lake-george-hike-a-thon/article_873543b0-a696-11ed-b01f-874de7b3e76c.html

Lake George Considers Million-Dollar Fire Truck – Sun Community News
https://suncommunitynews.com/news/101209/lake-george-officials-mull-purchase-of-17m-fire-truck/

Bob Blais Ends 52-Year Run as LG Village Mayor – Glens Falls Chronicle
https://www.glensfallschronicle.com/bob-blais-86-to-end-52-year-run-as-lake-george-mayor-ray-perry-likely-successor-but-still-time-to-declare/

GFHS Community Fair – Glens Falls TODAY
https://glensfallsbusinessreport.com/gfhs-community-fair-featured-suny-adirondack-free-continuing-education/

Ticonderoga End of Winter Festival – News 10
https://www.news10.com/news/north-country/ticonderoga-end-of-winter-fest-coming-in-march/