New York State Special Olympics Fall Games needs volunteers
The New York State Special Olympics Fall Games are coming back to Glens Falls, N.Y. on Friday & Saturday, Oct. 22 and 23.
We are thrilled to welcome these games back to our region, but we need your help. More volunteers are still needed to help make these events a success. Click here to register.
Please see below for an announcement from Special Olympics New York with more information on volunteering.
Tri-County United Way names officers, board
A new slate of officers and members have been elected to the Tri-County United Way Board of Directors following a September annual meeting and organizational meeting.
The new officers include:
- Zack Moore, L&M Associates, chair
- Mickey Orta, NBT Bank, 1st vice chair
- Tracy Mills, Glens Falls Hospital, 2nd vice chair;
- Brian Corcoran, Post Star, treasurer;
- Kara Lais, Fitzgerald Morris Baker Firth, secretary.
“The legacy of passionate community leaders will continue with this talented group of individuals,” Director Brian Bearor noted.
The Tri-County United Way also welcomed Brian Corcoran, Senior Regional Finance Director, Lee Enterprises; Judge John Hall, Retired, Warren County Judge and Surrogate Judge; Kristine Orr, Superintendent, South Glens Falls School District; Liza Ochsendorf, Director of Warren County Employment and Training Administration; Lottie Jameson, Director of Compliance and Risk Management, SUNY Adirondack.
Warren County names new Ethics Board members
WARREN COUNTY, N.Y. – The Warren County Board of Supervisors has named six people to its revamped Warren County Board of Ethics as part of an effort to ensure that public officers and employees abide by their ethical obligations.
The Board of Supervisors approved an expanded Ethics Law earlier this year, and reorganized a dormant Board of Ethics to oversee any ethics complaints that are received.
Named to the Ethics Board were:
Member of the Public from Warren County:
- Connie Bosse - designee
- Martin Deslauriers – Alternate
County Officer/Employee Appointee:
- Robert Iusi – Warren County Director of Probation - designee
- Brian Pilatzke, Esq. – Warren County Assistant Public Defender - Alternate
Elected/Appointed Officer in Warren County:
- Ash Anand, Warrensburg School Board Member- designee
- Diana Palmer, Glens Falls City Common Council Member - Alternate
Said Rachel Seeber, Chairwoman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors: “This board is an essential checks and balances in assuring a skeptical public that the decisions of its government are based on the public interest and not on the private interests of the decision makers.”
Said Glens Falls 3rd Ward Supervisor Claudia Braymer, Chairwoman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors Personnel Committee: “Having a proactive, diverse Board of Ethics, as we do here in Warren County, will help Warren County officers and employees to understand their ethical obligations and to avoid mistakes before they occur.”
The Board of Ethics reviews complaints, renders advisory opinions and reviews potential conflicts of interest pursuant to the Warren County Ethics and Disclosure Law, linked here, following receipt of written complaints.
In addition, the Board of Ethics makes recommendations with respect to the drafting and adoption of a Code of Ethics, or amendments to the Code of Ethics.
Warren County Board of Ethics members are not compensated.