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QUEENSBURY, N.Y. — Two days before Christmas, two fire trucks pulled into Lake George Plaza on Route 9 with emergency lights flashing. Firefighters told Emily Murray and the other employees in her store to leave the building.
When the workers stepped outside, they realized the store was not on fire. The evacuation was actually an elaborate ruse. A moment later, West Glens Falls volunteer firefighter Kevin Bruster asked Murray to marry him. She said yes.
Queensbury Town Supervisor Ron Montesi told NewsChannel 13 he is happy for the couple, but he questioned the use of fire department equipment and personnel – and the insurance liability – of the proposal. “Is it good judgment? I would say no,” Montesi said Tuesday. “People will look at that and say, ‘Taxpayer money doing something like that? What if they were in an accident? What if we needed them for a fire?’”
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