By Marianne Christy
The following account of a Sunday, June 7 late-night rescue effort at Nicks Lake was provided by Larry Ventura, a member of the Old Forge Fire Department and Ambulance Crew.
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The Old Forge Fire Department was dispatched at 9:51 p.m. on Sunday, June 7 for a rescue call for a 48-year-old female at Nicks Lake State Campground. The woman called 911 from her cell phone to say she was lost. Continue reading
Two search and rescue missions were carried out in Herkimer and Hamilton counties recently by New York State Department of Environ-mental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers, including one involving a lost hiker at Nicks Lake Campground in the Town of Webb.
On June 7 at 9:51 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch learned that the lost hiker had called Herkimer County 911 for help.
One DEC Forest Ranger responded and located the 48-year-old woman from Monument County at 11:35 p.m. along Nicks Creek. Continue reading