40th Adirondack Balloon Festival set for liftoff

Posted at: 09/20/2012 8:59 AM | Updated at: 09/20/2012 1:59 PM
By: AP

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QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (AP) - A popular upstate New York balloon festival lifts off the 40th time this week.

The Adirondack Balloon Festival kicks off at 5 p.m. Thursday with opening ceremonies in Crandall Park in Glens Falls featuring the launch of a balloon in the shape of a birthday cake.

Organizers say they expect about 100 balloons to participate in the four-day event, including 13 special shape balloons.

The festival will be held at Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport in the Warren County town of Queensbury from Friday through Sunday.

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