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Glens Falls, North Warren in NYS hoops tourney at Cool Arena

The Glens Falls Black Bears and the North Warren Cougars are both in the hunt for New York State High School Boys Basketball Championships this weekend at the Cool Insuring Arena downtown.

It’s an especially big moment for the two local teams because — to Glens Falls’s consternation — state school athletic officials voted to move the tournament starting next year to Binghamton for at least three years.

Stillwater in …

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Jeff Dunham & his puppets packed Cool Arena & kept it laughing Friday

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Ventriloquist comedian Jeff Dunham had a sold out crowd of 5,286 at the Cool Insuring Arena laughing for two hours on Friday night, as the popular performer and his rambunctious quintet of puppets returned to Glens Falls for the first time since 2013.

Love was in the air as Mr. Dunham and his prankster puppet pals tried out material for their 11th special, “I’m …

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Lake George volleyball seeks NYS title at Cool Arena

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

For the second straight year, Lake George volleyball will take the short trip to Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls for the Class D New York State final four.

The Lakers (16-3) will take on Tuxedo (17-4) in the state semifinals at the Cool Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:15 p.m.

The Lake George-Tuxedo winner will meet either Section VI champion Chautauqua Lake or Candor …

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$1-million drive for Heritage Hall renovations; all but $150,000 already raised

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

A total redo of Heritage Hall in the Cool Insuring Arena is under way, and a capital campaign is imminent to fund the rest of the $1-million project.

“It’s a full renovation,” Cool Insuring Arena General Manager Jeff Mead told The Chronicle. “We gutted the whole room.” Work started in May.

Heritage Hall was “quite frankly kind of falling apart,” he said.

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NYS Boys’ Basketball Tourney at Glens Falls’ Cool Friday-Sunday

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The NYS Boys’ Basketball State Championship returns to the Cool Insuring Arena, Friday to Sunday, March 17-20. Section 2 is represented by the North Warren Cougars in Class D, and the Catholic Central Crusaders of Troy in Class B.

New this year, Cool Arena offers premium behind-the bench seating on a per-game basis, $20 each, available at the Box Office — or purchase in …

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