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19-0 Glens Falls boys basketball crushing foes; coach says they score like 2019 NYS title team

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

There are many markers of a successful team, and a 19-0 record is certainly one of them.

But what further sets the Glens Falls boys basketball team apart this season is that the Black Bears have won every game by 19 points or more. Its closest contest, on Dec. 28, was an 85-66 home win over Hoosick Falls.

Editor’s note: After this article was

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Saratoga Springs plans paid parking May 1-Sept. 30

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The City of Saratoga Springs plans to implement a tourism parking program this summer in which non-residents would have to pay to park in parking garages and surface lots.

A presentation made by Saratoga’s Department of Public Works at the city’s Dec. 19 city council meeting explained that the hourly rate for visitor parking would be $2/hr for up to 24 hours. The program …

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Our February 1 front page

Lake George Winter Carnival April 8: Total solar eclipse in Adirondacks. Winter’s Dream: Coalition bullish despite soft start. Saratoga will charge to park. State of the City. Meet the Thunder! Biochar issue rages anew in Town of Moreau. Shooting in Glens Falls; victim to Albany Med; gun possession arrest. Stoddard photos at Fort William Henry. 18-0 Glens Falls boys basketball crushing foes; coach says they score like 2019 NYS title …

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Dome sale nears

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Doug and Teresa Miller expect in the next two months to complete sale of their Adirondack Sports Complex — “The Dome” — in Queensbury to Albany-based Afrim’s Sports, which owns five similar facilities in the Capital Region.

“Afrim’s is in the best position to keep this facility functioning as a sports facility,” Mr. Miller said. “And that’s the important thing for the community.”

Afrim’s …

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Matt Laplanche buyer, builder, finishing total redo on Mauro Ave, Glens Falls

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Every day when I walk our dogs, we pass by a house on the corner of Sanford Street and Mauro Avenue in Glens Falls, where a gut and rebuild was happening.

Monday for the first time — mindful that we were publishing our Winter Home Issue today — I ventured inside and introduced myself.

The first person I met turned out to be the head …

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