By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

WorkSmart, owner-founder Christy Alexander’s shared professional co-working and meeting space, invites the public to an open house in the renovated First National Bank building at 237 Glen Street on Saturday, Sept. 25, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Advance registration is requested, for Covid compliance. Info: www.worksmartgf.com, or call 480-7849.

WorkSmart occupies approximately 6,000 square feet in the marble clad former bank building that dates …

Busy, Busy Weekend! Adirondack Balloon Fest 8/23-26. Americade. Covid friction in the schools. Disc golf raised ‘nearly $10,000’ for Edward Bartholomew Fund; for internships. SGF Holiday Parade returns! Nov. 21, seeks $$ sponsors. Free in LG: Friday fireworks, Saturday rock-country music. HF: Derby Park ground broken. At GF Country Club: 3 holes in 1 in 1 day. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Lake George Jazz Weekend returns full force, live and in person, outdoors in Shepard Park, Lake George Village, Friday to Sunday, Sept. 17 to 19.

A signature production of the Lake George Arts Project for more than 25 years, the festival typically draws an appreciative crowd of hep cats, music appreciators, and general listeners from the Capital Region and beyond for its blend …

By Ella Pardy, now 16, Junior at Queensbury High School

Editor’s note: Ella Pardy is a newly minted Adirondack 46er. The now 16-year-old junior at Queensbury High School was 15 as she summitted all 46 High Peaks in five weeks with five other campers and two counselors as part of YMCA Camp Chingachgook’s annual intensive backpacking “adventure.”

Ella is the daughter of Adirondack Winery owners Sasha and Mike Pardy. Sasha …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Pursuit of a 20 — now 15 — megawatt solar power generating project on 198 acres of former farmland owned by Peckham Industries off Geer Road in the Town of Kingsbury saw the town approve it, then annul its approval as neighbors said they’d been kept in the dark; then be sued by the applicant AES Solar over the reversal.

On Wednesday afternoon, Aug. …