Saturday, October 24, 2026

Ed Deso

Our December 22 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from December 22-29, 2022, featuring holiday greetings and local news stories.

Merry Christmas!! Hudson Falls bank robbery. Champagnes barely escape; fire destroys their Qby home. Readers report: Worst roads & intersections. Local homelessness rises. Marathon Dance resumes format: March 3-4, back at South High. 18th annual Christmas Eve Road March. Biochar project still percolates. Hartford town at odds with highway chief, 4-man crew on pay rate, 4-day work week. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & …

Read More »

Kirsh Helmets, on Big Boom Road, aims to revolutionize helmet design

A man in a blue shirt and glasses holds a dark bowling ball in an indoor bowling alley.

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Jason Kirshon says his company, Kirsh Helmets, is revolutionizing helmet technology, right on Big Boom Road in Queensbury. “The magic ingredient,” he says, is their patented liquid filled liner.

“We’re competing against foam,” Mr. Kirshon said. “We’re a medical grade platinum-cured silicone fluid. I didn’t skimp. I’m not shopping parts for cheapness, right? I’m looking to make the most effective helmet on the planet, …

Read More »

79 years later, finally ‘I got to hug my father’ who is buried at Normandy

A person in a blue jacket kneels among white military cemetery crosses on a grass field.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

David La Point of Queensbury tells The Chronicle he waited 79 years to finally hug his father.
This was two months ago, a bittersweet moment that took place in the American Cemetery at Normandy, France, when David embraced the cross marking where his father Leon C. La Point is buried.

Leon was a Private First Class in the U.S Army, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd …

Read More »

Queensbury School & Town object, but IDA okays PILOT for solar project

A judge presides over a courtroom proceeding while two men sit at a table facing the bench.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Despite objections from the Town of Queensbury and Queensbury School, the Warren-Washington Industrial Development Agency Monday night approved a PILOT agreement — payment in lieu of taxes — and other incentives for a 5-megawatt solar “farm” in the town.

It will be situated on 35 acres of an 88-acre property between the Quaker Road Walmart and Warren County Airport.
The developer is CVE North …

Read More »

Gen. Knox’s epic 1775-76 Cannon March is topic of Dec. 19 Lake George panel

A bronze commemorative plaque mounted on a white stone monument in a grassy outdoor area.

The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance and the Warren County Historical Society are joining with Fort Ticonderoga to present an evening program…devoted to Henry Knox and the movement he led of over 60 tons of artillery equipment from Ticonderoga to Boston during the brutal winter of 1775-76.”

The 250th anniversary is fast approaching of this and other key Revolutionary War events.

The free program is set for Monday, Dec. 19, …

Read More »