By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

In 2020 Queensbury native Mike Rogge bought a storied but defunct magazine called Mountain Gazette for $5,000.

Six years later it’s nominated for a prestigious National Magazine Award in the category of Feature Writing vs. industry heavyweights The New Yorker, New York, The Atlantic and Harper’s, plus Texas Monthy and a specialty medical mag called STAT.

The American Society of Magazine Editors awards will …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Sister Laurie-Marie Parisi, C.R. will be installed on July 1 as the new principal of St. Mary’s Academy Catholic School in Glens Falls.

She will be accompanied by two other Sisters of the Resurrection, said St. Mary’s Church. The three will live in the parish rectory on Warren Street, now to be referred to as St. Mary’s Convent.

Father Scott VanDerveer will move to …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Glens Falls Common Council voted at its April 14 meeting to extend the parking limit in the downtown Central Business Improvement District from two to three hours. The limit is for Monday to Friday, only, between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Most other areas of the City will have no daytime restrictions.

Overnight parking is still not allowed on City streets.

“When people …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

At its April 14 meeting, the Glens Falls Common Council voted to pursue a sale of the Glens Falls Rec Center to Adirondack Youth Hockey Association, which will take over considerable costs of the facility.

Under the agreement, the AYHA would undertake operational costs, environmental remediation from last year’s glycol leak, and restoration of the ice rink “to a usable condition” at an expected …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Nicholas Milohnic, 62, of Beacon, died at Adk MX motocross track in Fort Ann after an accident on Saturday morning. State Police said they responded to a call after Mr. Milohnic was ejected from his dirt bike following a jump.

Police said, “Lifesaving measures were taken by bystanders and then EMS upon their arrival, but Mr. Milohnic sadly succumbed to his injuries at the …