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Dave Strader sets return to broadcast booth with NHL’s Stars

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Dave Strader is getting back in the NHL broadcast booth.

The Glens Falls native and long-time hockey play-by-play man hopes to call five Dallas Stars home games in the next two weeks as he continues to fight bile duct cancer, diagnosed in June 2016.

“I’m doing well,” Strader said Monday morning in a phone interview. “I’ve responded pretty well to this last round of …

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LG island cabin auction on 2/22 draws interest

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Lake George listing went up on the Zillow real estate website Tuesday:

The bold type said: “14 Mile Is[land]…4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 962 sq ft…For sale by owner $300,000.”

With that heading, interest was big and instantaneous — including at The Chronicle.

Willie Bea McDonald of McDonald Real Estate in Bolton Landing was the first Realtor cited by Zillow to “Get More Information.”

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Our February 16 issue

Insurance & Investing Issue Dave Strader’s return. Lake George Brewing, former Davidson’s. Lake George island cabin auction 2/22. Gordon’s complaint: no guideline for the $10-million. West Mountain peaking. Kay Hafner, new Hudson Falls librarian. Concerts, comedy, shows… Page after page of things to do. The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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Our February 9 issue

Valentine Issue Inn at Erlowest now has ‘fire bars.’ Schachner: Post-Star’s Thurman coverage errs, unfair. Snowy Owl in Fort Edward. Aaron Cook lands Division I baseball scholarship. Davidson’s reverses no-tip policy. LG Winter Carnival continues. Queensbury GOP backs Bain over Metivier. Page after page of things to do. The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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Davidson’s reverses its no-tips policy

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Davidson Brothers Restaurant stopped its controversial no-tips policy at the start of this year.

Owner Rick Davidson tells The Chronicle, “I said initially, we are committed to do the right thing by all of our staff and the customers.

“However, although the staff was very supportive and did very well with this, in the end, a number of customers were just uncomfortable not leaving …

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