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Community Christmas festivities peak this weekend near and far. From tree lightings and block parties, to wagon rides, reindeer and Santa, holiday activity is everywhere.

Downtown Glens Falls

Three days of events!

Friday: Mayor Bill Collins, the “First Lady,” Santa Claus, Elves, Clarice and other characters arrive by firetruck for the tree lighting in City Park at 6 p.m. Also on Glen Street: Photos with Santa, live music, Bolton Dance …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

I don’t know how you spent your Sunday after Thanksgiving. I spent mine hunkered down for more than six hours at SUNY Adirondack’s Culinary Arts classroom in downtown Glens Falls learning how to butcher a deer.

Emily Peterson was our instructor in “Deer Butchery: A Nose-To-Tail Breakdown of a Whole Deer.”

Offered for the first time by SUNY Adk. Continuing Education, the cost was …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Cole’s Collision wants to open its eighth location on Route 9 in Queensbury at the site of the former Blue Moose Restaurant.

The Glen Lake Protective Association is resisting. Paul Derby, the group’s president, told The Chronicle the “vast majority” of members oppose it “because of the potential environmental harms to Glen Lake that the business could create.”

The town planning board meets on …

For the second straight year, Glens Falls football’s undefeated season ended in the Class B state semifinals, as the Black Bears fell to Sleepy Hollow 42-20 Saturday at Middletown’s Faller Field.

Sleepy Hollow (12-1) was propelled by senior running back and University of Rhode Island commit Brayden Richardson. He set a Section I single-game rushing record with 446 yards while scoring five touchdowns.

“We ran into a running back who …