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An interview with General Grant

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle 2023 Summer Intern

Editor’s note: Our illustrious 2023 summer intern Hannah Hughes, who just graduated from Emerson College, wrote this article for us two years ago. It was not published until now.


Not many people can say they interviewed someone who has been dead for 138 years, but I got the chance to do just that at Grant’s Cottage.

Steve Trimm has been portraying Ulysses …

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New Healthcare Coalition warns of dire impact if Medicaid cut

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The newly formed Healthcare Coalition for the North Country gathered in downtown Lake George last Wednesday “to caution Washington leaders against enacting quick cuts to Medicaid that could do serious damage to the North Country’s regional healthcare delivery system.”

“Our job is to explain why Medicaid matters here. We do it on a non-partisan basis. We’re not trying to be political — we’re trying …

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Hudson Headwaters opens Salem Family Health Center

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Southern Washington County has been without a large health care facility since Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge closed in 2003. Retired State Senator Betty Little noted it closed just as she took office. Last week she was praised for hosting the first meeting that got the long process started to bring a health center to Salem. Hudson Headwaters Health Network debuted it on Wednesday, May …

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Chris Patten seeks IDA help for South Street project; public hearing today

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Chris Patten is seeking financial help from the Glens Falls Industrial Development Agency for his $5 million renovation under way at 45-56 South Street, on the corner of Elm Street downtown.

He is asking for exemptions on sales tax for materials and the mortgage recording tax plus a PILOT — Payment in Lieu of Taxes — on the property.

He notes it’s his first …

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Glens Falls Country Club’s golf course, a Donald Ross original, draws national praise

By David Nathan, Special to The Chronicle

The 112-year old Glens Falls Country Club (GFCC), has roared out of obscurity and taken its place among national elite golf courses, thanks to recognition by Golf Magazine and famed golf architect and writer Tom Doak and others.

When Doak, playing the Round Pond links at the suggestion of a friend several years ago, finished his 18 hole round, his first question to …

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