Hannah Dineen in Paris, sees terrorism close-up. Fort Ann boys soccer wins first state title. Faces of the new Glens Falls. Comedy scores at the Civic Center. Open Arms moves back to 471 Glen Street. Bus biz booms. Free Thanksgiving dinners in Argyle and Glens Falls. Glens Falls city employees donate $880, buy headstone for 31-year colleague. Peppermill Restaurant celebrates 25 years. Looking for shows, concerts, etc.? The Chronicle has …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Joseph Kaifala is a survivor, a gentle-voiced young man who grew up in Sierra Leone in east Africa amid what he calls the “madness” of a 10-year civil war, from the early 1990s to 2002.

It saw boys his age — some as young as six or seven years old — conscripted as child soldiers who became simultaneously perpetrators and victims of unspeakable violence, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Glens Falls Community Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd — it doesn’t just hit you in the gut, it reaches deep into the diaphragm to where you breathe. That is, if you remember to keep breathing through what is a breathtaking show.

Myself, I felt like I’d been rolled and battered in a burlap sack filled with dirt, that this was …

Convenience store mystery Tales of a Sierra Leone survivor. About George Washington. Big crowd at The Chronicle Book Fair. Fort Ann soccer keeps winning. Prospect Mountain drive. Schermerhorn restructures $23 million for tax purposes. Gardner Congdon unoffical winner in Moreau, certification coming. Polar Plunge this Saturday to benefit Special Olympics. Pete Rose coming to Infinity Con at Great Escape Lodge this Sunday. Wondering what to do for Thanksgiving dinner…lots of …

From live birds to a live radio recording, whirlwind five-minute readings to panel discussions and author talks, here are the special events at the Chronicle Book Fair, Sunday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Queensbury Hotel.

It’s all free.

In the Warren Room

• Carl Heilman, 11 a.m.-noon: My 40 Years as an Adirondack Photographer, multi-media.
• Jim Davies, Noon-1 p.m.: Riveted, “the science of why jokes make us