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Our April 9 front page

Health & Fitness Quarterly No takers yet on The Ed. Log Jam Restaurant turns 50. Corinth’s 97% grad rate is highest ever. CDTA ridership stats; seeking info to improve. Glens Falls gets a ‘beat cop’ City to pay nearly $1 million for 36 Inc. Rudy Giuliani backs Constantino. Leuci plans to sell, not rent, townhomes at former Mead’s. Larry Elmen sworn in as GF City Judge. Summit Senior Living looks …

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Kline & Boyd becomes ADK Optometry; Dr. Carolee Boyd still heads it

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The name is changing from Drs. Kline and Boyd PLLC to ADK Optometry Group — but Dr. Carolee Boyd remains the principal in the optometry practice on Western Avenue in Glens Falls that is celebrating its 40th year.

“Anytime somebody sees a name change like that, they might assume they’ve been bought out by some PE [private equity] group,” Dr. Boyd said.

“It’s still …

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Mexican restaurant Mi Rancho Alegre set at former Red Lobster

Mexican restaurant Mi Rancho Alegre will lease the former Red Lobster at Queensbury Plaza, Michael Palumbo, chief operating officer of Flaum Development, which owns the plaza at 750 Upper Glen Street, told The Chronicle.

“Since Red Lobster closed, we’ve had tremendous interest in the site from a wide range of prospective users. Given the building’s layout and its position as an outparcel, we felt that a restaurant remained the most …

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Garrison Keillor filled HF Strand; Cathy: There’s none like him

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Every seat was sold for Garrison Keillor’s appearance at The Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls last Wednesday, March 25 — delayed from November because of illness.

At 83, Mr. Keillor, creator and star of the old, longtime public radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion, is much the same as ever — still lanky as Lurch, still in red Saucony sneakers, red socks and …

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3 couples make new children’s book ‘ABCs of Lake George’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Three couples — five of them local teachers — have published a new illustrated children’s book called The ABCs of Lake George, “an alphabetical journey through the nature, history, and beauty of Lake George.”

“The idea for the project began during our weekly trivia get togethers, before evolving into a collaboration of a shared passion for the beautiful place we call home,” they wrote …

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