By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Boralex, the Canada-based renewable energy producer, plans to build a 100 megawatt solar power facility on 530 acres leased from about 30 private land owners in Fort Edward.

The Schuylerville-based not-for-profit, the Grassland Bird Trust, claims it will be “disastrous” to birds and wants more acreage preserved than is planned or required.

In an Oct. 31 press release, the Trust said it “supports renewable …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

From Dec. 4-13, Henry Knox’s ‘Noble Train of Artillery’ will be celebrated as part of the nation’s 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution.

In the winter of 1775, Knox — a 25-year-old bookseller — led the way in transporting 60 tons of cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston.

Their arrival ‘changed the tide of the Revolution,’ Fort Ticonderga writes,’ freeing Boston from a nearly …

By Ben Westcott , Chronicle Staff Writer

The Washington County Board of Supervisors approved a 2026 budget that increases the property tax levy by 16.97% and cuts 10 full-time and 12 part-time county jobs.

“I feel particularly horrible about this entire process,” said Board Chair Robert Henke (Argyle). “This has been a terrible sort of deal for everybody, and I certainly feel as strongly for employees as anybody, and invoking …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Fountain Square Outfitters owners Matt and Nancy Fuller said their second shop “outpost” will open in time for Black Friday, Nov. 29 in the former Orvis store on the “Million Dollar Half Mile,” on Route 9 north of Northway Exit 20 in Lake George/Queensbury.

The Fullers’ flagship Fountain Square Outfitters store on Centennial Circle in Glens Falls opened 14 years ago.

“The FSO Trading …

Happy Thanksgiving! Locals handle Snoopy balloon, Macy’s parade. Qby theater kid Abby Caimano parlays it into a dream job as Macy’s designer. Washington Co. OK’s budget: 16.97% tax hike; cutting 22 county jobs. Festival of Trees. Glens Falls Football. Reviving his grandpa’s bar. Solar & the birds in Fort Edward. Big doings for ‘Knox Train’. Stinky’s coffee opens Dec. 1 at former Autoworld. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has …