By John Strough, Queensbury Town Supervisor

After taking in the vistas of Lake George’s Northwest Bay we ventured back through Northwest Brook and its wetlands. My son’s idea: Trying to keep me active and hoping this activity will help me return to better health.

Over the years, I’ve done this trip many times; however, this time was very different from the others.

We both stilled our paddles and allowed the …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Chief Operating Officer

Jakob White, the Glens Falls native who drew acclaim in Boston for an American-Chilean restaurant, has moved back to Glens Falls and will open a “Southern-inspired” restaurant where Flight formerly operated in the redeveloped Empire Theatre building on South Street.

Cleome Table & Bar will serve “reimagined Southern classics and comfort food, all based on traditional French cooking techniques,” said Jakob.

He said …

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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

New York State’s Proposition One, on the November 5 ballot, is generating unusually high local interest.

Titled the Equal Rights Act, Prop One proposes amending the state constitution to expand protection against discrimination from four specific categories — “race, color, creed, and religion” — to nine, adding “ethnicity, national origin age, disability” and “sex.” Sex is further defined to include “sexual orientation, gender identity, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

A turtle with a big hook lodged in its mouth was finally found and rescued on Friday, Oct. 4, at Crandall Park pond. “The guy literally just yonked it out of the water,” reports Kay Besheer of North Country Wild Care, who was leading up efforts to rescue the turtle.

The turtle’s plight had been publicized here and elsewhere since Sept. 17.

“Right place, …