By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

With North Warren up 68-60 with just 39 seconds left in regulation, celebrations had begun amongst the green and gold contingency at Cool Insuring Arena on Sunday. It seemed like the Cougars’ first-ever state title was a sure thing.

But then Sackets Harbor, the state’s No. 1-ranked Class D team, mounted a run in the game’s final seconds that made things way too close …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Many local hoops fans and community members are disappointed and even angry that Glens Falls is losing the state high school basketball tournament to Binghamton after this year, but it’s hard to imagine a better way to send off the event than what the Glens Falls High School Black Bears did in the packed Cool Insuring Arena on Saturday night.

Showing poise under pressure …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Two cannabis dispensaries were approved by the Glens Falls Planning Board on March 5, but due to state guidelines, one is in pole position over the other.​​

Legacy Dispensary seeks to open at 12 Hudson Ave. in the building that Pizza Hut has long occupied but is vacating.

GF Cannabis Co. has plans at 72 South Street at the former Dizzy Chicken.

State rules …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Binghamton will have a tough act to follow. The 2024 New York State Boys’ High School Basketball Tournament in Glens Falls drew 18,602 total attendance, reports Cool Insuring Arena General Manager Jeff Mead.

The tournament returns to Binghamton for 2025 to 2027, where it also was in 2017-2019. Looking back, Mr. Mead notes attendance at the 2019 Binghamton tournament was “10,000 or less.”

Attendance …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Since last September, when the Women’s Care private practice in Glens Falls closed, Hudson Headwaters Women’s Health became the only game in town dedicated to women’s health services, gynecological care and obstetrics.

“Town” is actually all or part of seven counties — Warren, Washington, northern Saratoga and beyond — encompassing roughly 7,400 square miles.

Hudson Headwaters is now the only medical provider with delivering …