Friday, September 25, 2026

Ed Deso

Our August 7 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from August 7-13, 2025, featuring stories about whitewater rafting and local real estate development.

Events, real estate, action! Harts’ 3rd generation steps up. Schools’ cell phone ban plan. Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy, tries the pie at GF Pizza Jerks. Della donates Lucky Puppy bus upkeep. Ben’s big rafting trip. Their plans for 196 Ridge. Chestertown exhibit: Clarke and Barbara Dunham’s 70 ‘creative’ years. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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The duo remaking Autoworld

Two men in black t-shirts stand together in front of exposed brick and large windows inside an unfinished interior space.

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

In May Ben Alden and Brian McKenzie spent $1-million to buy the long vacant Autoworld Suzuki building on Route 9 in Moreau.

Now they are transforming the 12,000- square foot building into Moreau Commons, with space for seven or eight businesses and a shared common area. They hope to open it by Nov. 1. Tenants already signed up include Stinky’s Coffee (their first first …

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At age 105, she earns honorary South Glens Falls diploma

An older woman wearing graduation regalia and glasses holds flowers and a framed certificate while smiling at the camera.


By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Ruth Scinto, who turns 106 years old on Aug. 1, achieved a longtime dream on July 9 when she received an honorary South Glens Falls High School diploma.

Mrs. Scinto left her school in Connecticut in 10th grade after World War I.

“We were dirt poor. I remember picking up coal on the train tracks,” she said.

“I didn’t have any clothes to wear …

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2 youths hurt in accidental shooting; 56 Walnut St. GF, long cited by neighbors

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Two juveniles were injured Saturday from “the accidental discharge of a firearm” at a residence on Walnut Street, “between Lawrence Street and Dix Avenue,” the Glens Falls Police Department said.

Both were transported by the Glens Falls Fire Department to Glens Falls Hospital, and later to Albany Medical Center for further treatment, said the report.

“This incident is isolated,” the Police wrote. “There is …

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‘The Outsiders’ on Aug. 6 at Glen Drive In, thanks to South Glens Falls

Seven young women pose together against a brick wall, holding a flag-themed blanket with photos printed on it.

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: As reported earlier in The Chronicle, The Glen Drive-In will host a special screening of the 1983 movie The Outsiders on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Showtime is 8:15 p.m. Tix: $13, $8 child, at the gate.

South Glens Falls middle school English teachers Olivia Sutton and Victoria Mason reached out to Glen Drive-In owner Brett Gardner to show the movie.

Based on the 1967 book …

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