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The duo remaking Autoworld

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 first storefront after owner Ryan McNaughton built …

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At age 105, she earns honorary South Glens Falls diploma


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

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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Cathy rides (& pedals) Revolution Rail

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Finally!

I’ve eyed Revolution Rail’s Adirondack outings since they opened in North Creek in 2017.

Three Wednesdays ago on a hospitably mild afternoon I got to ride the rails.

There were five in our group, using one two-seated double and a four-seat “quad.”

We pedalled 3.5 miles each way on the North Bridge run — crossing a short trestle bridge above the Hudson River.…

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