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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

As hockey season nears, it’s not clear when or even whether the Glens Falls Recreation Center will have ice.

It will certainly be delayed.

Ice-in is typically around October 15. They’ll likely be at least a month behind, Mayor Bill Collins tells The Chronicle.

The Rec Center, behind the YMCA, is home ice for Adirondack Youth Hockey and the Queensbury Spartan and Glens Falls-South …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Lake George Association issued a seemingly bombshell press release Tuesday about the herbicide applied in two bays in 2024 to combat Eurasian mifoil.

It said, “Procella-COR has been approved and promoted for its rapid degradation in the environment. But, our team’s novel, long-term, field-based sediment study found that the herbicide and its breakdown products persisted in lakebed sediments for more than a year. To …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Mayor Bill Collins says, “Homelessness is a growing problem….It’s so startling in Glens Falls to see this. It’s not startling.It’s an actual presence in Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany, Burlington, in Rutland.

“I think we’re doing both a great job, and need to continue to do more and be changing our approach all the time. I also don’t want to take anything away from the concerns …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Ward Four Councilman Ben Lapham and Ward Two Councilman Bob Landry are at odds in connection to the Common Council’s Sept. 23 vote, 4-1, to allocate $30,000 to purchase the Crockwell Pond property on East Sanford Street.

Mr. Lapham cast the no vote.

That night, Mr. Lapham wrote on Facebook that Mr. Landry “presented in detail why he thinks the Glens Falls taxpayers want …