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‘Dark Star’ will headline July 11 ‘Rock the Dock’

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Deadheads alert: Dark Star Orchestra — among the premiere Grateful Dead tribute bands — will headline this year’s Rock the Dock Music Festival, presented by the Lake George Steamboat Company on Saturday, July 11.

Tix: $40 presale until March 20, $65 after March 20.

See rockthedocklg.com.

The seven-piece Dark Star Orchesta, founded in 1997 in Chicago, performs full shows based on actual Grateful Dead …

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Bolton boys basketball earns first ever trips to states

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

For the first time in program history, Bolton boys basketball is moving on to the state Final Four.

The 24-1 Eagles punched their ticket Saturday at Clinton Community College defeating Heuvelton 69-65 in the Class D regional final.

Head Coach Cody Kober said that after the win “at first I was speechless.”

“I’m very proud of them because I know the effort and energy …

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Attorney explains new New York Medical Aid in Dying Act

By James R. Burkett , Special to The Chronicle

​On February 6, 2026, Governor Hochel signed the bill creating New York State’s first law permitting physicians to prescribe a cocktail of oral medications to assist an adult, competent patient to hasten their death.

In doing so, New York joined a dozen other jurisdictions in the United States allowing citizens to seek medical assistance to terminate their own life under limited …

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Ice jams on the Hudson, at Thurman & Warrensburg

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Ice jams formed in Thurman and Warrensburg as warming temperatures and rain broke up ice that formed this cold winter on the Hudson River and other waterways.

Flooding on adjacent land occurred.

The Warren County Office of Emergency Services said it continues to monitor river conditions “as temperatures fluctuate and ice movement continues on area waterways.”

It said, “Ice jams occur when chunks of …

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‘Prayer circle’ outside Crandall Library protested teen materials

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Local mom Asia Craft’s video posted on Facebook decrying what she describes as materials “targeting our kids” with “trans and gay ideologies” in the Crandall Library Teen Center has caused a stir and led to a prayer circle with about 15 participants in City Park outside the library Monday.

Ms. Craft said in the video that she entered the Teen Center with her son …

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