By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Sunday, April 5, The Log Jam Restaurant turned 50 years old. It was on April 5, l976 that brothers Pete and Tim Bailey of Bolton registered to do business as The Log Jam. They’d built it from logs they harvested on the mountains above Lake George.
Two years after opening, the Baileys sold The Log Jam to Roy and Jeanne Tonnesen. Roy had worked with …
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Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The chart is from a Powerpoint presentation by the Capital District Transportation Authority — CDTA — on Monday night, April 6, at Crandall Public Library. It was shared later with The Chronicle at our request.
CDTA says target ridership is 15 passengers per hour. Glens Falls area buses are falling considerably short of it.
The purpose of the meeting was “to gather feedback for …
Read More »Corinth Central School District had a 97% graduation rate, the highest in district history, in the 2024-25 school year. said a WSWHE BOCES press release.
It said the 97% rate is tied for the county’s highest and is up 12 points from Corinth’s 85% rate the prior year, the largest increase among Saratoga County districts.
Corinth’s grad rate has steadily improved, increasing from a 76% ten-year average in 2017 to …
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Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Auctioneer, woodworker, entrepreneur Martin Seelye just published his new memoir and history book, titled Me — Martin Seelye: 13th Generation Descendant of a 1630 Immigrant.
The subtitle is “Exploits of My 76 Years and My Family’s Journey Since 1630 in America.” The Seelye family settled early in the Adirondacks, Martin writes.
He launches the book in a talk at Crandall Public Library this Monday, …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Ginelle Jones retired in March as Director of Warren County Health Services after a 31-year career with County Health, eight years in the top seat.
Looking back on her career, Mrs. Jones told The Chronicle, “The niche for public health is very alive and well. No matter what the crisis, you’ve got the potential for education and outreach, to identify what the need is, …
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