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Will Chuck & Kirsten back Elise?

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Here’s an interesting, high-profile story that will unfold in the month ahead.

Will New York’s U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both Democrats, vote for President Trump’s nomination of our Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations?

Some Trump nominees have drawn harsh criticism — Robert Kennedy for Health, Pete Hegseth for Defense. Matt Gaetz was quashed right out …

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Our December 26 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from Dec. 26, 2024, featuring stories about viral posts, the Adirondack Balloon Festival, and local news.

Happy New Year! Next issue will be Jan. 9, 2025. What went viral! Will Chuck and Kirsten back Elise? School was fun in Glens Falls in 1944. 4 fans tossed after Thunder Teddy Bear toss. Vermont man dies; fell from Black Mtn. ledge. Nate Etu lists good news for Warren County. Washington County union asks for equal vacation gain. GF National becomes Arrow Bank on Jan. 1. Arrow adds 4 …

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Ed Moore buys former TD Bank land, $1.2-million

A man in a tan patterned cardigan stands outside an industrial building on a snowy day.

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Queensbury Hotel owner Ed Moore has purchased the former TD Bank property next-door for $1.2-million. He told The Chronicle the closing occurred Thursday, Dec. 12.

Mr. Moore said he has no specific plans for the property he said is nearly two acres stretching from Maple Street to Washington Street.

“Someday at some point we’ll probably do something with it — expand, do something.

“The first …

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Grumbellies reborn

Two people wearing red shirts smile at the camera, with one wearing a yellow pizza slice-shaped hat.

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Editor

Grumbellies has found a new home — in downtown Fort Edward in the former Glens Falls National Bank building at 159 Broadway that closed in 2021.

Irma Hamblin told The Chronicle they are purchasing the property for $215,000.

“We signed the paperwork and I gave them the down payment,” she said.

“We haven’t been through our closing yet. That should be coming.” They hope to …

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Qby. grad, RPI scientist now is ‘Elf’ making ornaments at Shirt Factory

A smiling woman wearing glasses and a green hoodie stands next to a decorated Christmas tree with colorful ornaments and garland.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Stephanie Guzik-Lendrum went from lab-coated biophysicist-biochemist to self-described “Christmas elf.”

The 2001 Queensbury grad earned her bachelor’s degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and then her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina in cell and development biology.

She came back to work at RPI, but in 2018 she left abruptly, after what she describes as uncomfortable fallout from an equipment failure. It led her …

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