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Adventure Family Fun Center sells for $1.38 million, new use expected

A blue sign marks the entrance to a curved driveway leading through a landscaped park area with trees and water features.

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe reports: The 5.6-acre Adventure Family Fun Center on Route 9 south of The Great Escape sold on February 4 for a total of $1.38 million — $1.15 million for the real estate and the rest for equipment, Realize Brokers principal Nicholas Ketter tells The Chronicle.

He said seller Justin Ermiger’s father, the late Ken Ermiger, founded the amusement park in 1997. “In 2007 he put …

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Countryside Veterinary got flooded by a broken pipe; shut for 10 days, back open now

An interior view of a workshop or studio space with workbenches, equipment, and a person in a turquoise jacket working at a table.

Chronicle Staff Writer Ben Westcott reports: Major water damage from a broken sprinkler pipe on Saturday, Jan. 25, caused Countryside Veterinary Medical Group in Kingsbury to close for 10 days.

As of Monday, crews from Quick Response Restoration had been on the scene for over two weeks, Countryside owner Dr. James Keller told The Chronicle. He estimated it will take four to six weeks of construction to “rebuild” the hospital.…

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Drive to revive Hickory Ski basked in the glow at Strand

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Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: Downstate videographer Ian McGrew had never even heard of Hickory Ski Center (formerly Hickory Hill) in Warrensburg until he saw a Faceboook post about the effort to reopen it for skiing and as a year-round recreation hub. Ian volunteered to make a video. He said he was thinking 3-to-5 minutes, a little promotional item they could use however they pleased.

Once he got into it, …

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3,000 attended Constantino’s free MMA event at Cool Arena

Six people pose together at an event with an Anthony Congress banner and American flag backdrop.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

About 3,000 people attended the free ‘Cage Wars 69’ night of Mixed Martial Arts bouts and politics sponsored by Constantino for Congress Friday in Glens Falls, Cool Insuring Arena Director Jeff Mead tells The Chronicle.

The arena wasn’t filled as promised by Anthony Constantino, the Amsterdam entrepreneur and NY-21 Republican Congressional hopeful, but later on Facebook he called it “the largest amateur event in …

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Our February 13 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from February 13-19, 2025, featuring stories about a frozen lake, Valentine's Day, and local events.

Happy Valentine’s Day! 3,000 attended Constantino’s free MMA event at Cool Arena. Lake George is frozen. Fort Ann’s Tyler Mattison now on Detroit Tigers’ big league roster. Retired City Clerk Bob Curtis will run in Ward 5 as Republican. Warren County OK’s $2.5-million in Oc Tax for ORDA Ski Bowl project; some opposition. GF’s Kellen Driscoll commits to RPI, to play basketball. Gore skiing fatality. Adventure Family Fun Center sells …

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