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Hudson Falls’ Connor Murphy signs with NHL’s Calgary Flames

The NHL’s Calgary Flames announced Thursday that they have signed Hudson Falls native Connor Murphy to a one-year, two-way NHL contract for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

Mr. Murphy, 26, is a goaltender who played college hockey for Union College and Northeastern University.

The contract is valued at $775,000 average annual value.

The Flames’ release said, “Murphy, a native of Hudson Falls, NY has spent this season split between …

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‘Stop vaping at the Wood’

A restroom vaping incident that set off a fire alarm at the Charles R. Wood Theater forcing an evacation that interrupted a show prompted the theater to post a note on Facebook:


The Wood Theater wrote:

As disappointed as we are to have to continue to address this issue, we feel it imperative to communicate the details of a recent incident and an ongoing pattern that continues to disrupt …

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8,000 striking prison guards still defy Hochul & mediator, face immediate firing

More than 2,000 strikers returned to work, “but there are approximately 8,000 corrections officers and sergeants still taking part in the illegal strike,” Thomas Maille, Director of Public Information for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, told The Chronicle Tuesday.

An apparent deal reached last Friday by the state and leaders of NYSCOPA, the correction officers’ union, via a mediator failed to settle the unsanctioned strike affecting prisons across …

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Stewart’s sets 3-carton egg purchase limit

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Stewart’s Shops announced temporary limits on egg purchases — three dozen per customer per visit “to maintain ample supply for our loyal customers who rely on us for fresh and local eggs, dairy and grocery needs,” a press release said.

Stewart’s Public Relations Manager Robin Cooper told The Chronicle, “We’re seeing more and more instances where folks are wanting to buy larger quantities — …

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Glens Falls Hospital’s new Crisis Unit aims to better serve mental health patients young & adult

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

We’ve heard the stories, especially since COVID, of patients in mental health crisis languishing for weeks in the Emergency Department at Glens Falls Hospital — especially young people, even children, who had nowhere else to go for treatment.

The former Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), may have had private rooms, not just curtains between beds, but offered limited care, the Hospital decided.

One young patient …

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