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Schermerhorn Bloody Pond & new storage site questioned for size, views, ‘neighborhood’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Both of Rich Schermerhorn’s projects on the Lake George Planning Board agenda last week were tabled and will return for public hearings on Tuesday, March 12, Lake George Director of Planning Dan Barusch tells The Chronicle.

That meeting, at 5 p.m. in the Town Offices, will likely also be viewable on Zoom, Mr. Barusch said.

“We’re working through a lot of the technical stuff,” …

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Our February 8 front page

Valentine’s Day is Wednesday! Finch Paper upbeat. Harlem Globetrotters in GF, Tuesday. Master of many screens. Eric Hofmanis tours nationally in ‘Johnny Cash Experience’ More LG Winter Carnival this weekend, plus Friday comedy. Hoffman Carwash at Steve’s Place site gets conditional OK. Motorcycle operator in deadly LG collision sentenced 15-to-life. Driver charged in Qby. hit & run that killed Shane Winchell, 30. Zander’s back on skis after 17 years. Schermerhorn …

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Winter’s Dream: Coalition bullish despite soft start

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Attendance is considerably short of projections at the Winter’s Dream attraction at Fort William Henry, but Warren County Winter Coalition officials tell The Chronicle they remain bullish on the attraction, its ability to bring Occupancy Tax dollars to the county, and their prospects for paying back the $3 million Occupancy Tax “seed” grant they received to launch the attraction.

“The Coalition is committed,” says …

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April 8: Total solar eclipse in Adirondacks

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

On Monday, April 8, portions of the Adirondacks to our north will be in the path of “The Totality,” a total solar eclipse.

“It’s one of the= rarest and most arresting astronomical sights that human beings can see. You don’t see a total solar eclipse, you experience it,” Dr. Mindy Townsend, an astronomer from the Dudley Observatory at Siena College, told a crowd last …

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Biochar issue rages anew in Town of Moreau

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Biochar fight is quickly boiling anew as the new town supervisor Jesse Fish and his council majority took office in January in Moreau.

Saratoga Biochar Solutions seeks to construct a “pyrolysis” facility in Moreau’s Industrial Park that would turn processed sewage into carbon fertilizer.

Mr. Fish and the board majority, backed by many vocal Biochar opponents, won a landslide victory in the fall.…

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