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Adk. Theatre Festival joins Proctors family

Two people sit at a desk on stage beneath a large NBC logo and blue illuminated backdrop displaying geometric patterns.

The Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls has signed a memorandum of understanding with Proctors Collaborative, based in Schenectady.

The plan is a three-year agreement “to expand shared services and explore how the two will partner more significantly over the long term.”

The announcement was made via email from Proctors Collaborative PR person Jessica Sims.

“The goal is to imagine and deliver ever-better professional theater with ever-more stable means and …

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John Strough, in cancer fight: ‘We all have two lives’

A smiling man with gray hair and a beard wearing a navy blazer and light blue checkered shirt stands outdoors at what appears to be a community event.

By John Strough, Queensbury Town Supervisor

After taking in the vistas of Lake George’s Northwest Bay we ventured back through Northwest Brook and its wetlands. My son’s idea: Trying to keep me active and hoping this activity will help me return to better health.

Over the years, I’ve done this trip many times; however, this time was very different from the others.

We both stilled our paddles and allowed the …

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Jakob White taking Flight

A man in a blue plaid shirt stands in a modern interior space with wooden architectural details and display shelving.

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Chief Operating Officer

Jakob White, the Glens Falls native who drew acclaim in Boston for an American-Chilean restaurant, has moved back to Glens Falls and will open a “Southern-inspired” restaurant where Flight formerly operated in the redeveloped Empire Theatre building on South Street.

Cleome Table & Bar will serve “reimagined Southern classics and comfort food, all based on traditional French cooking techniques,” said Jakob.

He said …

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Our October 17 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from October 17-23, 2024, featuring stories about a local man and various community news items.

Prime Time Seniors! Jakob White taking Flight. No Winter’s Dream. Prop 1 views. Cannabis stink in Moreau. Adk. Natls. car show new 4-year LG pact. John Strough, in cancer fight: ‘We all have two lives’. Glens Falls 2025: $25.5 million budget. Rich Schermerhorn buying Kingswood Golf. Adk. Theatre Festival joins Proctors family. ‘End of an era’: Ballard family of Fort Ann served 94 years, four generations, at Great Meadow. Tales …

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Proposition One is one hot potato

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

New York State’s Proposition One, on the November 5 ballot, is generating unusually high local interest.

Titled the Equal Rights Act, Prop One proposes amending the state constitution to expand protection against discrimination from four specific categories — “race, color, creed, and religion” — to nine, adding “ethnicity, national origin age, disability” and “sex.” Sex is further defined to include “sexual orientation, gender identity, …

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