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Our September 12 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from September 12-18, 2024, featuring stories about a hospital emergency department campaign, hot air balloon…

Health & Fitness Quarterly GF Hospital launches $25-million campaign to rebuild Emergency Department. Brad smacked. Hans Hansen, Bills superfan, parlays it into opportunity. 9 Special Shapes at 51st Adirondack Balloon Fest. Revolution Rail adds 20-mile ‘challenging’ Boreas route. SOLD! Former Dango’s bar. Warren County hesitates on sales tax hike; Taflan: ‘Only makes sense if other counties do it, too’ GF Police warn: ‘Laced’ opioid; three overdoses. Qby. seeks interim Ward …

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Kindergartener leaves GF’s Kensington School, found safe in Crandall Pond

A kindergartener left Glens Falls’ Kensington Road Elementary school and was later found safe in Crandall Pond, Glens Falls City School District said.
 
The district said the incident occurred on Monday, September 9.
Glens Falls City School Superintendent Krislynn Dengler said in a message emailed to parents, “This is something we never want to have happen, and thankfully this is a very atypical event.”
 
“As soon as the child was

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Shaun Hazlitt’s Southpaw Bistro sets debut in Glens Falls

A man with a beard wearing a black t-shirt stands in front of a storefront with red logos visible on the windows.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

When Shaun Hazlitt cuts the ribbon next Friday, Sept. 13, to launch his newly re-imagined Southpaw Bistro at the former Craft on 9 on South Street, he’ll represent a lineage of Glens Falls chefs that started with the late Shawn Whalen and his storied Bistro Tallulah.

Shawn, who died in 2017 at just 43, is often credited for changing the face of downtown Glens …

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Car show weekend

A vintage 1950s Buick with a chrome grille and "SNIPER6" license plate parked at a car show, with classic cars visible in the background.

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

It’s “Vroom” time.

The Albany Rods & Kustoms Club’s 34th annual Adirondack Nationals car show returns to Lake George Village this weekend, while the Adirondack Corvette Club’s annual VetteFest is back in downtown Glens Falls.

1,500 colorful, souped up, reconditioned hot rods, classic and antique cars from 1979 or earlier are signed up for the Adirondack Nationals Muscle Car Show, Thursday through Sunday, Sept. …

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LGA & LG Park Commission: We’re buddies

Three protesters hold signs opposing pesticide use outside a building, with signage visible on the structure behind them.

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Lake George Association and the Lake George Park Commission issued a press release Tuesday saying their fight over use of ProcellaCOR is over and they are “committed to collaboration.”

The LGA at the same time issued “initial results from ProcellaCOR monitoring” of the herbicide’s use in two bays June 29.

In Jelliffe-Knight Bay, the LGA said it found “complete killing” of Eurasian watermilfoil [EWM] …

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