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Cathy’s handy tips to enjoy the Balloon Festival

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe advises:

    • My Number One suggestion: Get to the airport for a morning launch. Yes, it’s painfully early, and the cars are lined up by 4:30 a.m., well before the gates open, but there’s nothing like the excitement of 100 hot air balloons rising with the sun while bleary-eyed thousands cheer them on.

t Sunday morning is “Walter’s Mass Ascension,” when all the balloons go up …

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North Qby. Volunteer Fire Company, at year 75

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

“When your pager goes off, it’s part of the thrill of it.…You simply never know what’s coming next,” said Todd Mahony, President of the North Queensbury Volunteer Fire Company and member of the Rescue Squad’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Mahony has been a member of the Company for 20 years and joined after he retired from his business career.

“I regret that I didn’t …

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Bikers go wild

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

A woman driving alone returning from a trip visiting grandchildren was swarmed Friday, Sept. 15, by “75-100” bike riders on Veterans Road in Queensbury. Her car was damaged and she said she was terrified.

She took video of the incident. It was shared with The Chronicle.

It shows bike riders filled both sides of the road and aggressively confronted — and some collided with …

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Our September 21 front page

50th Adirondack Balloon Festival! Bikers go wild. Hemp paper industry. Lake George Boat Show. North Queensbury Fire 70th. Fort William Henry will put cannons away, make way for ‘Winter Experience’. Cathy’s handy tips to enjoy the Balloon Festival. Wool, Sheep, Fiber Festival! Sat.-Sun. Moose Fest! Indian Lake. ‘Pumpkinfest,’ Sat. French & Indian War reenactments in LG. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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DOT says there’s hope to finish Rt. 254 project next month

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

There’s fresh hope that travel between Glens Falls and Hudson Falls will return to normal next month.

The Chronicle received numerous calls asking why work on the Route 254 project on Lower Warren and River Streets in Queensbury seemed to have stalled and the road remains closed since March, inconveniencing many and hampering several businesses.

We contacted the State Department of Transportation, which said …

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