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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Sports crowds are flocking to the Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls.

Executive Director Jeff Mead told The Chronicle that 11,379 people attended the Section 2 Boys’ High School Basketball championships from Feb. 27 to March 4.

“Hockey’s been great” too, he said.

On Saturday, Feb. 25, the “Kids Take Over” game drew more than 4,700.

“In a 5,100 seat arena, that’s a sell …

By Zander Frost & Mark Frost, Chronicle Writer & Editor

“Two people were shot, one is in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds. Both victims were transported to Albany Medical Center,” said a City of Glens Falls press release Thursday morning.

Police Chief Jared Smith told The Chronicle Tuesday both are now stable.

The incident occurred at around 4:14 Thursday morning, March 2, at 29 Dix Avenue, Glens Falls Police …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Giovanni Fresco, the popular Italian food vendor at the Shirt Factory Food Truck Corral, is getting its first brick and mortar location, one block away.

Giovanni Casanica, 30, and his wife Francesca Casanica, 26, have purchased the former Open Door Mission building at the corner of Walnut and Lawrence Streets for $125,000.

“We are excited. We are so happy to be there. We got …

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Chronicle managing editor Cathy DeDe writes: Three new apartments upstairs at 170 Glen Street — above the new Rude Betty retail store — are ready for show time. Billed as “luxury” short term rental accommodations, they’ll be available through Airbnb, VRBO and other platforms “within the week,” owner Tom Elliott tells The Chronicle.

Mr. Elliott purchased the building for $275,000 in September 2021. He says he put “north of a …