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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

We’ve heard the stories, especially since COVID, of patients in mental health crisis languishing for weeks in the Emergency Department at Glens Falls Hospital — especially young people, even children, who had nowhere else to go for treatment.

The former Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), may have had private rooms, not just curtains between beds, but offered limited care, the Hospital decided.

One young patient …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: When indie film ‘Anora’ swept the Oscars on Sunday, three South Glens Falls natives basked in the glow.

Brothers Stephen Phelps and Christopher Phelps and lifelong friend Ryan Fitzgerald worked on the film.

Anora won Best Picture, Best Actress for Mikey Madison, and filmmaker Sean Baker won Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing.

Stephen, Anora’s Production Designer, was at the Academy Awards and …

BREAKING: Zander Frost reports: A body was found in a burning clothes donation dumpster behind Talk of the Town restaurant in Glens Falls early Thursday morning at around 2:30 a.m.

Glens Falls Police Department Detective Seth French told The Chronicle, “Our patrols saw a dumpster that appeared to be on fire, they responded with fire department. Fire was put out, and then upon opening the dumpster, there was a person …

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Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer reports: Romeo Auto Group is acquiring two more dealerships — Saratoga Ford and Saratoga Subaru, just off Northway Exit 15 — from Mackey Auto Group.

They are the 10th and 11th “rooftops” in the Romeo dealership portfolio, which includes locations in Glens Falls and Kingston.

Mike Romeo will serve as dealer principal for the two dealerships.

“It came across our plate at a funny time …