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The Chapman Historical Museum has named Nicole Herwig, most recently Assistant Curator of the Hyde Collection, as its new Executive Director.

She succeeds Timothy Weidner, who retired after serving 23 years in the job.

LARAC, the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, named current Gallery Curator and Festival Coordinator Phil Casabona as its Executive Director. Candice Frye stepped down on March 1.

The Chapman said it selected Ms. Herwig “after a …

GF Symphony seeks $$ for clarinetist & colleagues in Ukraine

The Glens Falls Symphony has set up a Ukraine Musicians Fund on the ticket page of its website, TheGlensFallsSymphony.org, to help GFSO Second Clarinet player Sergiy Dvornichenko and his musicial colleagues in Ukraine.

Sergiy has been living with his family in Ukraine for much of the pandemic, said the Symphony. Last week they fled to a safe haven, the Symphony …

John and Carol McClean-Wright, New Mexico residents who owned the 1000 Acres dude ranch in Stony Creek from 2016 to 2019, bought the 30-mile rail line from North Creek to Tahawus for $3.3-million in a bankruptcy auction.

The Albany Times-Union reported on March 3 that the couple’s Doc N Duchess Rails LLC “want to ship military-grade titanium ore from an old mine in the area” that they say “they are …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Lake George Park Commission is laying the regulatory groundwork for a rolling septic inspection program that would require private systems around the lake to be checked by Park Commission inspectors every five years.

Dave Wick, Executive Director of the LGPC, said 2,700 properties fall inside the proposed boundaries — within 500 feet of the Lake George shoreline or within 100 feet of streams …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Anthony Merrill emailed to say he works at the Fort William Henry. He offered to connect us with Ukranians he worked with there in past summers.

On Monday we spoke via Zoom with Nikita Nakonechny, who said he worked summers for the Fort William Henry in 2014 and 2015.

Mark: How are you?

Nikita: Good as possible for now. You understand, probably.

Mark: How scary …