Busy, Busy Weekend! Adirondack Balloon Fest 8/23-26. Americade. Covid friction in the schools. Disc golf raised ‘nearly $10,000’ for Edward Bartholomew Fund; for internships. SGF Holiday Parade returns! Nov. 21, seeks $$ sponsors. Free in LG: Friday fireworks, Saturday rock-country music. HF: Derby Park ground broken. At GF Country Club: 3 holes in 1 in 1 day. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment …
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LG Jazz Fest is back! 3 days of live, cutting edge music
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The Lake George Jazz Weekend returns full force, live and in person, outdoors in Shepard Park, Lake George Village, Friday to Sunday, Sept. 17 to 19.
A signature production of the Lake George Arts Project for more than 25 years, the festival typically draws an appreciative crowd of hep cats, music appreciators, and general listeners from the Capital Region and beyond for its blend …
Read More »Ella’s Adirondack adventure
By Ella Pardy, now 16, Junior at Queensbury High School
Editor’s note: Ella Pardy is a newly minted Adirondack 46er. The now 16-year-old junior at Queensbury High School was 15 as she summitted all 46 High Peaks in five weeks with five other campers and two counselors as part of YMCA Camp Chingachgook’s annual intensive backpacking “adventure.”
Ella is the daughter of Adirondack Winery owners Sasha and Mike Pardy. Sasha …
Read More »Kingsbury: Fight over Peckham AES solar plan on Geer Road
By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Pursuit of a 20 — now 15 — megawatt solar power generating project on 198 acres of former farmland owned by Peckham Industries off Geer Road in the Town of Kingsbury saw the town approve it, then annul its approval as neighbors said they’d been kept in the dark; then be sued by the applicant AES Solar over the reversal.
On Wednesday afternoon, Aug. …
Read More »Gyms rebound; people ‘cooped up for so long’
By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
We checked in with a few local gyms to see how things are going.
“We’re actually busy. The numbers are up actually now than they were from last year, because people were so cooped up for so long,” said Israel Deltoro, who owns two gyms on Glen Street, ADK Fit and ADK Crossfit.
“Fitness is a huge part of keeping people healthy and …
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