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Our September 17 front page

Health & Fitness Quarterly Blais is blazing mad re non-car show. Month 6 into the Covid crisis. How the Log Jam’s doing. Rabid fox. Hemlock invasive found on 1.5 miles of Lake George pristine shoreline. Prospect Mountain summit reopens; road, free, to 11/11. Decker sentence: 8 to 24 years; theft of NYS grant funds. New team at Roaring Brook Ranch: It’s open. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the

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Our September 10 front page

Back to School ‘Christmas in September’ at Log Bay nets $10,000 for Operation Santa. Teachers, principals optimism as school resumes. Drellos wins big. Crandall Park update. Juicin Jar will expand in Milk & Honey space. Moreau sewer update: ‘Pipes in the ground next summer’ LG Restaurant Week: Fall food themes, to honor staff and eateries. Christmas in September, Log Bay, Operation Santa,Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s

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Vermont woman: Fastest & oldest to swim Lake George

Charlotte Brynn, a Stowe, Vermont resident and New Zealand native, swam Lake George in record time on Aug. 18-19.

She “completed the 52-kilometer length (32 miles), Ticonderoga to Lake George Village, in 17 hours, 58 minutes (pending ratification),” said the Marathon Swimmers Federation.

It said it’s nearly an hour faster than the previous best of 18 hours, 49 minutes, set by David Dammerman in June 2016.

It said Ms. Brynn, …

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Our September 3 front page

40th Anniversary Issue – 60 Pages! Thank you Northern New York! Lots of historic photos and stories. Rattlesnakes found at GF Cemetery. Adirondack Nationals cancelled. Tuesday, Sept. 8: Crandall reopens, 2 days a week for ‘pop-in’ visits only. Garrow movie to show at Glen Drive-In on 9/10. LG Music Fest aims to take Drive-In route in 10th season. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts &

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Boating boom continues: More details

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

It is boom time for marinas on Lake George. After COVID-19 created an uncertain spring, boat rental and sale demand skyrocketed.

“It’s so busy and there seems to be a lot more consistency this summer than in last five, 10, maybe even 15 years,” says Christina Brodie, marina supervisor at Yankee Boating Center in Diamond Point.

She said that in past years, rentals “would …

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