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Our April 17 front page

Spring Home Issue.Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Kopf’s bet on Hudson Falls. Crandall monument vandalized. Up for lease: Bay-Glen wedge. Bill Collins gets the Conservative line; Diana Palmer to get independent line on November ballot. Strough, Dixon spar on hire of cemetery chief. Glens Falls honors Fire Dept. ‘A-Crew’ for life-saving action in Jan. 15 Bay St. fire. West Mountain project: First OK from Qby. Planning Board. Concerts, comedy, shows… …

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Go Play With Your Food to permanently close

Zander Frost reports: “Go Play with Your Food in Glens Falls will be closing permanently after Saturday, April 19,” the restaurant announced on Facebook.

 
The “Board Game Tavern” restaurant at 126 Glen Street was opened by Mark Shaw and partners in 2023.
 
“This week is our final week of operation as the owners are moving out of the area and hope to reopen in Florida once they have relocated,” the

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Restoring the Lake George statues

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Three bronze statues in Lake George Battlefield State Park will get $44,000 in restoration — mostly from private benefactors — in time hopefully to be rededicated by summer, said Battlefield Park Alliance President John DiNuzzo said.

The statue The Battle of Lake George, depicting the British General William Johnson and native American King Hendrick, dedicated in 1903, will have over $18,000 of work done, …

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In 21st District, Dems’ enrollment fell 817; GOP rose 1,888 Nov. 1 to Feb. 20

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

The 21st Congressional District became even more red in the roughly four months after the November election, as the region geared up for an expected special election which has not materialized.

Democratic active enrollment in the district decreased by 817 voters between Nov. 1 and Feb. 20, while Republican active enrollment increased by 1,888 voters, according to a report by the state Board …

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John Irion, led Qby to NYS title, will coach Wbg-LG-Bolton football

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Former Queensbury state champion football coach John Irion is taking the reins of the Warrensburg-Lake George-Bolton football team.

Irion coached the Spartans for two decades, winning the state title in 2013 and reaching the finals three other times. He also coached Granville for three seasons prior to being an assistant at South Glens Falls for the last four years.

Irion was chosen by “a …

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