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Closed his diner, switched it to a food truck

Jack Celeste put Coach’s Corner on wheels

By Natalie Barden, Chronicle Summer Intern

Coach’s Corner used to be located at 71 Saratoga Ave. in South Glens Falls. Now it’s at whatever corner owner Jack Celeste chooses. He moved his business to a truck.

Last July, Mr. Celeste decided not to renew his lease on the diner. “It’s time to make a change,” he thought.

By mid-September 2020 the truck was …

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The Cambridge aftermath: Tough to rebuild trust

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

As it stands now, the Indian mascot has been abolished at Cambridge Central School. That happened by a 3-2 vote at a special board meeting June 17.

On July 1, a new school board takes office. It includes four of the prior five members. The only change is that Jessica Roosevelt — who voted to eliminate the Indians and didn’t run for re-election — will …

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Lake George’s Fork Island

12 NYS campsites; in old days, some permanent users; one nude teacher

Editor’s note: This is the 25th anniversary of when the late Frank Leonbruno began writing — and The Chronicle began publishing — the chapters that would become his classic book Lake George Reflections: Island History and Lore. This summer we are reprinting weekly chapters with the permission of Frank’s daughters Gail and Jane.


By Frank Leonbruno
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Our July 1 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from July 1-7, 2021, featuring Independence Day events and local news stories.

Happy 4th of July! Fireworks schedule. Suddenly, so busy! Events abound, July 4 and all summer. Glens Falls Symphony free concert at Crandall Park on July 24. Now ‘Coach’s Corner’ is wherever Jack Celeste parks it. Blais expects ‘one of largest crowds ever’: LG 4th of July. The Cambridge aftermath. Is Covid over? Ginelle Jones says, not so fast. Glen at Hiland breaks ground on $26.7-million project. Concerts, comedy, shows… …

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Chad’s launch: Space-themed candy store at French Mountain Commons

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Chad Rabinovitz, who for the past six years was the Producing Artistic Director of the Adirondack Theatre Festival, is about to “launch” an interactive candy store at French Mountain Commons, in the outlet stores north of Northway Exit 20.

“No one has ever done this before, a space-themed candy store,” he says.

Think: Willy Wonka meets the bank drive-through tube by way of outer …

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