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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Queensbury plans to fix the troublesome intersection where Round Pond Road meets Route 9 in Queensbury across from Martha’s Dandee Cream, just south of The Great Escape.

It will add traffic management, “smart” stoplights, pedestrian crosswalks, new curb cuts and upgraded sidewalks.

It will take about three years to plan, fund and build, and cost $1.88-million, Town Supervisor John Strough told The Chronicle.

“We …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Winter’s Dream is done. The Warren County Coalition plans to end its affiliation with Moment Factory, the Montreal-company they hired to create the attraction at Fort William Henry.

Envisioned as a perennial event, it only ran one winter, 2023-2024.

Fort William Henry President Sam Luciano, speaking for the Coalition, tells The Chronicle they aim to use assets from Winter’s Dream to create a new …

By Zander Frost & Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Jimmer Fredette retired as a player last Wednesday, but he’s not leaving basketball anytime soon.

USA Basketball announced Monday that Fredette, the Glens Falls High School standout whose National College Player of the Year performance at Brigham Young University launched the “Jimmermania” craze, will be the first managing director of the USA 3×3 Men’s National Team.”

Fredette, the former No. 1 …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Queensbury Town Supervisor John Strough removed Ward 3 council member Michael Dixon as his deputy supervisor, replacing him with non-board member Jean Anderson Lapper.

The move came after the April 7 Town Board meeting turned contentious over hiring a new Town Cemetery Superintendent.

Mr. Dixon, a Republican, is challenging Democrat Mr. Strough for Town Supervisor in November.

A deputy supervisor does not have to …

Republican Sarah Driscoll, who said she’s now a stay-at-home mom who did financial audits and training for the State Comptroller’s office for 10 years, will challenge Ward 4 Democratic Common Council member Ben Lapham in November, The Chronicle has learned.

Mrs. Driscoll, 37, said she is “a sixth-generation” Glens Falls resident. Her great grandfather was Fire Chief LeRoy Akins. Mayor LeRoy Akins was her great uncle.

“My family has served …