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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

On Nov. 30, Robert Neuweiler opened The Messy House bar and restaurant at the former Dango’s at 156 Maple St. in Glens Falls.

“’Bout’ time,” he told The Chronicle.

He said he was “always looking for something” and “my phone didn’t stop ringing” with people saying “Bob, please open up a bar down here.”

Mr. Neuweiler, 73, operated the Messy House bar on South …

The Chronicle’s Ben Westcott reports: High school hockey games are at risk of cancellation from an impasse between the Eastern New York Chapter of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association and the Section II governing body.

The hockey officials group said in a Dec. 1 statement: “You may believe officials are overpaid, underpaid, or paid fairly. But ultimately, the market decides. And right now, the market is telling officials not …

rites: The Glens Planning Board approved at its December 3 meeting an amended site plan and architectural review for the Snyder family’s 196 Ridge Street redevelopment project.

Planning board members Tom Landry, Rachel Murray, Jamie Schrammel and chair Art Belden, as well as architectural consultant Nina Oldenquist, spoke in favor of the project and the developer’s efforts to make adjustments based on board and neighbors’ feedback.

Mr. Morphis was the …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Tony DeSare, the Hudson Falls native, national and international touring vocalist, pianist, orchestra arranger and conductor brings a unique-to-us solo hometown holiday show he’s calling “My Life” to the Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls. Curtain: Saturday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m.

Tix: $30 for main floor, $25 balcony, at The Strand Theatre Box Office (cash or check …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Rick Atkinson comes to Lake George this Friday, Dec. 12 for three local events in the 250th year celebration of Gen. Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery. (Details in sidebar box.)

Winner of Pulitzer Prizes both as an historian (and New York Times best-selling author) and as a journalist (then with the Washington Post), Mr. Atkinson is prominent in Ken Burns’s new PBS documentary. …