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The five-counties WSWHE BOCES planned a ceremonial send-off Wednesday, May 28, for two full-scale replica sleds built by Career and Technical Education students in the F. Donald Meyers Education Center in Saratoga Springs. Students used 18th-century construction techniques and tools to replicate the sleds by which General Henry Knox and his troops transported captured cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston during the harsh winter of 1775-1776.

They went 300 miles …

Americade Here Through Saturday! Join us June 2 at Crandall Library: Chronicle conversation with the Candidates for Mayor of Glens Falls. Murders in Fort Ann. Diana triples Bill in mayor $ race. Wick: ProcellaCOR worked great. BOCES students built Knox Train sleds to mark U.S.A.’s 250th. Rebecca Wood & all Six Flags park presidents let go. Patten OK’d for $842,060 in tax benefits for South St. pair allegedly drove over …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The City of Glens Falls cut the ribbon Friday and debuted the centerpiece of its South Street redevelopment, the $6-million Market & Events Center.

It will be known as The Ed, for Ed Bartholomew, the late mayor and then Economic Development president who pushed for and won a $10-million New York State Downtown Revitalization grant in 2016, the first round of the Andrew Cuomo initiative.…

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Lake George Town Supervisor Vinnie Crocitto, Jr. has his eye on the former Water Slide World property, now owned by developer Rich Schermerhorn, who has it up for sale for $5.9-million.

“It’s such an important part of Lake George,” says Mr. Crocitto. “It’s on our main corridor. I’m gonna do everything I can to help it develop into its fullest potential somehow.”

Mr. Crocitto’s …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Stymied in his effort to transform the Elm Street parking lot, Mayor Bill Collins is actively pursuing 333 Glen and its parking garage and lot for a transportation hub in downtown Glens Falls.

In January, the City submitted a $1.3 million bid for a federal “BUILD” grant to add two levels and about 150 parking spaces to the garage and create a central location …