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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Chronicle talked by phone Sunday with Congresswoman-elect Elise Stefanik in Washington, D.C., in the midst of an eight-day orientation.

Ms. Stefanik said she had “just finished a brunch with Mia Love [Utah], Mimi Walters [California], Martha McSally [Arizona] and Barbara Comstock [Virginia], who are the other newly elected Republican women.”

Ms. Stefanik at 30 is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.

Ms. …

Area homelessness. Historic Glens Falls home for sale. Elise Stefanik interview. Susan Balfour gives her side of Planned Parenthood story. Glens Falls bottled water business has opponents. South Glens Falls Holiday Parade lineup. Holiday party planning. Arts and Entertainment options abound. Only 4 Chronicles until Christmas!

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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

I take elections at face value. I assume the voters did what they wanted to do. I don’t think they’re stupid. I don’t think they’re misled. I try to understand their thinking, whether or not they voted the way I hoped they would. (In this case, I agreed with many of the results.)

Anyway, some thoughts.

1. Republican Elise Stefanik not only won, she won …

Hicks-Wilson Orchard in Granville is riding the hard cider wave. Post-election wrap-up. Jennifer Gadway and “Nashville in North Creek.” Are the NBA-D-League, indoor lacrosse and soccer in the Civic Centers’ future? Hudson Falls girls seek NYS volleyball title. Matt Funiciello tells Democrats, “Don’t run a candidate against me in 2016.” Planned Parenthood drama. Time to make your Thanksgiving Day plans…many of the area’s finest restaurants will do the cooking for …

By David Cederstrom, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Jefferson Project has taken its next major step — creation of a 2,000 square-foot Data Visualization Laboratory at the Darrin Fresh Water Institute in Bolton.

“Things no human has seen before” will become visible there, IBM senior vice-president Dr. John E. Kelly III said at the project’s public unveiling on Oct. 17.

The lab “may seem like a modest building, but there are …