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Dan Miner’s major impact. Last week’s article about Dan’s struggle with depression hit home for many. Dave Kenny and family keep buying Lake George real estate. Former Glens Falls assistant principal Stan Rummel honored at dinner. Steve Mackey hikes the 2,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail. Matt Funiciello rebuts critics. Tom Collins sells the Heidelberg Inn restaurant. Himoff family buys 100 acres near Point O’Pines in Brant Lake. Tom Jacobs monument to …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Four years after attempting suicide, WCKM radio personality Dan Miner sat down with The Chronicle to talk about his 35-year struggle with depression, and how getting professional help turned his life around.

“I never thought I’d see 50,” he said, sitting in the press box at the Glens Falls Civic Center before an Adirondack Flames hockey game.

The long-time hockey public address announcer and …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

More than halfway through an 8,000-mile, 2½-year international horseback ride, a chance meeting has resulted in Bernice Ende and her two horses spending the winter in Fort Edward.

“It’s rather serendipitous to stay in an old historic feed store, the Nicholson Feed Store,” Ms. Ende told The Chronicle. “Fort Edward is so rich in history. You people are very serious about history.”

Ms. Ende, …

Join us Friday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. for The Chronicle Open House, part of the Hometown Holidays event through downtown. Bernice Ende talks about the first half of her 8,000-mile horseback ride. Dan Miner reveals 35-year battle with depression. Sam’s Diner Operation Santa push to raise $10,000. Operation Santa will also be auctioning off a flute signed by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson. ‘JUST Beverages’ site plan approved. Dave Wick’s job is …

By Patrick Daley, Chronicle Staff Writer

For the first time since 1987, The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting comments regarding amendments to New York State’s State Land Master Plan (SLMP).

The non-profit Adirondack Powder Skier Association (APSA) is lobbying for an amendment to allow backcountry skiing in the Adirondacks that adheres to New York State Constitution Article 14, known as the “Forever Wild” clause.

APSA president and founding member Ron …