This week we have 112 fabulous pages of content for you! Inserted into the weekly Chronicle is the Summer Fun Lake George-Adirondack Visitors Guide, and we’ve also got our annual graduation issue celebrating our region’s high school graduates. Our stories include our scoops on the new owners of both the Friends Lake Inn and Owl at Twilight. We cover the multi-million dollar Jefferson Project’s mapping of Lake George, and speaking …
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East Dix peak renamed for pioneer Grace Hudowalski
By Patrick Daley, Chronicle Staff Writer
In 1937 Grace Hudowalksi became the first woman, and just the ninth person, to climb the 46
Adirondack High Peaks.
Now, one of those peaks — East Dix — has been renamed Grace Peak, the culmination of a campaign begun in 2002, two years before her death at age 98.
Mrs. Hudowalski was a founder of the Forty-Sixers of Troy, a precursor to today’s …
Read More »Queensbury grad Katherine Fritz’s blog hits the big time!
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
2004 Queensbury High grad Katherine Fritz is yet another native proving that you can get there from here. Two blogs she started have led, literally, to a million hits in one case, and to a book project and paid writing gig with the online magazine MTVStyle.
Much of this has transpired in a matter of weeks after a couple of her blog entries were …
Read More »Our June 19 issue
This week, Queensbury High grad Katherine Fritz’s blog hits it big. Mega rock band The Who’s Glens Falls concert was 25 years ago. Hudson Valley Firemen’s convention here this weekend, and a mountain renamed after Grace Hudowalski, the first female Forty-Sixer. Plus, lots of letters — on Americade, and the 21st Congressional District Republican primary. Plus our extensive coverage of events!
Read More »Cathy: Ringside at MMA — guys fight; blood; & a fierce focus
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
What is it that drives men to get into a steel “cage,” bare-chested and bare-footed, ready to kick, punch, drop and twist — and be kicked, punched, dropped and twisted in return — all for glory only, no cash prizes? The glory? I think maybe not.
Ringside at Cage Wars 25, Glens Falls Civic Center’s first-ever Mixed Martial Arts contest on Saturday, May 17: …
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