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New lodge at Gore Ski Bowl: Ready to open but can’t due to ORDA-Johnsburg $4,000 fee fight

Modern two-story building with stone and wood exterior, large windows, and covered entrance area on a snowy day.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Station, the new Ski Bowl Lodge in North Creek that is the centerpiece of a multi-year, $40 million upgrade by the state Olympic Regional Development Authority, sits ready to open — except for a dispute between ORDA and the Town of Johnsburg over an unpaid engineering contractor fee of something over $4,000.

Town Supervisor Kevin Bean says, according to a 2007 local town …

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Evergreen Bikes will close, at the Fort Edward train station

Two men in winter clothing hold skis and mugs while posing with a black and white cat indoors.

Here is an excerpt of what Evergreen Bicycle Works at the railroad station in Fort Edward posted on Facebook:

Owning and operating a small business is hard in the best of times, and when things that negatively impact the business begin to accumulate, it’s almost impossible. The people we have met through the shop over the years have given us the motivation to keep moving forward through the growing list …

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Glens Falls grad buys Flour Child Bakery: Plans to build on that, add his Cut & Cured charcuterie

Hello,

My name is John Cote, and I wanted to share a local business update that may be of interest to your readers.

I grew up in Glens Falls and graduated from Glens Falls High School in 2015. After graduating, I attended Siena College where I majored in Finance.

Over the past few years, I started a charcuterie business called Cut & Cured, which has grown steadily through local events, …

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Our December 23 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper dated December 23-29, 2025, featuring local news stories about a women's boutique opening and city staff changes.

Merry Christmas! Elise Stefanik’s bombshell! Mayor-Elect Palmer’s ‘First 100 days plan’. Thurston will be Palmer’s staff chief. To open women’s boutique on South Street. Amsterdam ends GF boys 56-game sectional record hoop win streak. New lodge at Gore Ski Bowl: Ready to open but can’t due to ORDA-Johnsburg $4,000 fee fight. Ali Gazetos to open women’s boutique, says ‘retail is downtown’s next chapter’. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has …

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Trans issue erupts at Queensbury School

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

A video is circulating on social media of a father speaking to the Queensbury School Board at its Dec. 8 meeting on behalf of his daughter who he said felt unsafe that a transgender girl was using the girls’ locker room.

Posted on Facebook, the video accumulated more than 4,000 “likes” and nearly 1,900 shares as of Monday, Dec. 15.

It also sparked more …

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