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250th Independence Day! Fireworks! Parades too. Celebrations everywhere! NYS Men’s Golf Amateur at GF Country Club. Saratoga Race Course give-aways. Deaths of Mickey Luce, Sue Ford, theatre mainstays. Arrow completes buy of Utica’s Adirondack Bank. Moreau: Jesse Fish will run Republican/ Conservative, faces Democrat Bennett. GF doctor & N.P. in opioid settlement. ‘Take a Bite’ Food Fests, July 8-on, GF. 17th Greek Fest at St. George in SGF. Concerts, comedy, …

44 pages, biggest issue in 6 years! 16-page Graduation section inside. Jelly Roll. Gendebien, Constantino roll. Wine Fest founder: Improve LG’s Festival Commons. Exclusive: CEO of biz that now runs The Great Escape. Saratoga couple Ardie & Dan Russell will run The ED for GF. After death of John Fickel, Stony Creek Inn: Pause for a year. Qby. Planning Board members debate senior living project at Bay Meadows; tabled for …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Noah Chirnomas, 22, just graduated from Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Accounting and Finance. He’s on his way to becoming a Certified Public Accountant.

At the same time he’s writing and publishing books.

First he wrote Dome Island: Forever Wild on Lake George.

This week brings release of his new book The Islands of Lake George: Exploring The History and Mysteries. It’s …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

For about two weeks, visitors to the Queensbury Hotel lobby got a front-row view as art conservator Emily Phillips restored the signature Cooper’s Cave mural that hangs above the fireplace.

The same Glens Falls business leaders who founded the hotel commissioned artist Griffith Baily Coale (1890-1950) to paint the mural, hotel General Manager Tyler Herrick tells The Chronicle.

“This celebrated painting depicts an historic …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Katy’s Wine and Whiskey Bar — the corner ground-floor tenant in Chris Patten’s multi-use redevelopment at South and Elm Streets — is looking at a June 29 opening, Mr. Patten told The Chronicle during a quick walk-through last Tuesday. The bar-restaurant is a joint project by Katy Foster and Bill Dingman. The chef is Colin Miner.

Ms. Foster described her plan for the 2,800 …