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Our Big Spring Home issue – 52 pages. Prom season schedule. Algonquin’s stunning new Hacker-Craft bar. Civic Center sign to be replaced. Boat Show at Dome was big success. Golf – Who’s open now and opening soon. Westmount sale is on again. J.D. Aspland sets 4 powerlifting world records. Lake George boat inspections begin at 5 sites. Spring is here! Check out the Arts section…concerts galore!

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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Hudson Falls native and world-class mountain climber Laurie (Combs) Normandeau is in Nepal, hiking to Mount Everest base camp to raise money for a trip next year when she hopes to reach the summit of the planet’s highest mountain.

Ms. Normandeau, 54, is a 1979 Hudson Falls High School graduate. Since 2004, she has climbed the highest peaks on five of the seven continents, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Who knew there was a whole belly dance “community” in and around Glens Falls?

Lisa Bohannon of Queensbury says she tapped into just that when she started taking, then teaching, belly dance classes — most recently at the Glens Falls YMCA. A core group of 25 women attends her Sunday afternoon classes.

Now she’s organized Coalescence: An Evening of Belly Dance at the Wood …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

A Queensbury High School grad, Class of 1996, and her husband from Brooklyn — who fell in love working for a minor-league baseball team — are succeeding hugely in downtown Troy, turning vintage Victorian-era buildings into a unique wine bar, a grocery and now a restaurant drawing crowds, raves and publicity far and wide.

When The New York Times depicted Troy in a March 26 …

Our Health & Fitness Quarterly issue. Queensbury native Heather LaVine and husband leading wave with new bar and restaurant in Troy. Benedict Arnold or Horatio Gates? Belly dancers vs. cancer at Wood Theater. Hyde; 3 vacancies not an issue. Soranos buy ‘Pumpkin Farm.’ Glens Falls Tennis & Swim Club’s 50th year! J.D. Aspland (15) of Queensbury eyes 4 powerlifting records Saturday at Fort William Henry. Hudson Falls Laurie Normandeau raising …