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Qby. grad Nick Baroudi builds a career on stage & screen; Next! in ATF’s ‘Dial M’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

As a student at Queensbury High School, Class of 1998, Nick Baroudi wasn’t a theater kid, mostly, he says, because he didn’t have the singing chops for shows that, as at many high schools, focused on musicals.

But he has since found his way as a professional actor on stage and screen. This week he makes his debut with the Adirondack Theatre Festival, playing …

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Wowed by ATF’s The King’s Wife; bold take on old tale

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The King’s Wife, it has legs. A musical-in-progress about Henry the Eighth’s first two wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, The King’s Wife was powerfully sung and acted in a concert version by the Adirondack Theatre Festival last month.

Set with contemporary costumes that yet indicated historical context, and played on a stage, nearly bare except for the band, and a line of …

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Our August 1 front page

So Much News! Glens Falls pursues major nature preserve off Sanford St.. Jimmer Olympics schedule. JG3 to play for pro team in Lithuania. State Ed reverses school. Great Meadow fight. Model Railroaders & Chapman plan ‘semi-permanent’ 1889 GF Trolley layout. GFPD reports: Three days, two e-bike crashes. After 8 years, Grumbellies in Fort Ann closes. Moreau Lake State Park adds 860-acre Big Bend Preserve. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always

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GF: Patten proposes 60 apts. on Glen-Harlem-Notre Dame block

Developer Chris Patten is proposing a 60 unit “Washington Square” apartment project at the Glen-Harlem-Notre Dame block across the street from the former Traveler’s Building.

The plan, which goes before the Glens Falls Planning Board on Auguar 6, includes two three-story apartment buildings with balconies for all apartment units and a one-story recreation and fitness center.
 
Buildings that would be removed for the project are a two story house at

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Charlene Wood seeks OK to open Qby’s first cannabis dispensary

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Lake George native and Saratoga Springs resident Charlene Wood plans to open a cannabis dispensary in a shopping plaza under construction amid the factory outlets north of Northway Exit 20.

“I feel women are underrepresented in the cannabis industry,” Ms. Wood told The Chronicle. “I’m excited to bring this business to the Queensbury area, which I know well.”

Her attorney Jon Lapper said it …

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