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Little Theater on the Farm to close; Haunted Barn & Spring Barn Sale go on

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Little Theater on the Farm in Fort Edward is closing, “effective for the 2026 season and beyond,” it said on Facebook and its webpage.

Founded in October 2005 by Linda Hermans in a converted dairy farm barn on Plum Road, off Route 197, the Little Theater has hosted hundreds of concerts, plays and other community events, always scrappy and always on a shoestring, …

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Queensbury Democrats will contest all 4 town board seats

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Queensbury Democrats will have a full slate running for Town Board. Democratic Chair Pete Roland said his committee is running the most candidates in Queensbury “since I’ve been chair, at least six years.” New entrants:

In Ward 1, Paul Derby is challenging incumbent Republican Anthony Metivier. Mr. Derby, a Queensbury resident since 1988, is head of the Glen Lake Association, a retired professor at …

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All 31 Washington Counties join on a U.S. 250th quilt; Whitehall woman’s square

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Mary Ward of Whitehall created a quilt square inspired by Washington County’s logo that will be sewn together with squares from the other 30 Washington Counties in the United States in celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday.

The idea, the brainchild of Tim Reavis of Washington County, Arkansas, is to “find a way to bring all the Washington Counties together,” said Washington County (New …

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Drop the Gloves Hockey Tourney & parking lot party at GF Rec Center to help Marcus Noble & fight ALS

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The fourth annual Drop the Gloves with ALS charity hockey tournament is Friday to Sunday, March 27-29, including a community-wide parking lot party fund-raiser Saturday noon to 4 p.m.

Everything takes place at the Glens Falls Recreation Center Ice Rink.

Proceeds benefit Marcus Noble, to help with costs in his continued fight against ALS — Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease — and …

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Bolton boys basketball wins school’s first-ever state title

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Bolton boys basketball’s Class D state championship last weekend in Binghamton was the first for a team sport in school history, Head Coach Cody Kober said.

To pull it off, the Eagles, who finished the season 26-1, had to defeat nine-time state champ Bridgehampton 62-50 Saturday and then come back the next day for an early 10 a.m. start time to defeat Sackets Harbor …

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