By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
A story posted about a dog bitten by a timber rattlesnake on the Fifth Peak trail in Lake George’s Tongue Mountain Range spread widely on social media.
An unnamed hiker posted May 27 on the Reddit app that the previous day their 15-pound dog was bitten on the trail.
The hiker wrote that on the way down from the peak, approximately two miles from …
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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
Last week, someone asked in a Glens Falls community Facebook group, “What is the new ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park?”
“Cameras,” Glens Falls 2nd Ward Councilman Bob Landry replied. “They now monitor all our City parks.”
A city official told The Chronicle that the so-called ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park is a multi-camera security unit, one of 18 installed in city parks. Each unit …
Read More »Crandall Park, Glens Falls: GF Symphony Orchestra Independence Day Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. Family festival and car show beforehand & finale of fireworks accompanied by music at dark.
Washington County Fairgrounds:, Fireworks at dusk, as part of community fest.
Hague: 9:15 p.m. at Town Beach and Park.
Lake George Village: 9:30 p.m. View from Shepard Park or Beach Road. …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
“We’re still open for business. We’re gonna salvage this summer. We’re Lake George strong,” Village Mayor Ray Perry said Sunday looking at the charred remains of the Shepard Park bandstand, still standing at the time.
By Monday, the mayor was buoyant. “This is an opportunity to make the greatest amphitheater in the Northeast,” Mayor Perry …
By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
After a multi-year battle between the Lake George Park Commission and the Lake George Association, the Commission finally got its wish Saturday morning, applying the aquatic herbicide ProcellaCOR to an eight-acre treatment area in northern Lake George to control invasive Eurasian watermilfoil.
The Park Commission said, “The permitted application area for Blairs Bay is 4-acres, and a total of 4.2 gallons was applied over …
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