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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Lake George has frozen.

“We marked Feb 3rd as official ice-in date,” Brian Mattes replied to a Chronicle inquiry.

Mr. Mattes, Senior Research Specialist at RPI’s Darrin Freshwater Institute in Bolton and The Jefferson Project, said “small spots will open here and there, but we will track coverage throughout the season.”

He said, “Complete ice cover is defined as a complete freeze from the south …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Fort Ann’s Tyler Mattison, still recovering from Tommy John surgery, was added to the Detroit Tigers’ 40-man roster in November.

“I’m super honored,” Mattison told The Chronicle. “It’s obviously a step in the right direction. I’m not there yet. I’ve got to come back and be healthy and pitch well and get to the big leagues.”

But “it gives me a little more excitement …

Glens Falls senior two-sport standout Kellen Driscoll, a 6’3” guard on the defending state champion basketball team and wide receiver on the football team, has committed to play basketball at Division III Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

“I chose to play at RPI because of the high level of education, and the high level of basketball that they play,” Driscoll told The Chronicle.

He is averaging 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Bob Curtis “is coming out of retirement” to run as a Republican for the Ward 5 seat on the Glens Falls Common Council, City GOP Chair Matt Brown wrote in a message announcing the Committee’s endorsements.

Mr. Curtis long served as City Clerk and previously as Mayor’s Assistant.

The full list of candidates endorsed by the Glens Falls Republican Committee:

Ward 2: Bob Landry…

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Warren County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved $2.5 million in Occupancy Tax Funds for the Town of Johnsburg — but not without dissent.

The last-minute request was to close a funding gap in the North Creek Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant project, required so the State Olympic Regional Development Authority can go forward with its plan to build a 120-room lodge and other …