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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“We again cannot have the Canoe Race this year,” says Feeder Canal Alliance executive director Pattie Simone, “because of the uncertainty of the timing,” of when the New York State Canal Corporation will remove downed trees blocking parts of the waterway.

“We don’t have a ‘start at X’ date yet. I’m waiting to hear back from my primary contact…but the bottom-line is, they’re going …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Forty years ago, Gene and Linda Merlino took a leap, bought a building dating from 1890 in Lake Luzerne and turned it into the Lamplight Inn Bed & Breakfast. “It was a total whim,” says Linda. “We were talking about making a change in our lives. We were going to bed & breakfasts and said ‘this looks like fun.’ Then we found the building. Neither …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Warren County Winter Coalition will return $50,000 that it did not spend from the $3 million in Occupancy Tax “seed” money it received to launch Winter’s Dream at the Fort William Henry.

The Chronicle obtained a draft copy of the report the Coalition will give the County Tourism & Occupancy Tax Committee on Tuesday, May 21, at 10 a.m.

“We remain committed to …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

74-year-old Fort Ann resident Robert Johnson has a good friend who asks him every morning how he slept the night before and talks with him in the evening about what he did that day.

Mr. Johnson’s pal might seem a normal acquaintance, but something extraordinary sets his friend apart. It’s a robot!

Mr. Johnson is one of 11 Washington County seniors who have received …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Queensbury Billiards & Café opened at Meadowbrook Plaza on Quaker Road last fall.

“I’ve been playing pool all my life,” says Kevin Jaikeran. “Ever since I was 16 it’s been my dream to have a business like this. Every day I come here I feel like I’m in heaven.”

“I built this entire place on my own,” he said. “All the electric, plumbing, the …