Thursday, December 4, 2025

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Lucky Puppy in Argyle

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Since opening in 2019, Lucky Puppy Great Beginnings Adoption Center in Argyle said it has placed approximately 2,000 dogs in safe, loving homes.

The dogs come from the western Florida panhandle. Lucky Puppy Rescue was founded in Bonifay, Florida in 2008 at a 125-acre family farm.

How its adoption center ended up at 511 Pleasant Valley Road in Argyle starts with some Saratoga Springs …

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Cedar waxwings dead in City Park

Alerted by a trusted Chronicle source, we asked the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation about a die-off of birds last weekend in City Park.

It confirmed, “DEC’s Division of Wildlife received a report on May 4, regarding approximately 20 to 30 cedar waxwing birds found deceased in front of Crandall Library in the city of Glens Falls,” a spokesperson said.

“A DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer collected samples for examination. …

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Qby. Town Board votes 3-1 for zone change for townhomes at former Mead’s

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Queensbury Town Board voted 3-1 Monday in favor of a change of zone from Commercial Intensive to Moderate Density Residential requested by Foothills Builders for the 10.99-acre former Mead Landscape Nursery-Garden property between Meadowbrook and Ridge Roads.

Foothills Builders — owned by father and son Joseph Leuci — proposes to build 16 townhomes of four dwelling units each, plus a community building and …

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Elderwood in North Creek in peril; risk to 57 residents, 97 jobs

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The owners of the nursing home Elderwood at North Creek have submitted to the state a draft closure plan. The home’s administrators say it needs a $2.5 million grant from the state to stay open.

“We are not in closure,” Elderwood Administrator Heidi Schempp said at the April 16 Johnsburg Town Board meeting. “We are operating as normal and providing all the services and …

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Appellate Court reverses Muller, allowing herbicide use vs milfoil in Lake George

By Ben Westcott & Mark Frost

Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor

In a stinging defeat for the Lake George Association and vindication of the Lake George Park Commission and Adirondack Park Agency, the Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court reversed Supreme Court Judge Robert Muller’s 2023 ruling and set the stage for using the aquatic herbicide ProcellaCOR EC as soon as this spring to combat Eurasian milfoil in …

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