Friday, September 18, 2026

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SUNY Adk.’s $35.8-million budget plan

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

SUNY Adirondack’s proposed budget for the 2026-27 academic year is $35,828,439. SUNY Adirondack president Dr. Anastasia Urtz and college administrators presented it to the Community College committees of both Warren and Washington Counties, its joint municipal sponsors, on June 5.

Both county committees approved the proposed budget at the meeting.

If the full board’s adopt it, Warren County’s portion will be $2,844,766, an increase …

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Great Escape’s new prez, 35, is home-grown

A man wearing a gray cap and dark jacket smiles at the camera in front of a large yellow "BOBCAT" sign.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Newly named Great Escape President Andrew Burggraf, 35, started his career at the park 20 years ago as a Lake George High School 10th grader. “I started as a sweeper, keeping the midways clean,” he tells The Chronicle.

He took the job so he could buy his dad’s Jeep. “I thought, I gotta find something fun, and I lived right around the corner from …

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So. Glens Falls sophomore Hayden Knapp wins high school NYS golf title

A smiling young athlete in a yellow shirt and white visor holds a blue NYSPHSAA 2026 Champion sign outdoors.

The Chronicle’s Ben Westcott writes: South Glens Falls sophomore Hayden Knapp won the New York State Girls High School Golf Championship Monday, shooting a two under par 142 over the two-day tournament at Wild Wood Country Club in Rush to win by two strokes.

Hayden was the only player in the field to shoot under par at Wild Wood.

She trailed Rome Free Academy’s Rachel O’Rourke by one stroke after …

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GF eyes 2 parties to operate ‘The Ed’ & first floor of Bonacio 36 Elm

A modern commercial building with glass garage doors sits next to a multi-story white residential or office building on a sunny day.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Two separate operators may jointly run The Ed and the adjacent 5,000 square-foot first floor commercial space of 36 Elm (the former “Incubator”) that Glens Falls contracted to lease (now the City’s LDC) from owner Bonacio Development — for $900,000 over the next 10 years.

“We did have three interested parties,” Mayor Diana Palmer told the May 22 Glens Falls Local Development Corporation meeting. …

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Brittney Englemann chairs South High Marathon Dance for 50th in 2027

A smiling woman with long brown hair wearing a bright yellow shirt against a white background.

Brittney Englemann is charged with organizing the 50th anniversary South High Marathon Dance on March 5-6, 2027. The Chronicle asked Brittney to tell us a little about herself, her motivation and her plans for the milestone.


“I am a 2008 graduate of South High. This is a volunteer position,” Brittney said.

“I danced all four years and have returned as alumni, as well as watched my little sister dance …

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