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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Darren Tracy wasted no time getting started on saving and restoring the historic building at 5 Culvert Street, just off Warren Street in Glens Falls.

On Tuesday, Oct. 24, the Common Council agreed to sell him the Second Empire-style brick structure for $1. Three days later the sale was completed and Mr. Tracy and crew were at work on the site.

He and his wife …

In the Warren Room

Carl Heilman Adirondack Slide Show — 11 a.m.-noon: Carl Heilman, II, Adirondack Seasons, updated multi-media video and music program based on his book of the same name. Mr. Heilman photographed the same scene on Giant Mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks numerous times over the course of a year.

Ghost stories — Noon-12:30 p.m.: Haunted Saratoga, ghost stories by Chestertown writer Joe Haedrich. Mr. Haedrich also …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: LARAC’s Fall Arts Festival is Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, at The Adirondack Sports Complex, “the Dome” on Sherman Avenue in Queensbury. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5, good for both days. Kids under 12 are free.

We asked LARAC festival coordinator Phil Casabona and director Candice Frye about the event. …

The 27th annual Adirondack Stampede Charity Rodeo rides into downtown Glens Falls on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4, at 7:30 p.m. each night at Cool Insuring Arena.

Tix: $16-$18, $10 youths, $30 VIP. Proceeds benefit local children’s charities. Box office: 855-432-2849.

It’s a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event featuring top national and regional competitors in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie down roping, barrel racing and …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe offers: The 22nd annual Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair is Sunday, Nov. 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Queensbury Hotel. It’s free, and showcases more than 100 authors and presenters this year.

Don’t come for The Chronicle. Come for those writers, booksellers, publishers.

See the program notes beginning on the next page for a quick look at what each one does.

Every …