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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sergeant Eddie Ryan of Lake George, shot twice in the head in northern Iraq in 2005 and now confined to a wheelchair, wants to go to Florida in April for the 3rd BN Marines Scout Sniper Reunion.

Because Sgt. Ryan can’t fly, a specially equipped RV is needed to get him to Florida. Locals are stepping up to help raise the funds to make …

Broad Street mainstay closes Friday, after 55 1/2 years

By Mark Frost , Chronicle Editor

Steve’s Place, operated by the Vamvalis family for more than half a century on Broad Street in Glens Falls, will close forever Friday, March 15.

“It was on the market for over a year,” owner Christine Vamvalis-Haley told The Chronicle. She hoped a buyer would keep it a restaurant. “We had people looking at it,” …

The Glens Falls Black Bears and the North Warren Cougars are both in the hunt for New York State High School Boys Basketball Championships this weekend at the Cool Insuring Arena downtown.

It’s an especially big moment for the two local teams because — to Glens Falls’s consternation — state school athletic officials voted to move the tournament starting next year to Binghamton for at least three years.

Stillwater in …

To the Editor:

How many of you know that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president?

How many of you immediately think, “Oh he is just a crazy anti-vaxxer!?”

Have you actually listened to any of his policies or interviews? Can you honestly say that you know what his views are from listening to him first hand, or have you formed your opinion from mainstream media? And are you …

Staff Writer Zander Frost writes: CHRONICLE SCOOP: A “New York City” grocery and deli will fill the former New Way Lunch location at 731 Glen Street in Queensbury, The Chronicle has learned.

Owner Nadher Dhabaan told The Chronicle he intends to open “Queen NYC Deli” in around two weeks.

He said it will operate 24 hours in the summertime and from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. the rest of the …