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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

TD Bank — the Canadian-owned successor to what started as First National Bank of Glens Falls on Aug. 1, 1853 — will close its Maple Street downtown drive-through branch as of Sept. 20.

No comment was available from TD Bank, but a notice was posted in the window of the branch as required by law.

“This store is closing September 20, 2024, but we’re still …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Total net income was just under $5,600 for the Winter’s Dream light-and-sound attraction at Fort William Henry this past winter. The figure was reported in a simple two-page “Profit and Loss” document created by the Warren County Coalition Inc., and obtained by The Chronicle.

The Coalition is a group of business and tourism leaders who launched Winter’s Dream with $3 million in seed money …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe urges: Rare opportunity this week to meet rising star artist Daniel Giordano, 36-year old creator of “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” a solo show of memory-driven fantastical sculptures now in the Hyde Collection’s contemporary Feibes & Schmitt Gallery. He’ll give a talk on Thursday, July 18, at 6 p.m. for the museum’s monthy “Hyde After Hours.”

“Mixed media” doesn’t begin to describe Mr. Giordano’s work, here through …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Bob and Lisa Moser, area natives who have made a fortune operating self-storage units, have purchased the former Adirondack Nautilus building at 91 Glenwood Avenue in Queensbury and are planning “to make it an indoor athletic center for kids,” Mr. Moser tells The Chronicle.

“We have unbelievable athletes coming out of this area and this will provide them a place to train, and …

Glens Falls High School basketball coach Rob Girard will be inducted next April into the New York State Basketball Hall of Fame.

“It caught me off guard,” Girard told The Chronicle Tuesday. “I was quite surprised and kind of in awe.”

“It kind of was a little weird to me because I’ve only been coaching varsity — this year will be my 10th year.

“I know when you win championships, …