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By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd across from Crandall Park in Glens Falls has restored its namesake statue.

“The Shepherd was here when we got here, kept a watchful eye on us. It’s kind of the signature of our church,” said Dixon Ballard, a church council member who has attended it since 1972.

“I was involved in helping the restoration in ’85,” he …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Southy’s pizza and ice cream restaurant in South Glens Falls is changing ownership for the first time since opening in 2012.

As of Dec. 21, Queensbury residents and first-time restaurant owners Dave and Rachel Prehoda are buying the business from founders Tim and Christie Dickinson.

Mrs. Dickinson called them “the literal perfect people” to take over. “We were not going to sell to just …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Thursday, Dec. 14, prior to the high school Winter Chorus and Band concert, Hudson Falls dedicated its newly refurbished auditorium to honor Joyce Irwin, the school’s legendary retired choral director, music teacher and long-time music department chairperson.

Miss Irwin said, “I was privileged to be here for 40 years, privileged to have students who responded to any challenge. And I know right now some …

Chronicle staff writer Ben Westcott reports: On Monday, the Hudson Falls Planning Board unanimously approved Belinda McPhee’s request to open a cannabis dispensary called High Society Dispensary in place of McPhee’s Candy Shop and More at 345 Main St. in Hudson Falls, in the Hudson Falls Shopping Plaza.

High Society Dispensary would be the first cannabis dispensary in Washington County. Currently, the closest registered dispensaries for recreational marijuana are in …

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

SUNY Adirondack President Kristine Duffy said the college is working with Local 773 of the Plumbers and Steamfitters and others to develop a proposal for the college’s first short-term program to teach students the skills necessary to enter union heating, ventilation and air conditioning apprentice programs.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, is championing legislation to expand the federal Pell grant college program to …