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Hudson Falls boy, 11, struck by truck, airlifted to Albany Med; mom is optimistic

The Hudson Falls Police Department reported that a child, 11, was struck by a pickup truck Saturday. He was flown to Albany Medical Center for treatment.

Lexi North told The Chronicle that the victim was her son, Ryan. “He’s stable. He’s good,” she said.

“He is one strong kid. He’s been pretty with it considering he’s on a second surgery now.”

Ms. North said from Albany Med, “He’s got a …

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Garden Time opens annex at Binley’s former garden center

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

With Binley’s having shut down its garden center after sale of the property on the corner of Dix Avenue and Quaker Road in Queensbury, nearby Garden Time has opened an Annex there.

It will offer bedding plants, flowering annuals, vegetable starts, tropicals, geraniums, hanging baskets, shrubs and bagged mulches, soils, and fertilizers.

“We’re going to try to give the Binley customer the same quality …

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Fort Ann passes law regulating short-term rentals

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Town of Fort Ann has passed a short-term rental law “to protect against adverse effects of this use while allowing it under appropriate circumstances.”

“I feel good about it. I feel good that it’s in place,” Supervisor Sam Hall said.

The law reads, “The Town Board has determined that short-term, transient rentals can be incompatible with the sense of privacy, community and ambience …

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Wailers at Strand: Yet another WOW!

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: We’ve seen some fine shows and musical love-fests at the Strand Theater in Hudson Falls. The Wailers — next-generation Reggae group of Bob Marley fame — took it to the rafters, as demonstrative an audience as I’ve yet seen in Hudson Falls, on Saturday night, April 22.

Much of the show, much of the full house was up and standing, singing if not shouting …

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Zack’s drive-in reborn

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Dave Madden, the former owner of the Lake George A&W drive-in restaurant, has purchased, renovated and will reopen the Hudson Falls mainstay Zack’s Drive-In.

“It might be before Memorial Day, but definitely by Memorial Day,” Mr. Madden told The Chronicle.

He bought Zack’s in Spring 2022 shortly after selling the Lake George A&W, which he operated for 44 years.

His daughter Claire will be …

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