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County Oc Tax panel backs $200,000 for study to fix GF arena ice; goes to full board

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Warren County’s Occupancy Tax committee approved on Monday a $200,000 request from the Adirondack Civic Center Coalition to help fund the design phase to replace the ice chilling machinery and machine room of the Harding Mazzotti Arena in Glens Falls.

It matches the $200,000 the City of Glens Falls committed.

The vote was unanimous, but discussion was mixed.

Queensbury At Large Supervisor Mike Wild …

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Bald Eagle nest in Fort Edward crashed in windstorm; crushing eggs

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

A Bald Eagle’s nest high in a tree in Riverside Cemetery in Fort Edward crashed to the ground during the March 17 windstorm. Three eggs inside were smashed, and the nest destroyed.

At the Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting March 20, Chairman Bob Henke of Argyle lamented the loss. He said the eagles had been working on the nest for “almost 15 years.”…

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Little Theater on the Farm to close; Haunted Barn & Spring Barn Sale go on

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Little Theater on the Farm in Fort Edward is closing, “effective for the 2026 season and beyond,” it said on Facebook and its webpage.

Founded in October 2005 by Linda Hermans in a converted dairy farm barn on Plum Road, off Route 197, the Little Theater has hosted hundreds of concerts, plays and other community events, always scrappy and always on a shoestring, …

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Queensbury Democrats will contest all 4 town board seats

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Queensbury Democrats will have a full slate running for Town Board. Democratic Chair Pete Roland said his committee is running the most candidates in Queensbury “since I’ve been chair, at least six years.” New entrants:

In Ward 1, Paul Derby is challenging incumbent Republican Anthony Metivier. Mr. Derby, a Queensbury resident since 1988, is head of the Glen Lake Association, a retired professor at …

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All 31 Washington Counties join on a U.S. 250th quilt; Whitehall woman’s square

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Mary Ward of Whitehall created a quilt square inspired by Washington County’s logo that will be sewn together with squares from the other 30 Washington Counties in the United States in celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday.

The idea, the brainchild of Tim Reavis of Washington County, Arkansas, is to “find a way to bring all the Washington Counties together,” said Washington County (New …

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