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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

When Lake George Village voters go to the polls on March 21, they will be electing two new trustees as well as a new mayor.

Current trustee Ray Perry is running for mayor, with Bob Blais stepping down after 52 years. Trustee John Earl is also not seeking re-election.

Declared trustee candidates are Jose Filomeno, Randy Powell and Alyson Miller.

Jose Filomeno, 43, the …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Seasonal Garnet Lake resident Candace O’Connor has written A Gem of the Adirondacks: Garnet Lake.

Candace told me in an e-mail exchange, it’s a “200-page, hardbound book filled with some 460 photos (many in color), well-researched history and stories.”

The foreword is by Bill McKibben, the environmental activist and Middlebury College professor, who has a home on the lake.

The book celebrates the lake and …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Queensbury Middle School’s entire eighth grade class — 240 students — got a rare look at an industry in action when Finch Paper brought them in for tours and talks to understand what happens inside the paper mill — and the many ways that they might be a part of it.

Finch president Eric Wood and Queensbury Superintendent Kyle Gannon told The Chronicle, separately …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wally Hirsch, the owner of Binley’s garden center and florist, told The Chronicle he has sold the property at the corner of Quaker Road and Dix Avenue in Queensbury to a Taco Bell franchisee, Hospitality Syracuse, Inc.

Mr. Hirsch has also retired.

He said the “complicated” deal for the roughly 7.25-acre property “got me where I wanted to be…$1.25-[million].”

He said the buyers purchased …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Seismic change nears for Lake George Village. After 52 years as mayor, Bob Blais, 86, is not seeking re-election in the March 21 vote. Current village trustee Ray Perry seems poised to succeed him.

But signed petitions to run for elected office will be accepted until Feb. 14, and at least one other person has picked them up. The Mayor’s salary is $40,000.

“I …