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Ben Westcott writes: John Gunther, who ran The Toy Works in Middle Falls just west of Greenwich for 47 years, announced he’ll challenge Republican Matt Simpson for the 114th State Assembly Seat.

Mr. Gunther will run on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines.

“For the past six years, Matt Simpson has been a do-nothing Assemblyman in the do-nothing State Assembly,” Mr. Gunther, who lives in Shushan, was quoted in …

Chronicle Staff Writer Ben Westcott writes: Matt Zecchini, a 12-year employee, and his fiancée Hayley Cole took over on March 23 as owners of the House of Pizza in South Glens Falls.

They renamed it George’s House of Pizza in honor of George Katsios, who started the restaurant in 1976 and passed away last February.

His daughter Demi Katsios kept the shop going for a year after his death.

“She …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Tobey Gifford is a Glens Falls native with a story to tell: A promising child gymnast sidelined by injury, she went on as an adult to become a three-time winner of the National Aerobics Championships, 1996 to 2000.

For a time she was personal trainer to star athletes and politicos in Washington D.C. She’s been a local gymnastics coach, long-time physical education instructor and …

Queensbury grad Brigid Duffy, a senior at Army West Point, was selected third overall last Wednesday by the Maryland Charm in the inaugural Women’s Lacrosse League draft. Previously named to the US Lacrosse Women’s National Field Team, Duffy currently holds the Army West Point program record for goals, shots, free position goals, ground balls and draw controls.

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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

In 2020 Queensbury native Mike Rogge bought a storied but defunct magazine called Mountain Gazette for $5,000.

Six years later it’s nominated for a prestigious National Magazine Award in the category of Feature Writing vs. industry heavyweights The New Yorker, New York, The Atlantic and Harper’s, plus Texas Monthy and a specialty medical mag called STAT.

The American Society of Magazine Editors awards will …