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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Last June, after a fierce and protracted battle with the Lake George Association in both the court of law and the court of public opinion, the Lake George Park Commission got the go-ahead and treated invasive Eurasian watermilfoil with the aquatic herbicide ProcellaCOR in two Lake George bays.

A year later, The Chronicle asked Dave Wick, executive director of the Park Commission, how its …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“We terminated the contract with Moment Factory,” the Montreal firm that built Winter’s Dream at the the Fort William Henry Resort, FWH President Sam Luciano told the Warren County Occupancy Tax Committee last week.

Speaking on behalf of the Warren County Coalition that brought Winter’s Dream to Lake George in 2023-24, he said the contract “self terminated” when they paused the second and third …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Glens Falls Industrial Development Agency approved tax credits and a PILOT — Payment in Lieu of Taxes — amounting to an estimated $842,060 for Chris Patten’s 46-56 South Street project.

The PILOT in this case is a “partial real property abatement,” for a term of 10 years, IDA Chair Judy Calogero tells The Chronicle. It includes a 100% exemption of taxes on the …

A flood on the night of Friday, May 16 caused damage to Whippoorwill Motel and Campsites, Ledge Rock Hill Winery, and Lake George Electric Bike Rentals, all owned by the Morgan family.

Connor Morgan, manager and part owner of the Route 9 businesses, told The Chronicle the flood caused extensive damage to the campground’s buildings and roadways. The bike rental building also was flooded and bikes were lost, and “the …

The five-counties WSWHE BOCES planned a ceremonial send-off Wednesday, May 28, for two full-scale replica sleds built by Career and Technical Education students in the F. Donald Meyers Education Center in Saratoga Springs. Students used 18th-century construction techniques and tools to replicate the sleds by which General Henry Knox and his troops transported captured cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston during the harsh winter of 1775-1776.

They went 300 miles …