Saturday, August 2, 2025

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Father Scott: Tax the ultra rich, solve ills

Dear Mark,

I don’t want us to forget the lesson of King Midas.

The ancient ruler was obsessed with gold and wished that everything he touched would turn to it. Granted this power by a sympathetic Greek god, Midas was overjoyed until he realized he could no longer eat or even touch his beloved daughter without turning things and people to gold.

Desperate, he begged to have the curse undone, …

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Dilligaf seeks bigger signs in Lake George: 1 variance OKd, 1 rejected

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

DILLIGAF, the controversial Lake George clothing shop at 325 Canada Street, requested variances to allow 36-square-foot signs on the shop facing Canada and Amherst Streets.

Village code stipulates that such signs can only be 25 square feet.

The Zoning Board voted unanimously at its March 5 meeting to approve the variance for the side facing Canada Street but not the Amherst Street facing side.…

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Crandall Library mulls bird safety but hopes 2024 cedar waxwing die-off was ‘fluke’

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Last May 4, 19 cedar waxwings were found dead at the base of a large window in front of Crandall Public Library.

Tests conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation determined the cause of death to be blunt impact trauma. A DEC spokesperson told The Chronicle the birds “likely collided into windows that were reflecting images of the sky or trees.”…

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Family faults Glens Falls in death of woman in clothing bin fire

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The daughter and mother of Michelle McFarren spoke with The Chronicle prior to a protest outside City Hall last Friday.

The body of Michelle McFarren, 43, was found by city police early Thursday, March 6, in a blue clothing donation box on fire behind Talk of the Town restaurant on Hudson Avenue.

The investigation is ongoing. The cause of death was cited as fire-related.…

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Mother & daughter of woman who died in GF clothing bin fire voice concerns

Chronicle Staff Writer Cathy DeDe writes: With a rally and protest planned today, Friday, March 14, at 4 p.m. outside the Glens Falls Police Station at City Hall, the daughter and mother of Michelle McFarren, have spoken with The Chronicle.

The body of Michelle McFarren, 43, was found by city police early Thursday, March 6, in a blue clothing donation box on fire behind Talk of the Town restaurant on

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