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Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Who even were all these people? The Wood Theater was sold out on Friday night for Troy Ramey, an independent country-soul-rock edged singer-songwriter and effusive storyteller who’d booked the show himself, then filled the place — overbooked by about 20 seats, even, Wood Director Emily Murphy told The Chronicle — at $45 a seat.

Mr. Ramey told The Chronicle in advance of the show, …

A website offering tickets to the February 7 Cage Wars event at the Cool Insuring Arena said it is sold out as of Tuesday.

NY-21 congressional hopeful Anthony Constantino has promoted the event, offering the tickets for free. He has said Roger Stone and retired MMA fighter Jorge Masvidal will attend.

Politics aside, Cool Insuring Arena CEO Jeff Mead said he plans to host more cagematch events like this.

“The …

“The town and village of Greenwich had a week-long event that just ended, and the event was the presence in the Battenkill along the village line of a Eurasian goose that has never been seen in New York State, and some say has never been seen in the Northeastern United States,” Greenwich Supervisor Jim Nolan said at Friday’s Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting.

“It drew people from many surrounding …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls will not host the final days of the Section II Boys Basketball championships or the entirety of the Section II Boys Wrestling tournaments this winter for the first time in many years.

Arena President Jeff Mead, contacted for comment by The Chronicle, says his understanding is that the entire schedule “was moved a week forward” this …

By Mark Frost & Zander Frost, Chronicle Editor & Staff Writer

Finch Paper, the Glens Falls cornerstone that dates from 1865 and employs 600 people, will have a new CEO as of Feb. 1. After 12 years, Debabrata “Deba” Mukherjee hands the reins to Drew Gardner and will become board chairman.

The Chronicle conducted an exclusive interview with the two men on Monday.

“It’s been a hard journey, but a …