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Adventure Family Fun Center sells for $1.38 million, new use expected

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe reports: The 5.6-acre Adventure Family Fun Center on Route 9 south of The Great Escape sold on February 4 for a total of $1.38 million — $1.15 million for the real estate and the rest for equipment, Realize Brokers principal Nicholas Ketter tells The Chronicle.

He said seller Justin Ermiger’s father, the late Ken Ermiger, founded the amusement park in 1997. “In 2007 he put …

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Countryside Veterinary got flooded by a broken pipe; shut for 10 days, back open now

Chronicle Staff Writer Ben Westcott reports: Major water damage from a broken sprinkler pipe on Saturday, Jan. 25, caused Countryside Veterinary Medical Group in Kingsbury to close for 10 days.

As of Monday, crews from Quick Response Restoration had been on the scene for over two weeks, Countryside owner Dr. James Keller told The Chronicle. He estimated it will take four to six weeks of construction to “rebuild” the hospital.…

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Drive to revive Hickory Ski basked in the glow at Strand

Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: Downstate videographer Ian McGrew had never even heard of Hickory Ski Center (formerly Hickory Hill) in Warrensburg until he saw a Faceboook post about the effort to reopen it for skiing and as a year-round recreation hub. Ian volunteered to make a video. He said he was thinking 3-to-5 minutes, a little promotional item they could use however they pleased.

Once he got into it, …

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3,000 attended Constantino’s free MMA event at Cool Arena

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

About 3,000 people attended the free ‘Cage Wars 69’ night of Mixed Martial Arts bouts and politics sponsored by Constantino for Congress Friday in Glens Falls, Cool Insuring Arena Director Jeff Mead tells The Chronicle.

The arena wasn’t filled as promised by Anthony Constantino, the Amsterdam entrepreneur and NY-21 Republican Congressional hopeful, but later on Facebook he called it “the largest amateur event in …

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Post-Star publishing disrupted due to ‘cybersecurity event’

The Post-Star was unable to publish last week’s Tuesday and Thursday paper editions on time due to a ‘Cybersecurity’ event, its parent company Lee Enterprises says.

It also curtailed its digital editions.

The newspaper wrote on its website Monday, Feb. 10, “Delivery of The Post-Star’s Tuesday and Thursday papers was delayed until Saturday. Its Tuesday and Thursday E-editions were also delayed, until Friday, but the Saturday E-edition was able to …

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