By David Nathan, Special to The Chronicle
The 112-year old Glens Falls Country Club (GFCC), has roared out of obscurity and taken its place among national elite golf courses, thanks to recognition by Golf Magazine and famed golf architect and writer Tom Doak and others.
When Doak, playing the Round Pond links at the suggestion of a friend several years ago, finished his 18 hole round, his first question to …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Ten years in the writing, Dr. Jacquiline Touba’s latest book is a history of the World Awareness Children’s Museum, which the world-traveling sociologist founded in her adopted hometown, Glens Falls, in 1985.
“The book is about how the museum got started, in all the phases that went through right from the beginning, from an idea to a reality,” Dr. Touba said.
“It was really …
Read More »Zander Frost reports: Human bones were discovered on the site of the former Rite Aid on South Street in Glens Falls.
Glens Falls Police Detective Seth French told The Chronicle, “A construction company working in the area found remnants of grave. Human bones were discovered and we were contacted as a result.”
“We spoke with the city historian and were provided historical records of the location. The city historian advised …
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Ben Westcott reports: Arrow Bank’s time and temperature sign on Glen Street was struck by a vehicle at 1:20 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, in a collision that also damaged a city light pole and Arrow’s fence, a Department of Motor Vehicles accident report said.
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Fred Fisher led the Hyde Collection during its most tumultous times, 1978-1990.
Next Thursday, May 15, his tale of those times will be published in a book called The Practice Run.
The title refers to an attempted heist of the Hyde’s art in 1980 that Mr. Fisher and others contend set the stage 10 years later for the devastating, still unsolved theft of a Vermeer, …
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