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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“Warren County is mourning the loss of Johnsburg Supervisor Mark Smith, who passed away this week after a battle with cancer,” the county posted Friday.

“Supervisor Smith was a very intelligent, dedicated member of the community, and he will be deeply missed.”

Town board member Anna Bowers shared their statement, “The Town of Johnsburg wants to acknowledge with deep sadness the unexpected passing of …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Green Harbour Home Owners Association is opposing conversion of the Cooper’s Point Mansion on Lake George to an 18-bedroom tourist accommodation.

Green Harbour LLC also wants to add parking, a pool, a patio area and a pathway extending toward the lake, according to a project description on the Town of Lake George Planning Board agenda.

The Home Owners Association issued a press release …

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner says mobile sports betting has created a new dimension in problem gambling.

The Round Lake Democrat who chairs the Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee introduced legislation in November to establish a problem gambling research institute within the State University of New York system.

Its tasks would include researching issues unique to the online gaming industry.

Assemblywoman Woerner in a recent …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: David Britton, owner of Pies on Wheels wood-fired pizza food trucks, wants to add a teaching kitchen and tasting room to his current food prep site in the Curran Lane building at Eric Unkauf’s Shirt Factory complex.

The project was to go before the Glens Falls Planning Board on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Mr. Britton says in his application, he also aims to offer “limited …

To the Editor:

Nancy Armstrong’s passing is one that hits hard in a year already filled with much trauma and tragedy. And perhaps that is exactly why I’m compelled to write. Because in a bleak and dark world, Nancy was the kind of person who added color and incandescent light to any place she inhabited.

And the remarkable thing was that she didn’t even have to remain there for that …