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Is there pent-up demand for people to get out and have fun? Sunday’s scene at Rookie’s Cookies & Creme in Fort Edward suggests a resounding yes. Open for drive-thru only, the non-stop line of cars wrapped entirely around the building, and were lined up in both directions on Broadway (U.S. Route 4) waiting to turn in. Across the street, Fort Hudson nursing home has been hard hit by Covid.
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Seeking Fort Hudson’s view
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
I gave Andy Cruikshank a call last week. He’s the CEO of Fort Hudson Health System. That’s a hard job. Especially now. Nursing homes are ground zero in the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide. Locally, nearly all the people dying are or were in nursing homes.
I wondered how Andy sees things. I wondered how he, the staff and the patients and residents are coping.
I talked …
Read More »163 Taproom in Lake George, urges: Take free meals!, via customer donors
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Steph Kocher at 163 Taproom, located on Canada Street in Lake George Village, called to ask that The Chronicle help her urge people to come take her restaurant up on its free meals program “for anyone who needs.”
Ms. Kocher explained: Taproom customers are invited to donate $10 to purchase a meal to be received by someone in need. “I put a paper up …
Read More »How 3 local golf courses are proceeding
By Sandra Hutchinson, Chronicle Chief Operating Officer
New York State’s Empire Development Corporation on Saturday re-authorized golf courses to open, with limitations.
Here’s what three local courses told us.
Glens Falls Country Club
Tom Haggerty, the golf pro at Glens Falls Country Club, says the course is open for play, walking only, to members.
He notes that as the only local private golf club, it has a financial advantage, since …
Read More »No hugs for Betty: ‘Nobody wants to kill grandma’
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
“I find it very difficult,” says New York State Senator Betty Little about coping with the coronavirus crisis and living with the stay-at-home mandate.
At the age of 79, she has a large family — including 18 grandchildren; seven live locally — but there’s no comforting embrace.
“My grandchildren don’t want to come close to me,” she says.
“They have a hug signal. Nobody wants …
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