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“Author Martin Klotz Discusses Robert Rogers before a Packed House at Lake George,” reported the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance.

The press release said, “Martin Klotz, author of the new and highly acclaimed book Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon (Westholme Publishing, 2024), spoke on the accomplishments and some of the more outrageous behavior of his subject on Saturday (February 1) before a standing-room-only crowd …

Glens Falls High School’s boys swim team won the Section II Division II championship Saturday at Shenendehowa High School for the first time since 2020. The Black Bears finished with 432 points, comfortably ahead of second place Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk-Greenville’s 300.

“We’re very happy,” Head Coach Kevin Crossman told The Chronicle. “It’s been a few years since we’ve won it, so it felt good to have a title back. We’ve been finishing …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Lake George has frozen.

“We marked Feb 3rd as official ice-in date,” Brian Mattes replied to a Chronicle inquiry.

Mr. Mattes, Senior Research Specialist at RPI’s Darrin Freshwater Institute in Bolton and The Jefferson Project, said “small spots will open here and there, but we will track coverage throughout the season.”

He said, “Complete ice cover is defined as a complete freeze from the south …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Fort Ann’s Tyler Mattison, still recovering from Tommy John surgery, was added to the Detroit Tigers’ 40-man roster in November.

“I’m super honored,” Mattison told The Chronicle. “It’s obviously a step in the right direction. I’m not there yet. I’ve got to come back and be healthy and pitch well and get to the big leagues.”

But “it gives me a little more excitement …

Glens Falls senior two-sport standout Kellen Driscoll, a 6’3” guard on the defending state champion basketball team and wide receiver on the football team, has committed to play basketball at Division III Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

“I chose to play at RPI because of the high level of education, and the high level of basketball that they play,” Driscoll told The Chronicle.

He is averaging 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 …