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 »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 »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.
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 »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 …
Read More »By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
New York State golf courses can open, marinas can operate, and recreational boating is now officially allowed, after New York’s Empire State Development altered its rules Saturday.
Many restrictions still apply.
Airway Meadows Golf Club in Gansevoort opened on Saturday, said Joan Heber, who owns and operates the course with her husband James. She said it has been “very challenging and exhausting.” Golfers must call …
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