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Baptists eye sale to opioid treatment company

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

An Albany drug treatment not-for-profit wants to buy the First Baptist Church of Glens Falls at 100 Maple Street and open an in-patient opioid treatment center there, The Chronicle has learned.

The financially hard-pressed church congregation has voted to pursue the sale.

“The time is right for the culture, for the community, and for the church,” Pastor Stephanie Schneider told The Chronicle Monday. “This …

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Taste of the North Country 2019

Glens Falls Kiwanis Club’s Taste of the North Country is Sunday, September 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Glens Falls City Park.

Here’s the program, with restaurant menus and map. You can also find the program in this week’s Chronicle.

See you there!

Click to download this year’s program.

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Glens Falls Hospital CEO: Why Albany Med pact is a win

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Chronicle sat down Tuesday morning with Glens Falls Hospital President and CEO Dianne Shugrue.

Last Thursday, it was announced that the boards of the hospital and Albany Medical Center have approved an affiliation agreement under which Albany Med will become Glens Falls Hospital’s parent. Glens Falls will continue as a separate entity.

Ms. Shugrue said both hospital’s boards voted unanimously for the affiliation, which …

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The late Nick Heald becomes a dad two years after

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Nick Heald and Courtney Brosius were soulmates, inseparable South Glens Falls sweethearts who married on May 26, 2017.

Two months later, Nick — a hugely popular student chair of the South High Marathon Dance who later became a two-time recipient — died after a seven-year battle with synovial sarcoma.

He was 24.

But now Nick is a dad. Five weeks ago, at 1:18 a.m. …

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Tony got his tonsils out

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

It’s never fun to have a tonsillectomy — but when you’re an adult and your velvety crooner’s voice is how you make your living — well, that’s “something scary,” says Tony DeSare, the Hudson Falls Class of 1994 grad who tours nationally and internationally. The singer-pianist has two concerts upcoming in his hometown, complete with a Big Band, on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19-20.…

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