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Bridie Farrell: ‘I have the guts’ for Congress run

A woman wearing a blue and white plaid shirt smiles while standing in an office environment.

By Zander Frost & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor

Democratic Congressional candidate Brigid “Bridie” Farrell came to The Chronicle office on Thursday, Jan. 20.

She arrived solo, invited us all to go without masks and sat for an open-ended, recorded conversation that went on for 90 minutes. Ms. Farrell’s campaign had reached out offering the opportunity.

Ms. Farrell, 40, is vying with Matt Castelli, Matthew Putorti and Ezra …

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EDC moving into former Empire Theatre

A man wearing glasses and a tan sweater stands in a bright, empty community space with wooden floors and large windows.

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Warren County Economic Development Corporation expects by next week to be in its new home — Mike Kaidas’s redeveloped Empire Theater building on South Street, Glens Falls.

The new office is in the space previously occupied by Trampoline Design, at the front of the second floor, an open room with a row of windows overlooking South Street and Glens Falls National Bank.

EDC …

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Three Tragedies

A woman with reddish-brown hair smiling at the camera against a blue-gray background.

Pedestrian killed in Broad St. hit & run; Police: Driver ID’d

Nina A. Dever, 71, of Glens Falls, was struck by a motor vehicle on Broad Street near South Western Avenue Sunday morning, Feb. 6. She was pronounced dead at Glens Falls Hospital.

Glens Falls Police said they responded at 5:45 a.m. to a report of a motor vehicle crash and were advised that a female had been struck by …

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Greenwich fire claims historic building; arson arrest made

A brick building engulfed in flames and heavy smoke during daytime, with snow on the ground and bare trees nearby.

The 1892 Wilmarth Building at 126 Main Street in Greenwich was destroyed by fire on Sunday, Feb. 6. No one was injured although the fate of some pets wasn’t immediately known.

A man who fled the building was charged with arson, said the Cambridge-Greenwich Police Department

“Witnesses stated they saw a subject jump out a second story window and take off on foot in a westerly direction.

“With assistance from …

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Nurse: I’ll lose my job refusing needless booster

To the Editor:

I am writing this letter in question of the Governor’s booster mandate in New York State. I am a registered nurse working at Glens Falls Hospital for more than 25 years. I am fully vaccinated and recently recovered from Covid a few weeks ago.

I am now being forced to take a Covid booster when technically I just had the best booster by contracting the virus and …

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