Saturday, April 26, 2025

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Local cancer rate became topic at Clean Air panel

By Patrick Daley, Chronicle Staff Writer

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 2017 statement that the Glens Falls area has one of the highest cancer rates in the state became a topic at Monday evening’s public program on air pollution and human health hosted by the Clean Air Action Network at Crandall Public Library.

An audience member asked the panel about it. North Country Public Radio reported that Gov. Cuomo said in 2017, …

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Vying to be Sheriff

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Warren County Sheriff Bud York is retiring. Shawn Lamouree and Jim LaFarr are seeking the Republican nomination to succeed him in a June 25th primary.

The Republican nominee becomes the favorite to win the November election, though both candidates could continue their run on third-party lines. So far no Democrat has entered the race.

Both contestants in the GOP primary are long-time members of …

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HF: Morans’ $500,000 gift to redo Derby Park

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Brien and Mike Moran, whose Moran’s Sporting Goods Store was a Hudson Falls mainstay that supplied athletic gear and bicycles to generations of local kids, are donating $500,000 to kick off a $1.1-million complete renovation of Derby Park in Hudson Falls.

The gift was announced Tuesday morning at a press conference in the former Washington County Courthouse building in downtown Hudson Falls.

“This community …

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GF School panel urges end to valedictorian & naming of top 10

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Glens Falls City School District “Class Rank Committee” is recommending that the school stop naming valedictorians and salutatorians, and disclose class rankings only for college and scholarship applications.

Trent Clay, assistant superintendent for curriculum, said the committee will now discuss it with superintendent Paul Jenkins and the Board of Education, who will decide whether to make any changes or keep things the same.…

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Andy Gregorio stepping down as weatherman on Channel 13; moves into tech

By Patrick Daley, Chronicle Staff Writer

Andy Gregorio will step down in mid-June as a meterorologist on WNYT.

Mr. Gregorio, who lives in Glens Falls with his wife Mary, joined the station, Channel 13, in 2015. He previously spent 14 years on the air at WTEN.

Why the change? “It was something I had been contemplating for several years now,” Mr. Gregorio told The Chronicle in an e-mail exchange. “I …

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