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New York State Police confirm officer arrest after GFPD post deleted

New York State Police confirmed to The Chronicle today that on Tuesday, December 2 they arrested former Glens Falls Police Officer John Hogan III for a “single charge of Petit Larceny, which is a Class A Misdemeanor.”

The Glens Falls Police Department had issued a release on its Facebook page announcing the arrest. Within several hours, the post was deleted from the department page.

The State Police representative told the

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Locals handle Snoopy balloon, Macy’s parade

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

While many of us are tuning into the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade on NBC, the Caimano family of Queensbury, dressed in matching coveralls, will be helping guide Snoopy down Sixth Avenue.

Matt and Judy Caimano, their grown children Sarah (with boyfriend Sam Libby) and Ross (with girlfriend Savannah Bond) got their final assignment last week.

“We’re on the Beagle Scout Snoopy balloon, the most …

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Grandson reopens, revives O’Malley’s Log Grill in So. Glens Falls

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

O’Malley’s Log Grill at 35 Main St. in South Glens Falls closed two years ago. Jerad Ross, grandson of founder Michael O’Malley, is reviving the legacy.

He plans to reopen the pub in the first or second week of December.

“It’s one of the oldest bars in the area,” Mr. Ross said. “My grandpa started it 48 years ago.”

When Michael O’Malley passed away …

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Solar & the birds in Fort Edward

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Boralex, the Canada-based renewable energy producer, plans to build a 100 megawatt solar power facility on 530 acres leased from about 30 private land owners in Fort Edward.

The Schuylerville-based not-for-profit, the Grassland Bird Trust, claims it will be “disastrous” to birds and wants more acreage preserved than is planned or required.

In an Oct. 31 press release, the Trust said it “supports renewable …

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Region celebrates 250th anniversary of ‘Knox Artillery Train,’ 1775 key in Revolution

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

From Dec. 4-13, Henry Knox’s ‘Noble Train of Artillery’ will be celebrated as part of the nation’s 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution.

In the winter of 1775, Knox — a 25-year-old bookseller — led the way in transporting 60 tons of cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston.

Their arrival ‘changed the tide of the Revolution,’ Fort Ticonderga writes,’ freeing Boston from a nearly …

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