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Oh what a night! Gutsy local amateurs put on a show

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

CWI’s sold-out Dancing with the Adirondack Stars 55th anniversary celebration on Saturday night, April 7, at the Wood Theater was a huge hit.

It was a night of a million feel-good stories, from the impressive talents of the professional and amateur dancing pairs to the CWI client performances that garnered warm standing ovations, …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Dizzy Chicken will close its wood-fired rotisserie chicken restaurant at 72 South Street in Glens Falls by the end of the month, but “we’re going to keep everything there for our catering business,” Mr. Bartlett told The Chronicle Tuesday.

He said some employees will move to Dizzy Chicken’s other location, on Congress Street in Saratoga Springs.

“It’s a tough location here in Glens Falls, …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Two years ago Congresswoman Elise Stefanik trounced Democratic challenger Mike Derrick, 177,886-82,161, to win a second term. Green Party nominee Matt Funiciello drew 12,452 votes.

So is there any reason to believe that Ms. Stefanik can be beaten this November? I believe there are lots of reasons to bolster both sides of the argument.

Democrats are roused for the fight as perhaps they’ve never been …

Turning faded Sherman Square into upgraded Bemis Place, GF

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Sherman Square apartments in Glens Falls are getting a complete redo.

“It’s a rebirth of everything,” said Dawn (Sweetser) Davidson, the 1991 Queensbury High School graduate who is leading the effort and lives in the Boston area. The renovation involves much of her family.

“I’m the investor, marketer and designer, my father Donald Sweetser …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Sean Curtis wasted no time after graduating from Corinth Central School in 2010.

“I graduated from Saint Anselm [College in New Hampshire] in 3.5 years,” focused on focus was international relations, politics, humanities, he told The Chronicle in an email exchange.

In his junior year he attended the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, where he says he “studied under some fantastic …