Saturday, August 2, 2025

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She bought Minky Mink

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Maura Bannon has bought Minky Mink, the specialty women’s clothing store in downtown Glens Falls founded and operated by Shonna McTiernan. The price was not disclosed.

Ms. Bannon, 28, is a 2006 graduate of Lake George High School with experience in retail and a degree from St. Michael’s College in communications and journalism, with a minor in marketing.

“The closing was Friday,” she said. …

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Blais: LG Marriott hopes to open by Labor Day weekend

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Dave Kenny’s six-story, $25-million Lake George Marriott hotel may not be open for another month, Lake George Village Mayor Robert Blais told The Chronicle Tuesday.

Mr. Kenny had not returned calls by press-time.

The mayor said Mr. Kenny “is telling us now that he hopes to be open in the later part of August.”

He initially hoped to open the 119-room hotel by Memorial …

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What is Larry Bulman doing at Republican Convention?

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Prominent Democrat and South Glens Falls resident Larry Bulman traveled the country this spring helping Hillary Clinton become the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. Now he’s at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

What’s he doing there? “I’m here for work. Press appearances and hosting a few events,” said Mr. Bulman, who is the Director of Legislative and Political Affairs for the United Association …

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Schermerhorn flew Giuliani to Republican Convention

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

“Oh my God…I had the experience of a lifetime with my wife Beth and my best friend Brett West,” Queensbury developer Rich Schermerhorn told The Chronicle Tuesday morning, hours after he flew Rudy Giuliani and his wife Judith on his jet to Cleveland for the Republican National Convention.

Mr. Giuliani, the former New York City Mayor and past GOP presidential candidate, gave one of …

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Hudson Headwaters to start training UVM medical students

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Starting next March, six third-year medical students from the University of Vermont will be trained at Hudson Headwaters’ health centers in Warrensburg and Glens Falls.

Dr. John Rugge, founder and CEO of Hudson Headwaters Health Network, said he aims to host 12 UVM medical students in 2018. “We’re hoping that these medical students are interested enough and have good enough memories that on the …

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