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“Celebrating America’s 250th” will be  the theme of the 53rd Adirondack Balloon Festival, September 17-20.

Balloon Festival President Mark Donohue tells The Chronicle that special shape balloons will include:

• United States Flag

• a new-to-the-festival Space Shuttle balloon

• “Tet,” a tetrahedron shaped balloon in red, white and blue with stars

• Several more traditional patriotic-colored balloons “front and center,” Mr. Donahue said.

The 2026 Festival will be in …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

In the early 1930’s, “Coot” Follette and his brother Bob traveled from North Carolina to the Adirondacks bringing a small herd of horses to the region’s summer camps.

“Recognizing the growing demand for riding experiences at the area’s premier resorts, they established their first stables at Green Mansions and Scaroon Manor,” says Saddle Up Stables’ website.

Coot was then invited to open a stable …

Chronicle reporter Ben Westcott writes: The Chronicle reached out to local elected officials asking their thoughts on the announcement that the WIN Waste trash-to-energy plant at 93 River St. in Hudson Falls aims to close by year end.

Bob Henke, the Argyle Town Supervisor who chairs the Washington County Board of Supervisors, said, “I find it very interesting that some of the people who are celebrating the closure of the …

Glens Falls’s parking permit plan will be the topic of the Quality of Life committee Monday, Aug. 17, 5 p.m. in City Hall.

Ward 5 Council member Sean Palladino, who chairs the committee, has also composed a survey seeking public imput on parking. The survey was to go live following the Tuesday, Aug. 11, Common Council meeting, he told The Chronicle.

Check the City website, or his Ward 5 Councilmember …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Tuesday’s Common Council agenda included a resolution to make City Attorney Taylor Basford full-time while keeping part-time Deputy City Attorney Claudia Braymer serving the Planning Board and other duties.

At the start of her term in January, Mayor Diana Palmer divided the then-full time City Attorney’s job and salary into two part-time positions and said it would keep the cost to the City the …