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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Russ Barber, our friend and the Kinderhook balloonist we sponsored for more than three decades at the Adirondack Balloon Festival, passed away on Monday at the age of 93. (Russ always seemed to me many years younger than his actual age.)

Russ was a cornerstone of the Adirondack Balloon Festival — and of hot-air ballooning overall.

So many balloonists learned how to fly from him …

The 17th annual Carl Lufkin Memorial Pull for a Cure truck and tractor pull to benefit cancer research is Saturday, July 18, beginning at 10 a.m. at 10 Main Street in Argyle.

“We have a new and improved night show we are hoping to get a large audience for,” co-organizer Cheyenne Havens tells The Chronicle.

Spectator admission is $15, free for under 10. Proceeds benefit The Cancer Research Institute, St. …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Crandall Park Beautification Committee is raising funds to construct “The Pathway,” a new accessible path running through the park from its Horicon Avenue entrance to Fire Road.

It will include a bridge over wetlands behind the Crandall Park pond.

The Pathway will be a safe route “for pedestrians, bicyclists and people using strollers, wheelchairs or other vehicles designed to make transportation for disabled …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Town of Queensbury began installation of new water mains Tuesday that will bring municipal water for the first time to the Jenkinsville area.

Resident Kristina Tucker reminded the Town Board at its July 6 meeting that the neighborhood has been without safe drinking water for six-plus years.

Residents of about 150 properties have been using bottled water since 2020, when state Department of …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

More than 3,000 people jammed the Lake George Steamboat Company’s Steer Pier Saturday for the 7th annual Rock the Dock festival, organizer Luke Dow said.

He said they maxed out all 3,100 tickets — not including staff, bands and vendors. “Obviously, selling out is awesome,” Mr. Dow told The Chronicle Tuesday morning, still recovering he said after the seven-hour, six band festival.

“It absolutely …