Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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Katy’s Wine & Whiskey Bar at South & Elm eyes June 29 opening

Modern hotel or commercial lobby with a textured stone reception desk, wooden flooring, and ambient lighting throughout the spacious interior.

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Katy’s Wine and Whiskey Bar — the corner ground-floor tenant in Chris Patten’s multi-use redevelopment at South and Elm Streets — is looking at a June 29 opening, Mr. Patten told The Chronicle during a quick walk-through last Tuesday. The bar-restaurant is a joint project by Katy Foster and Bill Dingman. The chef is Colin Miner.

Ms. Foster described her plan for the 2,800 …

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Jackson Heights 2nd-grader ‘ran out,’ got home

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

“A second-grader ran out of Jackson Heights Elementary yesterday afternoon and was subsequently found safe at their home,” Skye Heritage, Glens Falls Schools Public Relations Director, told The Chronicle.

“As soon as the child was noted to be missing, at approximately 12:40 p.m., search protocols were activated.”

The child’s grandmother, Lisa Bombard, told The Chronicle the youth had been sent to the principal’s office …

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SUNY Adk.’s $35.8-million budget plan

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

SUNY Adirondack’s proposed budget for the 2026-27 academic year is $35,828,439. SUNY Adirondack president Dr. Anastasia Urtz and college administrators presented it to the Community College committees of both Warren and Washington Counties, its joint municipal sponsors, on June 5.

Both county committees approved the proposed budget at the meeting.

If the full board’s adopt it, Warren County’s portion will be $2,844,766, an increase …

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Great Escape’s new prez, 35, is home-grown

A man wearing a gray cap and dark jacket smiles at the camera in front of a large yellow "BOBCAT" sign.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Newly named Great Escape President Andrew Burggraf, 35, started his career at the park 20 years ago as a Lake George High School 10th grader. “I started as a sweeper, keeping the midways clean,” he tells The Chronicle.

He took the job so he could buy his dad’s Jeep. “I thought, I gotta find something fun, and I lived right around the corner from …

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So. Glens Falls sophomore Hayden Knapp wins high school NYS golf title

A smiling young athlete in a yellow shirt and white visor holds a blue NYSPHSAA 2026 Champion sign outdoors.

The Chronicle’s Ben Westcott writes: South Glens Falls sophomore Hayden Knapp won the New York State Girls High School Golf Championship Monday, shooting a two under par 142 over the two-day tournament at Wild Wood Country Club in Rush to win by two strokes.

Hayden was the only player in the field to shoot under par at Wild Wood.

She trailed Rome Free Academy’s Rachel O’Rourke by one stroke after …

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