Town of Kingsbury residents will vote on May 13 whether to approve a $650,000 bond to fund construction of a new town hall, paving the way for the group looking to renovate and reopen the current town hall as the new Strand Theater. Tonight, April 30, at 7 in the Kingsbury Volunteer Firehouse on Burgoyne Avenue, there’s an informational meeting on the town hall project.
The former office of pediatrician …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
Even before it officially opened, the Algonquin restaurant’s new Topside Hacker-Craft bar was already attracting a crowd.
Owner Keith Scott teamed up with Lake George luxury boat-maker Hacker-Craft to create the mahogany bar.
As he showed this reporter around, several downstairs customers quietly came up the stairs to sneak a peek.
“Come on up,” Mr. Scott said again and again. “Check out our new …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
Hudson Falls native and world-class mountain climber Laurie (Combs) Normandeau is in Nepal, hiking to Mount Everest base camp to raise money for a trip next year when she hopes to reach the summit of the planet’s highest mountain.
Ms. Normandeau, 54, is a 1979 Hudson Falls High School graduate. Since 2004, she has climbed the highest peaks on five of the seven continents, …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Who knew there was a whole belly dance “community” in and around Glens Falls?
Lisa Bohannon of Queensbury says she tapped into just that when she started taking, then teaching, belly dance classes — most recently at the Glens Falls YMCA. A core group of 25 women attends her Sunday afternoon classes.
Now she’s organized Coalescence: An Evening of Belly Dance at the Wood …
Read More »By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
A Queensbury High School grad, Class of 1996, and her husband from Brooklyn — who fell in love working for a minor-league baseball team — are succeeding hugely in downtown Troy, turning vintage Victorian-era buildings into a unique wine bar, a grocery and now a restaurant drawing crowds, raves and publicity far and wide.
When The New York Times depicted Troy in a March 26 …
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