By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
To say that Ralph and Alissa Rimualdo of Queensbury hit the ground running with their 1,500 square-foot Beef Jerky Outlet at The Outlets of Lake George is putting it mildly.
“We opened June 30th and right away every day’s been great,” Mr. Rimualdo told The Chronicle two weeks ago. “We were number-three in the country for the month of August,” of 102 stores nationwide.
“We …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Sunday’s 25th Taste of the North Country food festival in downtown Glens Falls brought a huge crowd and banner results.
The Glens Falls Kiwanis Club said they grossed $79,500, a leap from last year’s $49,000. It brought the 25-year total to $1.4-million. “Not bad,” said event chairman Jerrod Ogden.
He said Kiwanis will net about $32,000, and another $6,000 will go to non-profits and …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
Susan Silverberg, 56, is getting precautionary rabies shots after a raccoon attacked her and her dog last week near her apartment complex off Meadowbrook Road in Queensbury.
“It was Thursday, Sept. 28, at 8:45 p.m., and I was walking my dog Bauer, a Lab mix, and he was barking and barking and I couldn’t figure out why.
“Then a raccoon jumps out of a …
Read More »By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Chris Gibson, the region’s former Congressman, has a new book out this week, Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream.
“Rally Point is a commentary on the current state of our country and a plan, based on Founding principles, for how we can come together and strengthen the American Dream,” writes Mr. Gibson.
He is now a professor …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
Dave Strader, who passed away at the age of 62 this past Sunday morning in his beloved Glens Falls, embodied professional hockey here.
He was the first radio play-by-play man for the Adirondack Red Wings back in their first season here in 1979-80.
He called two Calder Cup title runs, and somewhere along the line earned the nickname “The Voice” for his perfectly pitched …
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