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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Jen Rozell Whalen, 37, and Tiarra Rozell Guidon, 32, are both officers of Rozell Industries and Rozell East, the business started 35 years ago by their late grandfather Peter Rozell Sr.

“I remember coming into the office as a little girl,” Jen said. “We all did as kids.”

Tiarra, daughter of company president Brian Rozell, is vice-president and an engineer, having earned a bachelor’s …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: “We are closing in on full,” says Jerrod Ogden, organizer of the Glens Falls Kiwanis Club’s 24th annual Taste of the North Country food festival on Sunday, Oct. 2, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in City Park, downtown Glens Falls.

As of late on Monday, 42 restaurants had signed up to participate. Here’s the list.

Glens Falls restaurants:

• 190 Grille & Cinema
• Cheesy Does

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The main event is on November 8, but Warren County Family Court Judge candidates Ted Wilson and Rob Smith square off on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in a primary that will determine which candidate has the Independence and Reform Party lines.

All county polling locations will be open from noon to 9 p.m.

Both men are already assured spots on the November ballot. Mr. Smith …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Deric Buck, in his fourth year of operating Bay Meadows Golf Club and Bogey’s restaurant in Queensbury, is buying Kingswood Golf Club in Hudson Falls, The Chronicle has learned.

“We have signed a contract,” Mr. Buck confirmed Tuesday. “The tentative closing is in October.”

Peter Shabat, who owns both Bay Meadows and Kingswood, said, “It’s going to happen” when asked about the deal. He …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Peter Shabat’s several properties on South Street in Glens Falls include 46-56 South, seen by some as a potential anchor in the $10-million state-funded revitalization of downtown’s “Street of Dreams.”

The three-story, 25,000-square-foot building on the corner of South and Elm sits largely vacant, except for a couple of taxi cab companies in spartan storefronts.

“It’s listed for $650,000, which is a very fair …