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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Besides keeping students and staff safe at Warrensburg Central School, Resource Officer [SRO] Matt Fish forges connections with kids one arm wrestling match at a time.

In fall 2023, when Officer Fish was just starting out as the district’s first SRO, he launched a school arm wrestling club that was eventually sanctioned by the school board the following spring.

Office Fish says it’s the …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Mike Gerarde plans to open a bar with 20 seats and food and two golf simulators in the 2,000 square foot former Trustco Bank location at 100 Glen Street in downtown Glens Falls.

It expands PSG Golf, his Saratoga Golf Simulator and training business which opened in Saratoga in 2023.

“Big difference is we are going to have a much larger bar, and we’re …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Colin Miner has joined the crew at Bistro LeRoux on Route 149 in Lake George, under chef-owners Jacob and Tiffany Guay.

“I’m really happy to be working with Chef Jacob,” Chef Miner said. He said they share some of the same culinary experiences, if about a decade apart.

Newly married and with a stepdaughter, Chef Miner, 35, said the new position allows him more …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: “Insurance companies are already approaching us with 20 to 24% increase” in health insurance prices for 2026, Glens Falls Ward 2 Councilman Bob Landry tells The Chronicle.

He warned the Aug. 12 Common Council meeting of a “monstrous” increase in costs “if we do nothing.

“We’re doing everything we can right now to figure out a way to get that down to a more …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Since 2022, Ryan McNaughton has operated Stinky’s Coffee as a mobile business that developed a following at farmers markets and local events.

Now the 2005 South High graduate is preparing to open his first bricks and mortar location in the new Moreau Commons redevelopment of the former Autoworld property on Route 9 north of Northway Exit 17.

“It was just a no-brainer,” Ryan said. …