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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Far fewer, if any, homeless or housing-insecure people are congregating in City Park downtown than in recent years, but they’re still in the community, says Glens Falls Ward 2 Councilman Bob Landry, who chairs the City “Day Spenders” Task Force.

“We’re hoping that some of the things we’ve done up to this point may have helped,” Mr. Landry said. “We asked the Police Chief …

Chronicle Editor Mark Frost writes: South High student Hayden Knapp won the 95th New York State Women’s Amateur Golf Championship Tuesday at St. George’s Golf & Country Club at East Setauket, Long Island.

Hayden shot 72-74-71 for a 217 total in the three-round tournament to defeat Kennedy Swedick of Albany by one shot.

Kennedy Swedick golfs for the University of Virginia. Hayden Knapp of Gansevoort will be entering her sophomore …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The New York Yankees will honor Fred Valastro, 91, of South Glens Falls as its Veteran of the Game on Saturday, July 26, at Yankee Stadium.

The Whitehall High School grad who has lived in South Glens Falls for 58 years served in the Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan from 1953 to 1956 during the Korean War.

His granddaughter Nicki Valastro was the one …

Chronicle Editor Mark Frost writes: Literally for years, locals and passers-by at one of Queensbury’s busiest intersections have watched slow, seemingly uncertain progress of a handsome new restaurant building (and a market building) at the corner of Routes 149 and 9L.

It’s totally the vision of Dale Baldwin, the Fort Ann concrete contractor who owns this 25-acre property and knows what he wants to do with it. For one …

Zander Frost reports: 32 year-old Greenjackets Football player Jonathan J. Hammond was arrested at Glens Falls High School for alleged vaping, cocaine charges on Saturday, June 28, Glens Falls Police said.

“At approximately 4:40 p.m., Glens Falls School District staff were made aware of a vape smoke detector activation in the high school boys’ bathroom,” Glens Falls Police said.

“The Glens Falls Police Department was then alerted by staff who …