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Fort Edward: Old Fort House auction is Sat.: Wing & Bronk family items

Antique stoneware crock with blue decorative floral design and handles, marked with text on the side.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

This Saturday’s annual Antique Country Fair Auction on the lawn of the Old Fort House Museum on Broadway in Fort Edward promises to be “exceptional,” touts R. Paul McCarty, the museum’s executive director and Fort Edward’s town historian.

It will include numerous items from the estate of Marjorie and Judith Bronk, the last of the Bronk Coal and Lumber Company family in Hudson Falls, …

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Touring Vietnam War Wall at HF Legion, 7/24-28

An older man stands facing a memorial wall beneath two American flags.

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is to arrive at American Legion Post 574 on 72 Pearl Street in Hudson Falls, today, Thursday, July 24. It will be escorted by motorcade from the Northway Exit 9 rest area through Exit 17 and on Routes 197 and 4 to the Legion Hall.

The Wall, a 3/5 scale model of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., it will be open for viewing on …

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Near Log Jam, ‘Creative Jam’ is ‘Your Space to Create’

A person wearing glasses and a blue jacket holds up a colorful artwork in front of a wooden sign that reads "Creative Jam.

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Creative Jam, located behind The Log Jam restaurant amid the Lake George outlet stores, offers an outlet for people to pursue pretty much any artistic creative endeavor one can think of — from painting to cookie decorating to creating Turkish lamps. There are improv, book folding and flower pressing classes, to name a few.

The Creative Jam website has a full list of …

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GF arena is not ‘Cool’ anymore

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Cool sign has been removed at the Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls.

The former Glens Falls Civic Center is currently a nameless entity.

“Cool Insuring Agency was purchased by Gallagher Insurance a few years ago, so they formally no longer exist as an entity,” Arena director Jeff Mead said in response to a Chronicle inquiry.

Gallagher had agreed when it purchased Cool …

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Celeb couple Ice Spice & sauce gardner spotted in Lake George

Zander Frost writes: Rap superstar Ice Spice and her boyfriend, New York Jets superstar Sauce Gardner, were spotted this weekend around Lake George.

This week Mr. Gardner, 24, became the NFL’s highest paid cornerback with a 4-year, roughly $120-million extension. He has had a very successful start to his career, despite playing for the New York Jets.

The photo was taken and posted by Amari Prunty with the caption, “Yes …

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