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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

In my continuing pursuit of outdoor activities in the region, I went whitewater rafting on the Hudson River.

With 10 companies operating on the stretch of river I was looking to explore, I certainly had my pick of options.

I ended up booking a trip with Wild Waters Outdoor Center, a family owned and operated business that has whitewater rafted the Hudson and Sacandaga …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Under New York State mandate, cell phones will now be banned “from bell to bell” for all students, grades K-12.

They can’t be accessed in the classroom, at lunch, in study halls, in the halls between classes or on playgrounds or playing fields.

No texting, taking photos, recording video or use of any social media at school.

The state’s new “distraction-free schools” regulation banishes …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Clarke and Barbara Dunham may be best known for the model trains: Detailed, expansive layouts that have been displayed locally at the North Creek Depot Museum and the Dunhams’ own former Trains on Parade museum in Pottersville — and across the country, including the massive annual Christmas train layout that ran for 30 seasons at Citicorp headquarters in New York City.

Now “mostly” retired, …

An arrest was made in Glens Falls last night, August 5, for charges related to a white Mercedes-Benz allegedly stolen from New Jersey.

Warren County Sheriff’s said around 10 p.m., they were “alerted by a license plate reader to a possible stolen white Mercedes-Benz operating on Glen Street in the City of Glens Falls.”

“Officers located the Mercedes-Benz in question on Glen Street in the area of Chester Street in …

SCOOP • Zander Frost reports: Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has done his first review in the Glens Falls market, at Pizza Jerks in Broad Street Plaza.

Mr. Portnoy’s viral “One Bite Pizza Reviews” have boosted local pizzerias nationwide. He was at the shop this afternoon, August 5.

The review is not yet released — nor has Pizza Jerks’ score been revealed.

The staff did not know he was coming. …