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By Ben Westcott & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor

SUNY Adirondack’s financial challenges include enrollment decline, overstaffing and external leases, President Anastasia Urtz, J.D., and Vice President for Administrative Services and Treasurer Keith Kaplan officials told Warren County’s Higher Education Committee on April 2.

They said the college must dig out from an operating loss that went from an expected $333,000 to $1.4-million last year.

Enrollment has fallen …

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Follow-up to article on the Log Jam’s 50th anniversary [April 9 Chronicle].

The Bailey brothers’ — Pete & Tim — original restaurant was in Bolton Landing (family always summered at a camp on Cotton Point).

They started the successful eatery the Char Steer in the mid-60s. As it was a seasonal operation, they also had the “food concession” at Gore Mountain as a source of winter income.

Pete & …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Former Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan posted on Facebook that she is running for State Supreme Court Justice, Fourth Judicial District.

She has served as a judge on New York’s Court of Claims since 2017, appointed by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The Facebook post says she is also an Acting Supreme Court Justice, handling civil matters throughout the Fourth Judicial District.

Ms. Hogan plans …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Glens Falls Fire Department Captain Richard G. Stafford, 45, pled guilty in Glens Falls City Court on Tuesday morning to one count of Petit Larceny.

He admitted to the misdemeanor, and to have stolen property, namely $520, from the Glens Falls Firefighters Union.

Mr. Stafford was represented by Attorney Kevin Bruen of the FitzGerald Morris Baker Firth law firm.

Judge Lawrence Elmen presided.

According …

A billboard went up April 7 on Route 9, just north of Route 149, claiming elected Queensbury school officials shown in photos are “putting our children at risk.” It headlines, “Our kids deserve safe schools.” And it concludes, “Queensbury families are watching.”

Brian Howard of Fort Edward paid for billboard. His daughter attends Queensbury School. He has spoken at many school board meetings.

“There are all kinds of problems in …