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Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The City of Glens Falls will welcome its first Sister City exchange with Saga City, Japan, since before Covid.

Saga City Mayor Hidetaka Sakai and a 19-person delegation will be the guests at a welcome reception and banquet on Thursday, April 20 at the Queensbury Hotel. It’s open to the public. Start time is 6 p.m. Cost is $48. Call right away for reservations: …

The Washington County Sheriff’s office said it arrested a juvenile male, 15, for allegedly breaking into Calamity Jane’s Fireams and Fine Shoes in Kingsbury.

Police said a burglar alarm was triggered at around 1:52 a.m. on Monday.

“Upon arrival, a subject was observed fleeing the scene on foot. Officers pursued the suspect on foot and eventually caught the suspect on Feeder Street.

“A subsequent area search resulted in the recovery …

Saturday’s scheduled Drag Queen Story Hour in Lake Luzerne has been postponed. The Rockwell Falls Public Library Board of Trustees announced the decision after a contentious special meeting Tuesday night.

The library wrote, “We feel that it is necessary for us to do additional research into the performer and the content of the show, and to share that information with the community.

“No future date has yet been set for …

By Jason Irwin, Chronicle Rock Around the Block

A lot of things are about to come full circle for Glens Falls’ original jam-funk-ska-rock outfit Shu.

Shu is celebrating 30 years as “a band that has become family,” they say on their Website, “for the five of us and for the thousands of free-spirited and groovy peeps of all ages who have stuck with us on this long strange trip.”

If …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Lake George Baking Company is a comeback story.

Carl “Buster” Alberino and his wife Debbie started it roughly 15 years ago — just after the demise of their Vanilla Bean bakery in Troy. Now, they have 15 employees and locations in Lake George and Queensbury.

Their signature products are “Eclairs, Fudge Fancies — those are number-one,” Buster said. Plus bread, cinnamon buns, and popular …