Thursday, October 30, 2025

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Margo Macero takes her next big step; show at Putnam, Fri.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Margo Macero has been rocking out her own original path for most of her young life. The Glens Falls grad, 33, asked for her first guitar at age 7, she recalls. She started playing out around the region and beyond at age 12 she says.

This week Margo takes a definitive leap — with a show that focuses on her own original songs and …

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Dot & Johnstock back at Stony Creek Inn, Sat.!

Chronicle News Editor Zander Frost writes: Dottie Bartell and John Fickel open their Stony Creek Inn for the return of Dot and Johnstock, Saturday, Sept. 20, from 1 to 5 p.m. Yes, in Stony Creek.

The spirited event began in about 2008, Dot recalls. John was just recovering from cancer treatments when Dot was also diagnosed. With both hard-pressed to run the beloved Inn, their only means of support, friends …

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Bolton Museum has great show ‘Welcome to Lake George: Vacation Paradise 50s & 60s’

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

I highly recommend ‘Welcome to Lake George: Vacation Paradise of the 50s & 60s,’ the summer show at the Bolton Historical Museum. We finally saw it last week. It goes through Oct. 13, open daily 10 to 4.

First of all, it’s fun, especially for someone who grew up in the 1950s and 60s. So many pleasant memories triggered by the brochures, relics, advertisements, clippings, …

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Hebron getting new Verizon cell tower, 2 years after Kaylin’s shooting death

Washington County’s Town of Hebron is getting a new Verizon cell tower. It’s being installed on Birch Hill Road, on county-owned property that already has a radio communications tower that serves EMS and other emergency providers, Washington County Public Safety Director Tim Hardy tells The Chronicle.

He said Verizon is building the tower; the County is providing the land.

The cell tower is not directly tied to the shooting death …

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Housing homeless is overwhelming Wash. Co.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Hebron Town Supervisor Brian Campbell reached out to The Chronicle to sound an alarm on the eve of Washington County budget talks.

Mr. Campbell, who is the Board of Supervisors’ Finance Chair, warns, “If we do nothing,” residents face a property tax increase of at least 10 percent or even 11 percent in 2026.

He says the primary driver is 2024 Department of Social …

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