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“LGA Breaking News: Controversial Herbicide Proposal is Back,” headlined a “Call To Action” press release Tuesday from the Lake George Association.

The LGA elaborated: “Despite the opposition of more than 4,500 concerned citizens last summer, and a pending Feb. 17 hearing in New York State Supreme Court in Warren County, the Lake George Park Commission is once again submitting an application to the Adirondack Park Agency and the New York …

30 years in the making, Dale Baldwin’s grand plan nears fruition at corner of Routes 149, 9L, Qby

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

If it seems like forever that people have wondered what’s happening with the handsome wooden buildings gradually taking shape at the busy intersection of Routes 149 and 9L in Queensbury, it’s because, in a way, it has.

“He’s had this idea for, like, 30 years,” Travis Baldwin …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: They were bringing in extra chairs and still sold out the house for Johnny and June/A Man Named Cash — a new project by real-life musician-couple Megan Houde and Eric Hofmanis.

More than 400 of their hometown fans came out to cheer and swoon for what turns out to be a night to remember.

Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash: The songbook is irrefutable, to …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Two years ago, when Dick Mead was still living, Foothills Builders LLC signed a contract to purchase the former Mead’s Nursery property on the 11 acres that stretches from Ridge Road to Meadow Brook Road just below Quaker Road in Queensbury.

Now the project, which envisions as many as 77 townhomes and a community center, has taken a big step forward. Last week, the …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“Like every community,” Mayor Bill Collins says, “Glens Falls is struggling to hire police officers and firefighters. There are young people out there not realizing what a great civil service job and career this is.”

Glens Falls Police Chief Jarred Smith, responding to Chronicle questions via email, said “We currently have eight Police Officer positions open, one Patrol Lieutenant and one Patrol Sergeant. We …