Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Parking restrictions (and tickets) return to Glens Falls on January 1

The City of Glens Falls announced “parking regulations to resume in full” in a press release entitled, “Back to reality in 2023.”

The release said, “For the first time since the pandemic started in March 2020, the City of Glens Falls will again be enforcing the parking regulations within the City beginning this Sunday (January 1, 2023).”

“To prepare our residents, workers and visitors for this, City Police Officers have …

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Marathon Dance resumes format: March 3-4, back at South High

Responding to students’ “strong” desire to return to the traditional two-day format, the 46th annual South High Marathon Dance is now scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 3-4, 2023, at South Glens Falls High School.

“While we will be ready to change directions should conditions warrant, the current plan is to be back at the high school, the first weekend in March,” board member Gus Carayiannis said.

The last two …

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Max Frost in Colombia, with Venezuelan migrants who are risking all to reach U.S.

By Max Frost, Rocanews.com

Editor’s note: Max Frost, the son of Chronicle owners Mark Frost and Sandra Hutchinson and brother of Chronicle Chief Operating Officer Zander Frost, is co-founder and COO of Rocanews, an Internet firm based in New York City that Max and two partners co-founded and operate. It has 1.2-million Instagram followers, a daily emailed newsletter and more.

Necoclí, Colombia, is the final town on the South …

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Biochar project still percolates

Chronicle Staff Writer Zander Frost writes Saratoga Biochar held a virtual public meeting Monday, December 19 — part of “a Public Participation Plan” required to comply with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation permit application requirements.

At least 100 people watched.

Biochar opened by explaining their carbon fertilizer facility, then took questions from the virtual audience.
Several guests attempting to speak had technical issues that took time to resolve.…

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Champagnes barely escape; fire destroys their Queensbury home

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Fred and Barbara Champagne narrowly escaped a 2 a.m. fire that destroyed their Queensbury home at 1 Juniper Drive, Sunday morning, Dec. 18

Mr. Champagne is a former Queensbury Town Supervisor.

“We’re very, very happy that they were able to get out — because the survivability was zero if they hadn’t made it out by the time we got there. The house was just …

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