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By Caroline Martindale, Chronicle Staff Writer

Caring for terminally ill patients is a difficult task, but Bonnie Underwood, Executive Director of Haynes House of Hope in Granville, says the experience is more than rewarding.

“It is a passion I have,” she told The Chronicle. “In the different settings I’ve worked in I saw people dying. A lot of the time I thought they weren’t dying with the dignity they deserved. …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Chronicle reached out to Cooper Properties, the investment group that bought the Post Star complex for $1.03 million in April, to learn more about their plans for the 5.4-acre property at Lawrence and Cooper Streets,

“We just started marketing the space. We’ve already had a couple of showings. There’s been some real interest,” said Tyler Fronte, a real estate broker and member of …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Ashley Brownell of Queensbury plans to open a new bookstore dedicated to romance novels and fantasy books in the Ridge Street storefront that was most recently Whisper Boutique clothing store.

It’s called Just One More Chapter, “because I always say I’m going to read just one more and then I’m up until 3 a.m.,” Ms. Brownell says.

She said she hopes the store …

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

Developer Chris Patten went before the City of Glens Falls Planning Board Tuesday for sketch plan review of the 60-unit “Washington Square” apartment project he is proposing at the Glen-Washington-Harlem Street block across Washington from the former Travelers Building.

“It’s going to be nice,” he told the Planning Board. “It’s going to look great across from the new Stewart’s.”…

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Alex Lombard, founding director of the Lake George Music Festival, recalls an early interview with The Chronicle, alongside founding artistic director Barbora Kolarova.

“You called us ‘The New — Classical — Kids on the Block.’ Like, what is this crazy thing you’re trying?”

At 30 years old, they and music director Roger Kalia were aiming for the seemingly unthinkable, to bring classical music to …