Tag Archives: Adirondack Balloon Festival

Our September 21 issue

Health & Fitness issue Incredibly busy weekend! Adirondack Balloon Festival starts today, goes through Sunday. Bolton retailer Happy Jack’s to open in Glens Falls, on Exchange Street. Rachel Seeber wins Conservative Party line. Cirelli’s Osteria in South Glens Falls to close. 42 restaurants in this years Taste of the North Country on Sunday, Oct. 1st. Bolton to host Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall through Sept. 25th. Fiber Fest this weekend. …

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Our September 22 issue

Health & Fitness Quarterly issue! 44th Adirondack Balloon Festival schedule. Cathy’s handy tips to enjoy the Balloon Festival. Russ Barber, Chronicle balloonist since 1984, retires. NYS takes 3% bite out of $10-million. Arrest made after Glens Falls fire. 838 area code for new numbers in 518. Fall is looming, but the events keep coming!…page after page of shows, concerts and things to do. The Chronicle always has the region’s best

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Our September 15 issue

Couples and Families in Biz issue! Rozell Industries 35th anniversary section. Is this the busiest weekend of the year? Hillary the hateful. Adirondack Balloon Festival opens Sept. 22. 3 local splashes in NY Times and Wall Street Journal. Fort Ann OKs motocross track if 13 conditions are met. 42 restaurants signed up for Taste of the North Country. FitFest downtown Glens Falls Saturday. Saratoga Film Fest. 33rd Lake George Jazz …

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Balloon Festival lands the Whale

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Just at the last minute, the Adirondack Balloon Festival added a new special shaped balloon, a giant whale named “Baby Blue.” Weather permitting, it will fly at both launches on Saturday.

Pilot H.G. Steiner of Utah approached Adirondack Festival balloonmeister Bob Dicks just last week at a balloon festival in Pennsylvania.

“It’s a new balloon,” said Adirondack Balloon Festival organizer Mark Donahue.

“He’s only …

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