Tag Archives: East Field

Basset hound puppy bitten near East Field

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

A five-month old basset hound puppy suffered a wound on his neck after he was allegedly bitten by a boxer/pomsky mix near East Field three weekends ago.

A Glens Falls Police Department report states that at 2:31 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, an officer was dispatched to the playground for a report of a dog fight.

The report says that on arrival the officer …

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Glens Falls seeks grant so East Field can install seats & video board

By Ben Kinne, Special to The Chronicle

East Field Stadium in Glens Falls is giving a demolished baseball stadium in New Jersey a second lease on life.

A new scoreboard, video board and 1,500 stadium seats were all acquired in the spring of 2019 from the former Riverfront Stadium in Newark, New Jersey by Glens Falls Dragons owner Ben Bernard.

He said another team owner in the Perfect Game Collegiate …

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Big upgrades at GF’s East Field

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

East Field is getting new energy-efficient lights and other improvements.

“It’s a good start,” Mayor Dan Hall said. “The lights have been bad for a long time.”

LED lights — 128 of them — are being installed to replace the old halogen lights that it is said took forever to warm up and cost a bundle of money to use.

The City of Glens …

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Drum Corps competition returns to East Field, July 21

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

After a five-year hiatus, Chris Reed, Jr. is bringing Drum Corps International competition back to East Field in Glens Falls on Saturday, July 21.

The new event is called the Glens Falls Music Academy Showcase. It’s organized by Mr. Reed, himself a drummer and the Music Academy’s owner, assisted by Ben Bernard, who leases East Field for his Golden Dragons summer collegiate league baseball …

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