Tag Archives: Lake George

Our June 5 front page

Small Business Spotlight! Mayor chat got feisty. Valedictorians. Crockwell Preserve. Ward 1 Councilman Ed Donohue, 76, dies. Millions in NYS DRI dollars for Shepard Park improvements, enclose Village Mall, more, in LG. Lake George Music Festival opens! Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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Wick: ProcellaCOR worked great

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Last June, after a fierce and protracted battle with the Lake George Association in both the court of law and the court of public opinion, the Lake George Park Commission got the go-ahead and treated invasive Eurasian watermilfoil with the aquatic herbicide ProcellaCOR in two Lake George bays.

A year later, The Chronicle asked Dave Wick, executive director of the Park Commission, how its …

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Beaver dam failure blamed for business damaging flood in Lake George

A flood on the night of Friday, May 16 caused damage to Whippoorwill Motel and Campsites, Ledge Rock Hill Winery, and Lake George Electric Bike Rentals, all owned by the Morgan family.

Connor Morgan, manager and part owner of the Route 9 businesses, told The Chronicle the flood caused extensive damage to the campground’s buildings and roadways. The bike rental building also was flooded and bikes were lost, and “the …

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No more Winter’s Dream

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Winter’s Dream is done. The Warren County Coalition plans to end its affiliation with Moment Factory, the Montreal-company they hired to create the attraction at Fort William Henry.

Envisioned as a perennial event, it only ran one winter, 2023-2024.

Fort William Henry President Sam Luciano, speaking for the Coalition, tells The Chronicle they aim to use assets from Winter’s Dream to create a new …

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Bob Blais has left events post; Lake George Mayor Ray Perry seeks $25,000 more to take it on

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Former Lake George Mayor Bob Blais stepped down as of December 31 as the special events director for the Town and Village of Lake George and for Warren County events in Lake George, particularly at the Charles R. Wood Park.

He was being paid $35,000 per year from Occupancy Tax funds — $15,000 through the Village, $15,000 through the County, which co-own Wood Park, …

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