By Zander Frost & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor
After 35 years, Nick Barber and Mike Smith have sold Pilot Knob Marina on Lake George to John “JD” Donnelly, a Massachusetts healthcare software entrepreneur, for just under $3-million.
“It’s one of those things where it’s bittersweet,” Mr. Barber told The Chronicle. “We just think it was time.
“Neither one of us have children. There’s nobody to follow us …
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“A frozen fairy-tale world” of Ice Castles is planned for Lake George Village from January through as late as March 2022.
“Weighing up to 25 million pounds each…the castles feature soaring ice towers, shimmering archways, glowing tunnels, glossy walls, roomy caverns and frozen thrones,” touts Ice Castles, a 10-year-old Utah company.
“The wonderment, when kids see that ice castle for the first time, that …
Read More »By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Lake George charter boat tours in small vessels are very much on the rise.
There are now 56 approved tour boat operators on Lake George and the number only increases, said Dave Wick, executive director of the Lake George Park Commission, in response to a Chronicle inquiry.
Mr. Wick said three were added in recent months. “We only started tracking charter boats within the …
Read More »Editor’s note: This is the 25th anniversary of when the late Frank Leonbruno began writing — and The Chronicle began publishing — the chapters that would become his classic book Lake George Reflections: Island History and Lore. This summer we are reprinting weekly chapters with the permission of Frank’s daughters Gail and Jane.
Rush Island is a state-owned island located …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Lake George Mayor Bob Blais said he anticipates a nearly full roster of events this summer, after events were cancelled or greatly scaled back last year by Covid.
“We are putting together everything we have done in the past, including fireworks, in hopes we will be able to do them. Based on what we have heard about the Covid and vaccines, we are …
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