By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The Lake George Elvis Festival, after 20 years, is no more.
“I’m sorry to let you know that the 2019 Lake George Elvis Festival was our last!” organizer Jason Sherry announced in a letter to supporters and vendors.
Mr. Sherry said the planned sale of the host site, the Lake George Forum, to Boats by George (which subsequently fell through) and then …
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I’m super-excited about road salt, and I’m not the only one!
On Feb. 10, the Fund For Lake George held a virtual meeting and screening of a new 30-minute video called “The Road Map to Road Salt Reduction: Success Stories from Lake George.”
The Zoom program drew more than 120 elected officials, highway superintendents, DPW staff, media, environmental observers and others from across the …
Read More »By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Mark Whitmore, a forest entomologist at Cornell, is widely regarded as the expert on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and on how to combat it.
The insect, found this summer on the east shore of Lake George, poses a major threat to the Eastern Hemlock, the lake’s dominant tree species and a major presence in the Adirondacks and eastern U.S.
“I started the New York State Hemlock …
Read More »By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
The FUND for Lake George has spearheaded quick formation of the “Save Our Lake George Hemlocks Initiative” in response to the new discovery that the invasive insect hemlock woolly adelgid infests trees on 250 acres of the lake’s east shore.
The effort will range, from five teams of three people each in the next two weeks …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
“It’s been a very busy summer,” says long-time Log Jam Restaurant manager Tony Grecco.
Despite occupancy limitations due to COVID, “we were filled up for what we could do all through July and August.”
The biggest change, other than 50 percent maximum occupancy, Mr. Grecco said, was with the Log Jam’s signature salad bar.
“We get a lot of calls every day,” he said. …
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