Tag Archives: Lake George

After 43 summers, family’s sad farewell to LG’s Canoe Island Lodge

To the Editor:

In August of 1980 a young married couple were looking for a place to vacation with their daughters. As luck would have it they stumbled across a family-run resort on beautiful Lake George and decided to stay the week.

Taken by the hospitality of Jane and Bill Busch, the history of the property, the beauty of the lake, the simplicity of the lodge, and all of the …

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Ice Castles in LG requests $150,000 of Bed Tax funds

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

No “Castle” but a lot more open days and an ice rink — that’s what Ice Castles vice president Jared Henningsen told the Warren County Occupancy Tax meeting Tuesday about the firm’s third-year winter plan at the Festival Commons in Charles R. Wood Park, Lake George.

Mr. Henningsen was there to request a $150,000 bed tax grant to fund the newly reimagined, now “weather-resilient” …

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Winter phenom plan at the Fort

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Warren County has made its biggest occupancy tax commitment ever — $3 million — to “seed” an immersive outdoor winter-themed attraction running from December to March for the next five years on the grounds and ramparts of the fort at the Fort William Henry in Lake George.

It will be organized by the newly formed Warren County Winter Coalition and created by Montreal-based Moment …

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Fireworks firm’s drone show

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

Santore World Famous Fireworks, the company that does fireworks for Lake George Village, has branched into drones, forming a separate company, Amazing Drone Shows.

“A drone show consists of multiple drones that…have their own independent light system on them…. We can put them in the air, and we can make shapes, images, logos, words, anything you could possibly imagine,” Jeff Ward, general manager of …

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Our July 13 front page

Health & Fitness Quarterly F.W. Webb rezone hearing, full page. Fireworks firm’s drone show. Long Lake got hit hard. Lake George mascot vote: Owls, Islanders, Falcons, Lakers. Haviland’s Cove is fully open 7 days; Moreau beach cut to 5 days a week. Glens Falls Hudson Headwaters, Saratoga Hospital join in program to train medical residents. ‘Heroes of Hospitality’ dinner, July 20, Fort William Henry Carriage House. Concerts, comedy, shows… The

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