By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Who remembers the U.S. Bicentennial, and the hoopla in 1976 celebrating 1776?
Now comes the Semiquincentennial — the country’s 250th birthday.
Queensbury Town Historian John Berry and Warren County Historian Stan Cianfarano are heading up efforts to form a local 250th Commission for Warren and Washington Counties to join in the events and celebration.
Mr. Cianfarano is president of the Warren County Historical Society, …
Read More »Warren County Health Services is encouraging residents take precautions to avoid tick bites after already receiving reports of dozens of tick-borne disease cases this spring.
Tick activity picks up annually in the warmer months, as they look for human, canine and other hosts to latch onto.
The County said 2021 saw a nearly four-fold increase in cases of the serious bacterial disease anaplasmosis, which is transmitted in tick bites. The …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The Warren County Board of Supervisors can’t seem to avoid drama.
This one involves the county’s seemingly boring Local Development Corporation, or LDC.
Not boring is the whirlwind of resignations and seemingly hasty appointments from December 2021 to January 2022.
It still cuts raw: Some of those involved continue talking about it with this reporter.
On December 30, Glens Falls Ward 1 Supervisor Jack …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
A team of college students is helping Warren County Health weather Covid.
“Their energy, excitement and enthusiasm,” plus their tech savvy and work ethic, has taken some of the burden off the staff of the Health Department, its director Ginelle Jones tells The Chronicle. “Until this June, when for a while things slowed down, we were going 7 days a week,” Ms. Jones said. …
Read More »“The Warren County Board of Supervisors wants to hear your opinions about the Warren County law that allows sales and use of certain types of fireworks within the county,” said a county press release.
“Those who have opinions about the law, either pro or con, can email their comments to warrencountystrong@warrencountyny.gov for presentation to the Board of Supervisors.”
The release said, “The Board of Supervisors adopted a county law in …
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