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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

There’s fresh hope that travel between Glens Falls and Hudson Falls will return to normal next month.

The Chronicle received numerous calls asking why work on the Route 254 project on Lower Warren and River Streets in Queensbury seemed to have stalled and the road remains closed since March, inconveniencing many and hampering several businesses.

We contacted the State Department of Transportation, which said …

By Maury Thompson, Chronicle Freelance

The Open Door mission at 226 Warren Street in Glens Falls has reversed plans and will provide “Code Blue” shelter services this winter and going forward.

“The winter months, you need that safety to get in out of the cold,” Jamie Munyon, executive director of The Open Door, told The Chronicle Monday.

With renovation of the third floor completed, he said it will be possible …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Big reaction to our front-page article last week about the senior citizen in Lake George who is paying $765 for The Post-Star. (She phoned to thank me for putting it in the paper and said that she cancelled her credit card and got a different one “because I don’t trust The Post-Star” not to keep charging her.

At last count there were 167 comments on …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The 50th Adirondack Balloon Festival opens a day early with a pre-festival cocktail party and moonglow on Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 5-8 p.m. at Hiland Park in Queensbury. Tickets are $40.

As of Sunday, 300 people had registered for the party, with more expected, including groups by major sponsors, said Balloon Fest organizer Mark Donahue.

He said it’s the festival’s first paid event in …