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Halloween has range of frights!

From Bat Week in Moreau to BooTown in Fort Ann, from Dancing Witches and the Goblin Gallop to Ghost Stories and Trunk or Treat, northern New York gets very Halloweeny! Check our guide below!

All Abilities at the Mall For Halloween

All Abilities Productions of Upstate New York, inclusive theater company founded by Andy O’Rourke of Glens Falls, holds its second annual Haunted House at their rehearsal space in Aviation …

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Thunder home open Saturday; smash season tix sales mark

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Adirondack Thunder have their first home game on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. against the Trois-Rivieres Lions.

Team President Jeff Mead said Monday the game was “very close” to selling out, and that the Thunder had already sold about 2,400 season tickets, shattering the previous record of 1,614 season tickets sold set last year.

He said the Thunder offer the lowest priced …

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Epic 3 hour Occupancy Tax meeting: Requests total $1.4 million; $700,000 offered

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

That was one heck of an epic Warren County Occupancy Tax meeting, Monday morning, Oct. 21. It clocked in at two minutes shy of three hours. Fifty-two entities requested grants totaling well more than $1.4-million — with only $700,000 budgeted to give out by the county.

It was a who’s-who and showcase of the local scene. CEOs and board leaders of signature arts organizations, …

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Queensbury Ward 2: Scott Gushlaw, Kim Bullard vie to finish term of Harrison Freer

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Republican Scott Gushlaw, 55, and Democrat Kimberly Bullard, 53, are vying to fill the Queensbury Ward 2 town board seat left vacant by the death of Democrat Harrison Freer. Election Day is Nov. 5.

Mr. Gushlaw moved to Queensbury eight years ago from the Niskayuna/Glenville area. He graduated from Troy High School and earned a bachelors degree in accounting and a masters in taxation …

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Basset hound puppy bitten near East Field

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

A five-month old basset hound puppy suffered a wound on his neck after he was allegedly bitten by a boxer/pomsky mix near East Field three weekends ago.

A Glens Falls Police Department report states that at 2:31 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, an officer was dispatched to the playground for a report of a dog fight.

The report says that on arrival the officer …

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