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Car fests weekend

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The “Vroom” is back!

Albany Rods & Kustoms Club’s Adirondack Nationals car show returns full speed to Lake George. The Adirondack Corvette Club’s annual VetteFest is back in Glens Falls. Here’s the scoop.

A full house of 1,600 colorful, souped up, reconditioned hot rods, classic and antique cars are signed up to attend the Adirondack Nationals Friday through Sunday, Sept. 9-11 at the Fort …

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Miller’s Park & Elm near opening

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Elizabeth and Ben Miller’s latest bold move is nearly complete. The mother and son developers have renovated the building at the corner of Park and Elm Streets, across from their building housing the Park Theater and Doc’s Restaurant.

Doc’s will be rebranded Park & Elm and move into the first floor. Next to it will be a specialty deli and market.

People “are very …

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Doug Frost led petition drive; calls dissolving LG Village ‘win-win’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Doug Frost set in motion this Tuesday’s referendum on whether to dissolve Lake George Village.

“I look at this as a win-win situation,” he says. “…If it does not pass, the Village Board will follow through on its own study of consolidation and long term savings for Village residents.”

Mr. Frost owns the Tom Tom Shop and Mayard Center in the village and formerly …

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At sold-out Wood: Country music’s Randy Travis & wife Mary, 9/11

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

When Randy Travis and his wife Mary take the stage for their two sold-out shows this Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Charles Wood Theater in Glens Falls, it’ll be “something different,” Mary told The Chronicle in a phone interview from Nashville this week.

The country music superstar and his wife, both 63, will give intimate “Up Close and Personal” programs.

“We haven’t done that …

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Our September 8 front page

Wedding Issue! Randy Travis. Car Fests Weekend. Lake George Village decides Tuesday. Millers’ Park & Elm near opening. Farm Wage Board backs 40 hour overtime threshold; farmers say it dooms them in NY. Cheese Tour! Plus Beer, wine, cider. Moreau Block Party. Walk for Veteran Suicide Prevention, City Park Sept. 14. Lake George Restaurant Week returns, Sept. 11-17. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts &

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