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Zander Frost writes: In March, The Chronicle published a cartoon submitted by Ben Fishel showing two birds comparing their poop to the Lake George outline decals seen on cars around the region.

Now it’s a T-shirt courtesy of Bolton- based apparel company Local, who say they originally popularized the original Lake George-shaped decal.

“You can blame us for 15,000+ of the cars you see with this bird sh*t on them,” …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Lake George Town Supervisor Dennis Dickinson hopes the Lake George Village dissolution proposal “is turned down” by village voters in the September 13 vote.

“I’m not sure dissolution is the way to go, that it is beneficial to all parties,” Mr. Dickinson told The Chronicle. He confirmed the position after last week’s Laberge Group consultant presentation.

He notes, as does the Laberge study, that …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Moreau Planning Board approved the Saratoga Biochar facility, with stipulations, by a 4-2 vote Thursday night.

John Arnold, Erik Bergman, Meredithe Mathias and Adam Seybolt voted in favor.

Ann Purdue, Esq. and Michael Shaver voted against.

Hundreds of project opponents lined the entryway to the town hall prior to the meeting, carrying “no Biochar” signs.

Security was present. Meeting attendees had to pass …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Eric Canori’s well-written, fast-paced new memoir Pressure is juicy and sensational enough to conceivably find a national audience, but it’s absolutely sure to hit the jackpot here.

He’s a Queensbury High School grad who went to SUNY Plattsburgh and became a massively successful marijuana distributor along the way. When the feds finally caught him, he says he turned over $12-million including $2-million in gold bars …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

David Shiffman has a photo of himself as a boy floating on an inflatable shark.

“I feel like most little kids go through a shark or a dinosaur thing at some point,” he told The Chronicle Monday. “And I just never grew out of it.”

A marine conservation biologist, Dr. Shiffman, 38, has a new hot-selling book, Why Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the …