Thursday, April 3, 2025

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Surprised by Wood Theater full house for Troy Ramey

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Who even were all these people? The Wood Theater was sold out on Friday night for Troy Ramey, an independent country-soul-rock edged singer-songwriter and effusive storyteller who’d booked the show himself, then filled the place — overbooked by about 20 seats, even, Wood Director Emily Murphy told The Chronicle — at $45 a seat.

Mr. Ramey told The Chronicle in advance of the show, …

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Cool Arena: We aim to bring more cagematch events

A website offering tickets to the February 7 Cage Wars event at the Cool Insuring Arena said it is sold out as of Tuesday.

NY-21 congressional hopeful Anthony Constantino has promoted the event, offering the tickets for free. He has said Roger Stone and retired MMA fighter Jorge Masvidal will attend.

Politics aside, Cool Insuring Arena CEO Jeff Mead said he plans to host more cagematch events like this.

“The …

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Rare goose causes traffic jam in Greenwich

“The town and village of Greenwich had a week-long event that just ended, and the event was the presence in the Battenkill along the village line of a Eurasian goose that has never been seen in New York State, and some say has never been seen in the Northeastern United States,” Greenwich Supervisor Jim Nolan said at Friday’s Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting.

“It drew people from many surrounding …

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Our January 23 front page

Winter Home Issue! Rough start: Glens Falls in 2025. Traded houses. Moose rescue. Cool Insuring Arena. Times Union says Tague & Joy rise for GOP Congress nod; Constantino: ‘Fake News!’ Trump pardons include GF man, Hadley woman for Jan. 6, 2021. Glens Falls boys basketball has won 40 straight games. West Mountain alpine village plan gets pushback at hearing. Ice Bars return! In Lake George & Bolton. Rare goose causes …

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Cool loses out on Section 2 Boys Wrestling and Basketball finals this year

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls will not host the final days of the Section II Boys Basketball championships or the entirety of the Section II Boys Wrestling tournaments this winter for the first time in many years.

Arena President Jeff Mead, contacted for comment by The Chronicle, says his understanding is that the entire schedule “was moved a week forward” this …

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