Launch schedule:
Crandall Park — Thursday afternoon (followed by Glens Falls downtown Street Party)
Warren County Airport — Friday afternoon, Saturday morning & afternoon, Sunday morning
Crandall Park — Sunday afternoon
Details & full-scale Chronicle coverage below
The 49th Adirondack Hot Air Balloon Festival begins today, Thursday, Sept. 22 and continues to Sunday, Sept. 25.
“We’re back, full blown,” for the first time since Covid, says festival …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The 49th Adirondack Balloon Festival has faced challenges on multiple fronts.
There will be fewer balloons than pre-Covid, said organizer Mark Donahue. “We have 68 balloons signed up. People in the field won’t really notice the difference, but we usually try to get close to 100.”
Maybe more notable, he says, the Crandall Park launches on Thursday and Sunday afternoon will be limited to …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The Open Door Mission’s Big Balloon Breakfast is back this year at Warren County Airport but it will take place in a tent, not in the hangar, which is undergoing renovations.
Breakfast is served during the Balloon Festival on both Saturday and Sunday, from 6 to 10 a.m. Cost: $10, $6 child.
About 26 volunteers are still needed for Sunday morning to do jobs …
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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The City of Glens Falls has installed sensors under 150 parking spaces on downtown streets, part of a Smart City Technologies Grant overseen by development director Jeff Flagg.
The sensors are on Warren, Glen and Ridge Streets in the first block out from the roundabout, and on South Street from Glen Street to School Street.
“It’s a pilot program,” Dr. Flagg tells The Chronicle. …
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