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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

After a two-year hiatus, the Glens Falls YMCA’s Gators swim team is finally back.

“We’re very excited. We’re hoping to start up on September 19th,” says head coach Dennie Wilson.

Tryouts were set for yesterday and today, Sept. 14 and 15, but that might pause. Ms. Wilson said the new pool heater wasn’t working as of Monday; repairs are imminent.

Pre-Covid, the Gators team …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

T3 Coaching, the “Customized Triathlete Coaching” program founded by Kevin Crossman, has grown organically into sizable community.

“This year alone, we’ll have approximately 50 athletes that we coach,” he said. “And we have five USAT certified coaches on staff.”

Coach Crossman teaches physical education at Glens Falls Middle School, and coaches the Varsity Boys Swim Team.

He said T3 spots are in short supply. …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Dylan McDonnell isn’t altogether at ease with the Birthday Bash fund-raiser set for Friday, Sept. 30, 5 to 10 p.m. in the Queen’s Ballroom at the Queensbury Hotel, marking his 45th birthday.

Dylan, Glens Falls High School Class of 1995, was diagnosed at age 19 with the debilitating disease Friedreich’s Ataxia.

For 10 years, 2007-2017, Dylan, his family and friends organized a benefit for …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Hal Raven, 43, has loved trains all his life. Now he owns one. Not just a train, a railway. In May he launched the Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway offering scenic train rides on a 90-minute, 14-mile round-trip ride between Corinth and Greenfield Center, passing landmarks and marshes along the way. Where the train crosses roads, people get out of their vehicles and watch …