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Boat supply crunch eases

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

After the Covid-19 pandemic simultaneously ignited demand and disrupted supply, boats are finally back in stock.

“We’ve been fortunate that some, not all, of our suppliers have been able to keep up with production,” Andrew Brodie, General Manager of Yankee Boating Center, told The Chronicle. “We sold out of new boats last year by June, and really had limited inventory until boats started coming …

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Boats by George teases a premium boat club venture

Chronicle Staff Writer Zander Frost writes: Boats by George owner George Pensel told The Chronicle that starting “a premium Boat Club…may be something in our future.”

“But first things first…” he hastened to emphasize. “We would have to get approved with the Lake George Park Commission.”

Mr. Pensel said he tried a boat share program in 1990 “at the King Neptune lounge in Lake George Village, but at the time …

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Our June 2 front page

Americade & more! Summer Entertainment Preview. Queensbury Hotel expansion nears completion. Boat supply crunch eases. South High Class of ’71 reunion July 8-10; seeks info on grads. Boats by George teases a premium boat club venture. Hudson Falls standoff: Suicide. Warrensburg Rally is 10 days; vendors, music, free entry. Woofstock is back! GF Dragons baseball opens 6/3, East Field. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts

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Islamic Center buys former Glens Falls Christian Science bldg.

By Cathy DeDe. Chronicle Managing Editor

The Christian Science Society building in Glens Falls was purchased on April 6 by the M. Kahn Islamic Society of Upstate New York. Purchase price was $200,000.

“It will be a house of worship,” Ashfaq Mushtaq of the Islamic Society told The Chronicle.

“We have almost 40 families in the community, in Queensbury, Hudson Falls, Lake George, Argyle, Warrensburg.

“We have been looking for …

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Major downtown accident: Car goes through Davidson’s patio into Social

On Saturday morning, May 21, a vehicle drove off Glen Street in Glens Falls, through the front portion of Davidson Brothers Brewpub outdoor seating, and into a Downtown Social window.

The accident occurred before the restaurants were open for outdoor dining.

Sgt. Gerald Willette of the Glens Falls Police Department told The Chronicle Saturday that no pedestrians were involved in the crash.

He said, “the vehicle was coming out of …

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