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Double H’s new medical chief was camper there as child with cancer

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Dr. Chris Woll was an eight-year-old cancer patient from Clifton Park when he first attended Double H as a camper.

Once he started, he never stopped — “every summer, up until I aged out as a camper…I started when I was eight and came until I was 16.” Then, from “17 to 25. I came as a counselor. And I held various roles on staff …

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333 Glen for sale: $15-million

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

333 Glen — the 10-story downtown building that houses Travelers Insurance and other tenants — went on the market last week for $15-million. Glens Falls’s only “skyscraper,” it’s already generating “good interest,” says listing agent Mark Levack. He said numerous entities have filed the non-disclosure forms required to view specs on the property.

Mr. Levack touts 333 Glen — also known as Monument Square …

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Adirondack Balloon Fest is a ‘go,’ but curtailed

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

It’s a “go!” The 48th Adirondack Hot Air Balloon Festival will proceed, with a three-day run, Friday to Sunday, Sept. 24 to 26, organizer Mark Donahue tells The Chronicle.

It will be limited to 50 balloons rather than 100 — but there will still be special shapes.

Other notable changes:

• No Thursday flight in Crandall Park — That’s usually the locals-focused kickoff. “We …

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Our August 5 front page

Prime Time Seniors issue! Colossal changing of the guard at Double-H. 333 Glen for sale: $15-million. Yes, there will be an Adirondack Balloon Fest! Dick McGuire, 98 and sharp. AG concludes: Cuomo harassed women; officials declare: Resign. Special Olympics NYS Fall Games here in October. Qby. grad Keenan Slusher covers Olympics again for NBC, from Connecticut. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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Queensbury native: ‘Cheap Old Houses’ new HGTV show

By Sandra Hutchinson, Chronicle Chief Operating Officer

Elizabeth Finkelstein says that “even as a two-year-old I understood the magic of old houses.”

Her parents, Dr. Joel and Gail Solomon, raised their family in one of the most historic homes in Queensbury, on Chestnut Ridge Road. Called the Nehemiah Wing house, it was named after one of the 19th century owners, a descendant of Abraham Wing, a founder of Glens Falls.…

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