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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Anthony Merrill emailed to say he works at the Fort William Henry. He offered to connect us with Ukranians he worked with there in past summers.

On Monday we spoke via Zoom with Nikita Nakonechny, who said he worked summers for the Fort William Henry in 2014 and 2015.

Mark: How are you?

Nikita: Good as possible for now. You understand, probably.

Mark: How scary …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Real estate investing is “in” for these two local 20-somethings.

Joey Lufkin, Argyle class of 2013, was 23 when he bought his first apartment property in Utica. “When I was a senior in college [at Hartwick] I lived off campus in Oneonta in a guy’s house and there were six of us and we each paid $3,000 a semester. I started adding up the …

By Sandra Hutchinson, Chronicle Assistant Publisher

Nettle Meadow Farm & Artisan Cheese is now making all its cheeses in Lake Luzerne, at the classic log Hitching Post building that it bought in 2020 and spent two years renovating.

Sheila Flanagan and Lorraine Lambiase have operated Nettle Meadow in Thurman in the mountains of northwest Warren County since 2005, when they quit legal careers in California to buy the then 50-acre …

Insurance & Investing Issue Gearing up for St. Patrick’s Day. Nettle Meadow makes its move. Nikita in Ukraine. In their 20s, investing in real estate. Couple buys Tahawus rail line for $3.3-million, aiming to ship military titanium. LG Park Commission seeks septic system inspection every five years. Glens Falls Middle School 7th & 8th Grade Boys Basketball went 26-0. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Hartford Supervisor Dana Haff alerted The Chronicle to Barbara Klaiber, his friend and classmate (Hartford Central School Class of 1978) who in 1998 with Jane Hyatt founded and operates an orphanage in Kyiv, Ukraine.

As of Monday, Ms. Klaiber reported that the she was situated in a bomb shelter with the children and staff of the orphanage. Tuesday morning Ms. Klaiber posted on Facebook, …