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Dean Brown succeeds Kim Cook heading The Open Door
By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
After nine years as Open Door Mission President, Kim Cook has stepped down. “She would now like some time to rest and spend time with her family,” wrote board chair Jeff Purner.
Dean Brown, The Open Door’s Chief Integration Officer, a Glens Falls native and Corinth graduate and resident, has succeeded her.
Mr. Brown is pastor of the South Corinth United Methodist Church and …
Read More »Warren County ARPA duel ends with accidental compromise
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Did the faction-afflicted Warren County Board of Supervisors just stumble into a moment of “Kumbaya?”
Last Friday’s monthly meeting included dueling resolutions whose unexpected outcome was accidental compromise.
It involved ARPA, the committee charged with guiding how the County will spend its $12.4 million grant from the U.S. American Recovery Plan Act.
Johnsburg Supervisor Andrea Hogan stepped down as ARPA chair on January 18, …
Read More »What he touts in Vermont
By Chris Liggio, Chronicle Staff Writer
Several weeks back, some of you may recall a piece written by Mark Frost about his weekend getaway to Dorset, Vermont.
This quaint little town is one over from a more familiar territory to me, Manchester Center, Vermont. While Dorset has its own special appeal for those looking to get away from it all, if you’re looking for more variety of things to do, …
Read More »Hudson Falls photographer Richard Bloomer rediscovered
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
There are so many interesting storylines about the exhibit on view now through June 30 at the Folklife Center in the basement of Crandall Public Library.
It’s called “Life Through Bloomer’s Lens: Portraits from the Richard M. Bloomer Glass Plate Negative Collection.”
One storyline is the somewhat miraculous way that Richard M. Bloomer has been rescued from oblivion.
He operated a portrait photo studio on …
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