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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Warren County Administrator John Taflan told The Chronicle the County still plans to hold public sessions to discuss a possible increase of the County sales tax from 7% to 8%. Dates are not yet set.

But Mr. Taflan added, “Where we are is, we believe it will only make sense to do if some of the other counties intend to move too. So, Washington …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Warren County Board of Supervisors unanimously censured Queensbury At-Large Supervisor Brad Magowan on Aug. 30 for failing to disclose conflicts of interest violating the County code of ethics.

Mr. Magowan’s Bilt Well Construction did work for tour boat company ADK Excursions for which he was paid $4,360 in part through County ARPA funds, from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

The County Board …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

With the South Glens Falls School District in the midst of a $33,620,000 capital project that includes construction of a turf stadium, the Bulldogs’ varsity football team will play its home games this season on Schuylerville Central School’s field. Only two games are affected.

This year SGF has six away games scheduled and just two “home” games, vs. Mohonasen Oct. 4 and Burnt Hills-Ballston …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

I came across a podcast, then looked up on the American Heart Association website to discover, with some surprise, that there’s a new way of thinking about CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Particularly for laypeople who might find ourselves with a loved one or a stranger in cardiac distress, the new protocol favors “breathless” or compression-only CPR.

In other words: No need to breathe into the …

Dr. Jordan Blackwood was raised in Jamaica; educated in Atlanta; lived in Manhattan and Westchester for his residency, commuting for some of that for a fellowship in Connecticut, and then — came here to Adirondack Cardiology and Glens Falls Hospital.

“I’m enjoying it,” he says, in the North Country. “As I always tell the guys, if I wasn’t enjoying it, I’d be gone for sure.

“When you don’t necessarily have …