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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

What’s the impact of a prison closure?

For the Ballard family in Fort Ann, it’s the end of a very long era — 94 years during which four overlapping generations worked as Corrections Officers at Great Meadow, the maximum security prison in Comstock that will officially close on November 6.

With the closing date nearing, Donald M. Ballard, Sr., who lives where he grew …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

A cannabis field off of Northway Exit 17 has raised a stink in Moreau, as nearby residents complain about the strong odor the plants are giving off.

The property in question is 63 Spier Falls Road, owned by Saratoga Springs-based Shangri-La Real Estate Holdings.

The growing of cannabis at the site seemed to catch the town by surprise. An Aug. 19 notice of violation …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Small framed, casual and a little quirky, in a baseball cap and muscled arms, speech measured but intent, Gary Gallucci isn’t the stereotypical 80-year-old (whatever that is).

Piano tuner to the stars — make that “piano technician” — Mr. Gallucci is something of a quiet legend among those who know or employ him, locally famed as much for the stories he can tell as …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Winter’s Dream at Fort William Henry has been cancelled for this winter, with plans to return for next winter’s season, beginning in November 2025.

“As in baseball, this is only a rain delay,” the Warren County Coalition, which sponsored the attraction created by Moment Factory in Montreal, wrote to the Warren County Board of Supervisors.

“When we retake the field in 2025, it will …

By Mark Frost & Zander Frost, Chronicle Editor & Staff Writer

Closing is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 21, for Rich Schermerhorn’s purchase of the Kingswood National Golf Club.

“My full intention is — I’m going to get the course back to where it used to be 15-20 years ago when it was at its peak,” the real estate develeoper told The Chronicle.

“It needs a lot of love,” he said.…