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Post-Election issue Everyone’s a winner in U.S. election. At the Pinnacle, of November’s heat wave. 76 years later, Bill Miller, 94, WWII veteran gets diploma. LGA: ‘Infuriating’ first Harmful Algal Bloom on Lake George. Matt Rozell takes space at Shirt Factory; 2 new WWII books; film halt. 5 Local 773 members plead guilty to defrauding Plumbers union. Covid cut off camp; Under the Woods got creative so kids weren’t left …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Hoppy Trails is here again.

Under new ownership and after being grounded since the coronavirus shutdown in March, the Hoppy Trails Brew Bus is once again bringing groups to the region’s 20 or so craft breweries, distilleries and wineries.

“Right away, the first actual time we rented it out was the 17th of October,” says new owner Dawn Biddescombe. “This weekend and the next …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Elise Stefanik is an extremely effective member of Congress. She makes significant headway for the 21st District. She’s smart, hard-working, knows the communities’ needs and tries to address them.

Glens Falls Hospital has struggled for years because it serves a largely poor, rural area but isn’t accorded the rural designation that would open up funding streams. Congresswoman Stefanik didn’t just deliver the hospital $44-million, she’s …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

On Friday, Oct. 30, after 46 years, Dr. John Rugge will stop seeing patients. “Halloween Eve,” he quips. “How appropriate.”

Dr. Rugge turned 76 years old on Oct. 4.

Even as he was the driving force turning Hudson Headwaters Health Network into a far-flung, $110-million primary care juggernaut treating a thousand people a day from greater Glens Falls to the Canadian border, Dr. Rugge kept …

Election issue Candidate statements. Dr. John Rugge stops treating patients. Betty Little cancer. Glens Falls & YMCA plan land swap. Wood Theater: ‘Approaching a dire situation,’ does cutbacks. Festival of Trees a go, but only as a ‘Holiday Shop,’ no usual events. Whitney land for sale; Dan went hiking & took a look. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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