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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Hyde Collection has installed a staggered series of 4,000-pound concrete barricades in front of the main entrance on Warren Street. Hyde CEO Norman Dascher said the museum added the new security measure when it closed in accordance with state coronavirus mandates.

“Do you like our new outdoor sculptures?,” Mr. Dascher joked when contacted by The Chronicle. Then he explained, “As soon as museums …

Is there pent-up demand for people to get out and have fun? Sunday’s scene at Rookie’s Cookies & Creme in Fort Edward suggests a resounding yes. Open for drive-thru only, the non-stop line of cars wrapped entirely around the building, and were lined up in both directions on Broadway (U.S. Route 4) waiting to turn in. Across the street, Fort Hudson nursing home has been hard hit by Covid.

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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

I gave Andy Cruikshank a call last week. He’s the CEO of Fort Hudson Health System. That’s a hard job. Especially now. Nursing homes are ground zero in the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide. Locally, nearly all the people dying are or were in nursing homes.

I wondered how Andy sees things. I wondered how he, the staff and the patients and residents are coping.

I talked …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Steph Kocher at 163 Taproom, located on Canada Street in Lake George Village, called to ask that The Chronicle help her urge people to come take her restaurant up on its free meals program “for anyone who needs.”

Ms. Kocher explained: Taproom customers are invited to donate $10 to purchase a meal to be received by someone in need. “I put a paper up …

Mother’s Day Issue! Talk mom to us. Mayor Hall’s grandson battles leukemia. Hudson Headwaters expands Covid tests. 163 Taproom in LG, urges: Take free meals!, via customer donors. Push still on to save Saratoga Racing season. 19 Warren County COVID deaths, most lived in nursing homes. Warren County drive-thru food pantry fed more than 2,000. Music, art, more now live online! Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s …