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Understanding GF’s proposed law on public demonstrations

By Gordon Woodworth & Mark Frost, Chronicle Managing Editor & Editor

The Common Council has scheduled a public hearing at 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11 on Glens Falls’s much-revised demonstrations law. The Council will likely vote on it that night.

City officials have revised the proposed law after meeting with attorneys from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

The proposed law acknowledges the constitutional right to peacefully assemble but …

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Aviator chef plans her own restaurant

By Mark Frost , Chronicle Editor

Denver Grover, the chef of the suddenly closed Aviator Restaurant at Warren County Airport, intends to opens a restaurant of her own as soon as this spring.

“I’ve had a lot of interest. I’ve had so many people within the community call me, so many different restaurants…tons of job offers,” she told The Chronicle.

She says she decided, “The next step is my own …

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Ft. William Henry’s Best Western is for sale to make way for Carriage House project

By Cathy DeDe , Chronicle Managing Editor

The Best Western of Lake George, a property owned by the Fort William Henry, is on the market for a price The Chronicle learned is $5,750,000.

“It’s a fabulous franchise, with a lot of growth,” Kathy Flacke Muncil, Fort William Henry CEO, said when contacted for comment. “We are looking to move some hard assets to cash so we can do things like …

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Ice fishing finally kicks in

By Dan Ladd, Chronicle Outdoors Editor

Saturday’s sunrise on Glen Lake sure was a pretty sight. More than 180 ice anglers turned out for the Glen Lake ice fishing derby, and conditions couldn’t have been better. Six-plus inches of ice allowed anglers to fish just about anywhere on the lake, and more fish were caught this year than at any of the previous derbies.

The rainbow trout were certainly the …

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Ice rinks made in their own backyards

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

“It’s like having another kid,” Jason McCann says of his backyard skating rink in Queensbury.

“You have to baby it. I’m constantly watching the weather forecast. When it snows, after working a 10-hour day, you’ve got to come home and not only snowblow your driveway, but then snowblow the ice.

“It’s a lot of work but a ton of fun. When you skate, it’s …

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