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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Director Chad Rabinovitz tells The Chronicle that more than 1,000 people purchased passes for this year’s fourth annual Adirondack Film Festival, Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 17 to 20, in downtown Glens Falls. Last year, the festival sold about 700 passes, he said.

“More important,” Mr. Rabinovitz says, festival volunteers counted a total of 6,692 people in seats at the weekend’s nearly 70 screening blocks.…

The students in Broadway Upstate perform West Side Story (school edition of the Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical) Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 24-27, at the Wood Theater in Glens Falls. Curtain times are Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m, and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Tix: $20. Box office: 480-4878.

West Side Story is “one of the most memorable musicals and greatest love stories of all …

Halloween issue Hudson Falls in full-scale glory! Mark Scialabba at the World Series. NYS Health Dept. on why Warren County has high cancer rate cites smoking, alcohol. Argyle: 4 vie for 2 town board seats; plus vote on alcohol sales. Atherton buys Pat’s Dugout. Lots of Halloween events! Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Friday and Saturday, Fort William Henry president Sam Luciano will drive to Albany to pick up men in recovery at Father Peter Young’s addiction treatment halfway house. He’ll bring them to the Lake George resort to clean hotel rooms, and then drive them home.

He did the same thing last weekend, when the hotel was fully booked. It’s sold out again this weekend. He’s …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes:

I tried out Richie’s Plank Experience, one of the Virtual Reality offerings for this year’s Adirondack Film Festival, which runs October 17 to 20.

The scene behind the VR mask was a plank suspended from the 80th floor of a skyscraper. My feet never left the ground but I was unhinged, knees still shaking for two hours afterwards.

Yes, I did it — only …