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Romance book store planned in downtown GF
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Ashley Brownell of Queensbury plans to open a new bookstore dedicated to romance novels and fantasy books in the Ridge Street storefront that was most recently Whisper Boutique clothing store.
It’s called Just One More Chapter, “because I always say I’m going to read just one more and then I’m up until 3 a.m.,” Ms. Brownell says.
She said she hopes the store …
Read More »Chris Patten’s $6-million, 60 apartment plan at Washington, Glen, Harlem St.
By Ben Westcott & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor
Developer Chris Patten went before the City of Glens Falls Planning Board Tuesday for sketch plan review of the 60-unit “Washington Square” apartment project he is proposing at the Glen-Washington-Harlem Street block across Washington from the former Travelers Building.
“It’s going to be nice,” he told the Planning Board. “It’s going to look great across from the new Stewart’s.”…
Read More »LG Music Fest, Aug. 11-22: Classical’s back!
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Alex Lombard, founding director of the Lake George Music Festival, recalls an early interview with The Chronicle, alongside founding artistic director Barbora Kolarova.
“You called us ‘The New — Classical — Kids on the Block.’ Like, what is this crazy thing you’re trying?”
At 30 years old, they and music director Roger Kalia were aiming for the seemingly unthinkable, to bring classical music to …
Read More »LG Dinner Theatre: ‘Perfect’ clichés, but perfectly done
Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: So what if the Lake George Dinner Theatre bombards its audience with every relationship cliché imaginable in its current musical revue I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, on stage at the Holiday Inn Resort in Lake George.
Every smitch of this production is, to use their word, Perfect. Not a cue, eyeball roll, sigh or sneeze out of place.
It’s not rocket science, …
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