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Our July 20 issue

Summer Dining Magazine inside Dan Ladd finally sees a moose in the Adirondacks. Saratoga Race Track opens for season. GF Little League All-Star softball photo goes viral. Thunder hockey affiliate will be New Jersey Devils. Carl R’s sold, closes. Warren County eyes self-insuring health coverage, $11-million cost. Chestertown Methodist to mark building’s 150th year. Airport runway vote Friday for more FAA funds. Our intern Nick, on Splashwater Kingdom’s new ‘Bonzai …

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Our July 13 issue

Health & Fitness issue Special Double H 25th birthday section! Hadley Mountain fire tower centennial. Bring back the falls at Hudson Falls. SPAC’s ambitious new president. Lake George Youtheatre opens 40th year. Will El Mexicano reopen in Hudson Falls? Mazzone to cater events at Lake George Marriott. Lake George protection push a ‘national model.’ Lake George sewer line break possibly causing Million Dollar Beach woes. Pro-Am Volleyball Tourney in Lake …

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The end of Log Bay Day

How officials devised their plan to halt it permanently

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Shortly after the tragic boating death of 8-year-old Charlotte McCue in the hours after Log Bay Day last July 25, authorities were already discussing how to end once and for all the rowdy annual gathering on Lake George on the last Monday of July.

“This was not a knee-jerk reaction. It was an eight-month process,” …

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Musicman Rich Ortiz bags big bass for fishing magazine cover

By Gordon Woodworth,Chronicle News Editor

Local musician Rich Ortiz is in the midst of his busy season, but he still finds time to catch monster bass.

And a recent impromptu outing on an unnamed area lake could result in his photo being on the cover of the national Angler Magazine.

“I just had my first-ever article published in the Upstate New York Angler about bass fishing, and heard through the …

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What’s brewing in Granville

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Downtown Granville will be getting a brewery. Slate Town Brewing, a start-up, has purchased 31 Main Street, across from Scotty’s, and plans to open before Christmas.

“We just closed on the building last week,” Susan Knapp told The Chronicle.

Ms. Knapp was married to Dan Wilson, the second-generation owner of the Hicks apple orchard. After a divorce that both describe as amicable, last summer …

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