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The Film Fest phenomenon

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The third annual Adirondack Film Festival posted its best numbers ever — more than 900 passes sold, significantly more top-level VIP passes, 100 films on six screens over four days, more than 100 filmmakers on site — but those stats pale in the wake of the sheer, transformative buzz of the weekend.

The Film Fest, an offshoot of the Adirondack Theatre Festival, owned the …

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Our October 25 issue

Halloween issue | Hudson Falls rescue dog who devours Thomas English Muffins wins contest as ‘Biggest Fan’. The Film Fest phenomenon. Cement company’s 125th. About GF Hospital’s pact with Albany Med. Delaney Silvernell moves ahead via ‘steal’ by Adam Levine on ‘The Voice’. Ireland trip and photos. Election letters. Pages of real estate listings… Find your dream home! Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts &

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Bunker Hill Organic Creamery opens in Argyle

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Lifelong friends Dan Richards and Kyle Depew of Argyle have opened Bunker Hill Organic Creamery in Cossayuna.

Mr. Depew said “there is a huge hole in the market for local organic, fresh-to-the-store milk. And with fluctuating milk prices, there is no price stability. With Bunker Hill Organic Creamery, we are now able to control our own prices and what we sell our milk for.”…

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Our October 18 issue

Fall is in the Air issue | Joseph Girard III chooses Syracuse. Bed tax $$ spurs
NYS basketball tourney’s likely return to GF. Bunker Hill Organic Creamery opens. Adk. Film Festival, Part III. Adk. Thunder open regular season Sat. at home vs. Beast. Trees need work & cost soars; Glens Falls budget stressed. Dunham’s Bay Marina sells for $1.8-million. Albino red-tailed hawk seen in Washington County. Pages of real estate …

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GF Symphony kicks off all-Beethoven & Bernstein season

By Patrick Daley, Chronicle Staff Writer

On Sunday, the Glens Falls Symphony dashed from the starting line in what will be a marathon season of exclusively Ludwig van Beethoven and Leonard Bernstein, celebrating the composers’ 250th and 100th birthdays (in 2019 and 2018, respectively).

Opening the festivities was Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, an intentional choice equating both composers to the Titan who stole fire from the gods …

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