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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Hugs were dished out as frequently as chicken wings Saturday night as customers streamed in to say goodbye to Grumbellies Eatery in downtown Fort Ann.

It was the final night of what owner/chef Jeff Hamblin calls “the last of the family-oriented music halls.”

Grumbellies had been around for eight years. But recently, the owner of the 115-year-old building on the corner of Catherine and …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

State Senator Jim Tedisco and Randy Simons, New York State Parks Commissioner Pro Tempore, cut the ribbon Thursday, July 11, officially opening the Big Bend Preserve addition to Moreau Lake State Park. Entry and parking is available at 110 Old Bend Road. The address says Fort Edward, but it’s actually in the Town of Moreau.

New York’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation described …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

As a student at Queensbury High School, Class of 1998, Nick Baroudi wasn’t a theater kid, mostly, he says, because he didn’t have the singing chops for shows that, as at many high schools, focused on musicals.

But he has since found his way as a professional actor on stage and screen. This week he makes his debut with the Adirondack Theatre Festival, playing …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The King’s Wife, it has legs. A musical-in-progress about Henry the Eighth’s first two wives, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, The King’s Wife was powerfully sung and acted in a concert version by the Adirondack Theatre Festival last month.

Set with contemporary costumes that yet indicated historical context, and played on a stage, nearly bare except for the band, and a line of …