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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

“I think getting an offer from Duke made everything more serious,” Glens Falls High School junior Joseph Girard III told The Chronicle after a 90-minute basketball workout Sunday.

“Before, it was enjoyable and it’s still enjoyable, but…it’s time to see who is really focusing on me. I haven’t cut my list yet, but we’re starting to see which schools are focusing on me.”

Girard …

14 Hudson, developer Sonny Bonacio’s new mixed-use building next to Glens Falls Hospital, is filling up.

Work is under way preparing for SUNY Adirondack’s culinary arts program moving there, and the hospital is also planning to lease space, too.

“Glens Falls Hospital is leasing roughly 26,000 square feet of the newly constructed Bonacio building adjacent to the hospital’s Emergency Department,” said spokeswoman Katelyn Cinzio, responding to a Chronicle query.

“Split …

Former MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan declared his Democratic candidacy for the 21st District Congressional seat held by Republican Elise Stefanik.

Two other Democrats dropped out of the race — Greenwich Town Supervisor Sara Idelman and Tanya Boone of Granville.

Mr. Ratigan, 45, admitted at his Feb. 21 Saranac Lake press conference that he has never voted. “I was disgusted by the choices available to me,” he said. He registered to …

South High Marathon Dance issue | Boat Show this weekend at the Dome! Glens Falls Brew Fest. GF Hospital to lease 26,000 sq/ft at 14 Hudson. Dylan Ratigan enters race for Congress. Mayor Dan Hall & wife Sharon off to Saga City, Japan in April. Hyde fashion coming March 10. Lots of real estate listings… Find your dream home! Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

New director Elizabeth Sobol ended her first year at the helm of Saratoga Performing Arts Center on a high — a sold-out concert in early December, where the esteemed St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra performed all six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos before about 700 patrons at Bethesda Episcopal Church in Saratoga Springs.

It’s exactly the kind of off-season success Ms. Sobol told The Chronicle she’s …