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Autumn Preview issue Rita Sweenor fights off rabid coyote. Lake George hazards. Washington County Fair. Deric Buck sets ‘Buck’s Tavern’ at former Blue Moose. Glens Falls Tennis & Swim Club closes. Social Security office staying open in Queensbury. Travers Saturday in Saratoga. Max in China. Rock the Dock concert Saturday celebrating Steamboat’s 200th anniversary. Classic boats in Lake George on Saturday also. Marshall Tucker band coming to LG Festival …

“I’ll give you the thumbs up,” Rita Sweenor said in posing for this photo Monday evening, five days after a rabid coyote ripped open her scalp, face, arms and legs. How is she doing? “I’m a positive person…I have a lot of recovery to do. Will I have scars? I don’t care. I am who I am. I survived.” Chronicle photo/Gordon Woodworth

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

“It …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Two Chronicle readers have contacted us in recent days aiming to alert people to separate hazards they’ve come across on Lake George.

At Sandy Bay, a shallow, very popular spot for boats to moor and people to frolic, the concern is the sharp strands at the end of the steel cable that holds the mooring buoy in place.

At Isom Bay, up the lake’s east …

Already operates Bogey’s at Bay Meadows & owns Kingsbury National

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Deric Buck, who operates Bogey’s at Bay Meadows and last year purchased Kingsbury National Golf Club, has taken over the former Blue Moose restaurant property on Route 9, just north of the Great Escape, on a lease-to-own agreement.

“We hope to open after Labor Day and before October,” Mr. Buck, 40, said when contacted …

Washington County issue Washington County Fair is August 21-27. Matt Paszko completes ‘LG 12ster’ solo Ultra Challenge. Kassidy Kuzmich, busiest girl at the Fair! Brothers, ages 3 & 5, catch six-pound bass on Glen Lake. More summer international worker profiles. GF Hospital eyes doing facility on Rt. 9 in Moreau. GF Hospital mulls selling its dialysis center. Habitat for Humanity store to open Sept. 9. Mary Sicard repeats as senior …