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Fought off a rabid coyote; Rita is a survivor!

Rita Sweenor
“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 …

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Lake George hazards

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 …

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Deric Buck sets ‘Buck’s Tavern’ at the former Blue Moose

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 …

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Our August 17 issue

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 …

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Our August 10 issue

Back-to-School issue Bolton Historical Museum’s handsome new addition. King of the Subways. LARAC’s Have a Seat. Youtheatre’s 40th. Adirondack Thunder’s new regime. Robert & Lisa Moser’s $2.5-million gift to Albany Med. Starting August 19, must dial 518 prefix with all local calls. Lots of real estate listings… Find your dream home! Concerts, comedy, shows… Page after page of things to do. The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts &

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