So Many Events! County mulls sales tax hike. Mosers plan Athletic Center at former Nautilus. Q&A: Biden stay or go? Rob Girard chosen for NYS Basketball Hall of Fame. Many fewer jets than expected came to airport during Belmont; not like eclipse. Saratoga Race Course: Tumbler, hat, give-aways. Rock the Dock! Saturday in Lake George. Spa’s Homemade Theater terminates paid staff trying ‘to survive’. Town of Chester celebrates 225th; Saturday …
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Teens charged in Glens Falls stabbing, arson, more
Glens Falls Police have arrested several juveniles on felony level charges over the last few months, the department announced in a Facebook post.
The police reported an attempted arson of a Maple Street commercial building. The Police said at the Board of Public Safety meeting that arson was attempted at the Queensbury Hotel. Minor damage to the building’s exterior area was reported.
The department alleged the subjects identified at the …
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Happy Independence Day! So much to do on July 3, 4, 5, 6, 7! Shepard Park stage destroyed by fire. Trump vs. Biden reactions. Glens Falls installs security cameras in parks. Dog bitten by rattlesnake. ProcellaCOR used in Lake George after Muller lifts restraining order. Paula Collins’ ‘reeducation camp’ comment blew up in race vs. Elise Stefanik. City Park stabbing under investigation; ‘no public danger’. Jimmer joins Reese’s. Concerts, comedy, …
Read More »Dog bitten by rattlesnake
By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
A story posted about a dog bitten by a timber rattlesnake on the Fifth Peak trail in Lake George’s Tongue Mountain Range spread widely on social media.
An unnamed hiker posted May 27 on the Reddit app that the previous day their 15-pound dog was bitten on the trail.
The hiker wrote that on the way down from the peak, approximately two miles from …
Read More »Glens Falls installs security cameras in parks
By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
Last week, someone asked in a Glens Falls community Facebook group, “What is the new ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park?”
“Cameras,” Glens Falls 2nd Ward Councilman Bob Landry replied. “They now monitor all our City parks.”
A city official told The Chronicle that the so-called ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park is a multi-camera security unit, one of 18 installed in city parks. Each unit …
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