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Return of the ice bars

Icing up: The Sagamore and Dunham’s Bay, Adk. Brewery and Cirelli’s

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Ice is cool again. And ice bars are hot.

The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, Dunham’s Bay Resort overlooking Lake George, Cirelli’s Osteria in South Glens Falls, and now the Adirondack Pub and Brewery in Lake George Village: This year all four will offer outdoor bars carved from massive blocks of ice.

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Our January 21 issue

Health & Fitness issue! Hacksaw Jim Duggan doing comedy, coming to Queensbury Feb. 2. Return of the ice bars. Ever had sciatica? Batman & Robin, for a cause. Civic Center gets new sign. Peter Aust out at ARCC. Manley’s Route 4 restaurant to close. 132 Glen St. Bistro sell to Rocco’s Italian-American. Cumberland Farms to build at ex-Joy Store site. Krogmann dismisses JUST Water suit, appeal to follow. No relief …

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Charles Evans Hughes: GF-bred Civil Rights hero

By William Loughrey, Special to The Chronicle

Charles Evans Hughes was born in Glens Falls to a woman of exceptionally strong faith and a father who was an abolitionist preacher, a head of the anti-slavery forces in the upper Hudson River Valley. Throughout his distinguished public career, Hughes was a civil rights stalwart, a role for which he has not been accorded credit.

For a century and a half, America’s …

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Frosts report from Israel, Jordan

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Frost family is in the midst of a two-week trip to Israel and Jordan, our first venture into the Middle East.

When our world-traveling 21-year-old son Max first proposed this adventure last fall, I’ll admit to total reluctance that was shared by my wife Sandy. I especially couldn’t see myself, as a Jew, going to Jordan and Palestinian territory.

But bit by bit, as …

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Our January 14 issue

Wedding issue! The Frost family reports from Israel, Jordan. Sawyer’s building sold. Davidson Brothers ‘Brew-ha-ha’ over tip policy. Moreau Lake water level down four feet. Emeritus Landing in Queensbury sells for $23-million. Megan Guarnier of Queensbury, top U.S. cyclist, heading to Rio Olympics. Looking for the arts, concerts, etc.? The Chronicle has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

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