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Last licks for Kitsch?

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Twenty-six years is a lot of black velvet art — but we may be seeing the end of the roll.

The Lake George Arts Project says this may be the final year for the Black Velvet Art Party, which continues to require massive work for a decreasing return, director John Strong tells The Chronicle.

This year’s BVAP, as it’s sometimes …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Chronicle talked by phone Sunday with Congresswoman-elect Elise Stefanik in Washington, D.C., in the midst of an eight-day orientation.

Ms. Stefanik said she had “just finished a brunch with Mia Love [Utah], Mimi Walters [California], Martha McSally [Arizona] and Barbara Comstock [Virginia], who are the other newly elected Republican women.”

Ms. Stefanik at 30 is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.

Ms. …

Area homelessness. Historic Glens Falls home for sale. Elise Stefanik interview. Susan Balfour gives her side of Planned Parenthood story. Glens Falls bottled water business has opponents. South Glens Falls Holiday Parade lineup. Holiday party planning. Arts and Entertainment options abound. Only 4 Chronicles until Christmas!

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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

I take elections at face value. I assume the voters did what they wanted to do. I don’t think they’re stupid. I don’t think they’re misled. I try to understand their thinking, whether or not they voted the way I hoped they would. (In this case, I agreed with many of the results.)

Anyway, some thoughts.

1. Republican Elise Stefanik not only won, she won …

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