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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Activist Ralph Nader, who calls Matt Funiciello “democracy’s baker,” will come to Glens Falls this Sunday, Sept. 14, in support of the Rock Hill Bakery owner’s Green Party candidacy for Congress.

Mr. Funiciello is challenging Republican nominee Elise Stefanik and Democratic nominee Aaron Woolf.

Mr. Nader will speak at noon at the Charles Wood Theater on Glen Street, joined by Mr. Funiciello and by Howie …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

I’m not suggesting that he’s about to send the State Police across the Hudson to annex the Meadowlands in New Jersey, but am I the only person who sees the obvious parallels between New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Russian President Vladimir Putin?

Both of them understand and exercise raw power.

Gov. Cuomo couldn’t care less what the namby pamby New York Times and other …

This week is our Autumn Bridal issue with an 8-page special insert. Big local happenings in the coming week including the Adirondack Balloon Festival (starts Thursday 9/18) and the Lake George In-Water Boat Show this weekend in Lake George. 40 restaurants are participating in the 22nd annual Glens Falls Kiwanis Club’s Taste of the North Country on Sunday, Sept. 28, including more than a dozen new participants. State champ football …

Big happenings in this week’s issue! The Adirondack Nationals car show in Lake George starts Thursday, Sept. 4  with 1,500 hot rods and classics to feast your eyes on. If you prefer Corvettes, head on over to the Ramada Inn, Queensbury for VetteFest, Sept. 5-7. We also cover LocalFest in Glens Falls; the Fiddlers Jam in Thurman; Washington County Cheese Tour; Sandy Hill Days in Hudson Falls; Wine & Food …

By David Cederstrom, Chronicle Staff Writer

“I think it’s too much for the state to expect that private citizens and local government are going to pick up the water that, frankly, the state should be carrying,” Assemblyman Dan Stec told the 129th annual meeting of the Lake George Association on Friday, Aug. 22.

Mr. Stec, the meeting’s keynote speaker, praised the funding help from local municipalities and groups such as …