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Join us Friday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. for The Chronicle Open House, part of the Hometown Holidays event through downtown. Bernice Ende talks about the first half of her 8,000-mile horseback ride. Dan Miner reveals 35-year battle with depression. Sam’s Diner Operation Santa push to raise $10,000. Operation Santa will also be auctioning off a flute signed by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson. ‘JUST Beverages’ site plan approved. Dave Wick’s job is …

By Patrick Daley, Chronicle Staff Writer

For the first time since 1987, The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting comments regarding amendments to New York State’s State Land Master Plan (SLMP).

The non-profit Adirondack Powder Skier Association (APSA) is lobbying for an amendment to allow backcountry skiing in the Adirondacks that adheres to New York State Constitution Article 14, known as the “Forever Wild” clause.

APSA president and founding member Ron …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Last week’s storm that saw parts of the Buffalo area get socked with five feet of lake effect snow prompted me to wonder: How do they cope with such an onslaught?

We put the question out there on the Internet and urged people who might know people in the Buffalo vicinity to put us in touch with them.

That led to the following e-mail exchange …

52 packed pages this week! The Flames are on fire…8 game winning streak! Adk. Flames jersey auction raises $16,594 for Wounded Warriors. Queensbury football going for second straight NYS title. How do the folks in Buffalo deal with all that snow?…We get some answers from the people living through it. Cuomo trying to force Dave Wick out at the Lake George Park Commission. Local band ‘Wild Adriatic’ on European tour. …

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 …