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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

When Glens Falls High School graduate Griffin Woodell first walked on to the University at Albany’s football team last fall, he certainly wasn’t thinking about the possibility of one day being named the Coastal Athletic Association’s Offensive Rookie of the Year.

“It never crossed my mind that I would do it,” Woodell said.

But that was before he was given a scholarship in August, …

The four Minogue’s Beverage Centers in Queensbury, Malta, Saratoga Springs and Wilton are newly rebranded as BEVS.

The move was made by the Vukelic family, owners of beer distributor Saratoga Eagle, who purchased the beverage centers from the Minogue family in 2021.

“The BEVS brand was created out of a desire to be short, to-the-point, and memorable,” announced Trampoline Design. “It’s informal, and visually bold — yet bubbly. A retail …

Hickory Hill Ski center in Warrensburg said it has secured financial assistance from two outdoor companies — Indy Pass and Unofficial Networks — and “may run its lifts for the first time in eight years.”

Last week the Ski Center put out a call for supporters to buy season passes so it could buy the “liability insurance required for state certification of our lifts for operation.”

Hickory’s “plight caught the …

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

The State Assembly and Senate have passed a bill to move most local and county elections, now held in odd-numbered years, to even-numbered years coinciding with state and federal elections.

Gov. Hochul has until Dec. 31 to either sign or veto the legislation, or let it become law without her signature.

If the legislation, which applies to municipalities outside New York City, becomes …

First Look: ‘Winter’s Dream’! Car Wash and Steve’s Place. Kennys sell Adirondack Outlet Mall. Hochul by 12/31 likely to decide: Move most local elections to even years, on federal, state schedule, with Prez & Gov. 100 attend GF School workshop seeking to lower 26% absent rate. Hickory Ski gets funding, can open lifts. Historic Salem corner vacant again; Jacko’s revival as small plates kitchen, bar, music ends. Minogues stores renamed …