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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Queensbury developer Rich Schermerhorn envisions building more than 100 apartments on the Quaker Road site where F.W. Webb proposed and then withdrew constructing a 96,0000 square-foot distribution center and retail store.

The proposal is very preliminary.

Mr. Schermerhorn, his attorney Jonathan Lapper and project engineer Joe Dannible met informally with town officials in a workshop on November 15.

Mr. Lapper said, “Rich now has the …

Happy Thanksgiving! Biochar. SGF Parade. Got his Purple Heart at 102; took 80 years… Quirky paint job gives blank building a personality! Schermerhorn proposes 100+ apartments on Quaker Road. ‘Winter Realms’ opens in LG, Friday. Thanksgiving Day: Free dinners in GF & Argyle; wobbles & runs. Festival of Trees at Queensbury Hotel. Paul Smith’s light display returns: Clayton Ave., GF. ‘Holiday Lights’ in Washington County. Doug Duell, pitcher on Ithaca …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

A year ago Kathleen Emerson was a nurse practitioner in the office of Dr. Donald Merrihew, Jr. on Bay Road in Queensbury.

“When Dr. Merrihew decided to retire, we realized that a lot of patients were having trouble trying to get into a primary care office. They were just having to wait months and months. So after hearing a month or two of people struggling …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

For the second straight year, Lake George volleyball will take the short trip to Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls for the Class D New York State final four.

The Lakers (16-3) will take on Tuxedo (17-4) in the state semifinals at the Cool Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:15 p.m.

The Lake George-Tuxedo winner will meet either Section VI champion Chautauqua Lake or Candor …

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

The Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek has a new structure that will reduce the Town of Johnsburg’s expense and enable a hoped-for infusion of private contributions and grants.

The Town Board on Oct. 17 unanimously approved a 20-year lease of the building to Tannery Pond Center, the not-for-profit group that has been organizing arts events and exhibits at the center.

Benefactors …