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Our July 3 front page

Happy Independence Day! So much to do on July 3, 4, 5, 6, 7! Shepard Park stage destroyed by fire. Trump vs. Biden reactions. Glens Falls installs security cameras in parks. Dog bitten by rattlesnake. ProcellaCOR used in Lake George after Muller lifts restraining order. Paula Collins’ ‘reeducation camp’ comment blew up in race vs. Elise Stefanik. City Park stabbing under investigation; ‘no public danger’. Jimmer joins Reese’s. Concerts, comedy, …

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Dog bitten by rattlesnake

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

A story posted about a dog bitten by a timber rattlesnake on the Fifth Peak trail in Lake George’s Tongue Mountain Range spread widely on social media.

An unnamed hiker posted May 27 on the Reddit app that the previous day their 15-pound dog was bitten on the trail.

The hiker wrote that on the way down from the peak, approximately two miles from …

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Glens Falls installs security cameras in parks

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Last week, someone asked in a Glens Falls community Facebook group, “What is the new ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park?”

“Cameras,” Glens Falls 2nd Ward Councilman Bob Landry replied. “They now monitor all our City parks.”

A city official told The Chronicle that the so-called ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park is a multi-camera security unit, one of 18 installed in city parks. Each unit …

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Fireworks!

Wednesday, JULY 3

Crandall Park, Glens Falls: GF Symphony Orchestra Independence Day Pops Concert at 7:30 p.m. Family festival and car show beforehand & finale of fireworks accompanied by music at dark.

Washington County Fairgrounds:, Fireworks at dusk, as part of community fest.

Hague: 9:15 p.m. at Town Beach and Park.

Thursday, JULY 4

Lake George Village: 9:30 p.m. View from Shepard Park or Beach Road. …

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Fire strikes Lake George …the music will go on

Shepard Park stage destroyed; Mayor: ‘We’ll salvage the summer’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“We’re still open for business. We’re gonna salvage this summer. We’re Lake George strong,” Village Mayor Ray Perry said Sunday looking at the charred remains of the Shepard Park bandstand, still standing at the time.

By Monday, the mayor was buoyant. “This is an opportunity to make the greatest amphitheater in the Northeast,” Mayor Perry …

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