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Autumn Home Issue Bike Rideout fallout. Warrensburg’s 43rd World’s Largest Garage Sale, Fri-Sat-Sun. South High grad builds home & family following. Their Glens Falls ‘BOO-Loon Festival’ on Ridge Street is creative, wonderful & fun. Glens Falls: More discolored water. In Luzerne, Rockwell Falls Library Director resigns; library closed due to staff shortage. President Biden appoints SGF’s Larry Bulman as unions’ 1 rep on U.S. Labor Dept. Advisory Council. What made …

The City of Glens Falls acknowledged Tuesday it “continues to experience discoloration in the water supply as the City has begun its twice-yearly hydrant flushing program, and the system has experienced spikes in water demand from a large — as yet unidentified — user.”

The City says the water is safe.

The press release sent by Patrick Dowd, the City’s Community Development Director, said its autumn water main flushing started …

By Maury Thompson, Chronicle Freelance

An “environmentally friendly” firm that would manufacture paper products from hemp is considering opening a mill in Moreau, or perhaps elsewhere in Saratoga County, Moreau Town Supervisor Todd Kusnierz told The Chronicle.

“We’re hopeful,” Mr. Kusnierz said in a telephone interview on Monday. “It’s really in the early stages at this point.”

He said the prospective firm originally was interested in taking over the Essity …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

I don’t remember how old our son Alexander was when he asked me, “Dad, do you think the Orioles will ever get in the World Series in my lifetime?”

In my lifetime. It cut me to the bone.

My thought was: What have I done to my child?

He’s a Baltimore Oriole fanatic because I’m a Baltimore Oriole fanatic as is my older brother, as …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

I Love New York anticipates as many as 200,000 people could attend the 50th anniversary Adirondack Balloon Festival, Sept. 21 to 24, Balloon Festival President Mark Donahue tells The Chronicle.

Last year, he estimated about 150,000 attended.

As always, admission to the Balloon Festival is “100% free,” notes committee member and organizer Erin Reid Coker.

Balloon events begin tonight, Thursday, in Glens Falls and …