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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

News media are fighting over journalism’s very soul, as laid out especially clearly when New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn was interviewed earlier this month by Ben Smith, a former Times columnist who in 2022 co-founded a new media business called Semafor. Mr. Smith blazes his own trail.

He said to Mr. Kahn: “Dan Pfeiffer, who used to work for Barack Obama, recently wrote …

Memorial Day Issue Memorial Day Parade & Event listings. Americade & Wbg. Bike Rally. Prom season. What killed the birds. LG grad coaches Missouri softball to NCAA Super Regional. The Tavern adds breakfast, via six staffers from Steve’s Place. Mom & aunt of 9-year-old girl, abducted and rescued in ’23, launch podcast. Memorial Meltdown: Two-day fest in Lake George. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts …

Chris Liggio, formerly Chronicle staffer and sports commenter, writes:

Tonight, our Adirondack Thunder begin the second half of their quest in pursuit of the Kelly Cup, facing off with the Florida Everblades in the ECHL Eastern Conference Final.

Florida is pursuing their third straight championship, which would cement them as a dynasty. While Adirondack was the better team in the regular season, Estero’s squad will have a high-end player that …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, May 14, to withdraw the seven resolutions to fund $1 million to create a Joseph Warren Museum and Education Center on Gurney Lane.

“Unfortunately, since this project was first proposed in 2021, the financial realities of renovating the county-owned property on Gurney Lane for a museum made it too expensive to pursue amid budget constraints,” said …

Hi Mark,

Read the article about the Cedar Waxwings……so sad. [May 9 Chronicle, “20-30 cedar waxwings found dead in GF” outside Crandall Library.]
I haven’t been to the library in 35 plus years, and it has changed. By any chance were all these birds found at the base of a glass window? If so, then more than likely, they all flew into the glass seeing a reflection.

Spring and fall …