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Billy Floyd: Thunder’s ‘Locked In’ vibe maker

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

If you’ve been to Adirondack Thunder hockey games, you know Billy Floyd.

In his sweet suits, white sneaks and endless smiles, he bounds around Cool Insuring Arena, running trivia and other between-period contests on the Jumbotron, high-fiving little kids, shooting T-shirts into the crowd, raising the audience energy level to 11.

Who is this 28-year-old of the Prince Charming good looks, eye-to-eye connection and …

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Animal Hospital eyes bldg. on Bay

HR Veterinary PLLC goes before the Queensbury Planning Board on Dec. 17 seeking to open Bay Road Animal Hospital at 319 Bay Road. The unoccupied building was most recently Convenient Medical Care and was built originally as Stan’s Seafood. —Ben Westcott

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Romeo buying Whiteman Chevy

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Chief Operating Officer

The Romeo family, who operate Romeo Toyota on Broad Street and Carriage Traders in South Glens Falls, are buying Whiteman Chevrolet on Dix Avenue, The Chronicle has learned.

Mike Romeo confirmed the purchase plan. He said Tuesday completion of the sale is expected in early December, and that Chevrolet has approved transfer of the new car franchise.

Amy Whiteman Brown, the dealer-principal at …

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WAIT House & Open Door: What’s behind seeming surge in homeless & ‘dayspenders’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

We emailed to ask Jamie Munyon and Jason McLaughlin, executive directors, respectively, of Open Door Mission and the WAIT House in Glens Falls: How is it that we seem to be seeing more homeless or at-large people in the streets?

First, What’s that about?

Second: Is there any truth to circulating rumors that “unwanted” people are being bussed here by other municipalities such as …

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Luzerne’s Merlino: ‘I won’t run again’

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: “I am not running for election next year,” Lake Luzerne Town Supervisor Gene Merlino, 80, announced at the end of Tuesday morning’s Tourism and Occupancy Tax committee meeting.

“I know I did this four years ago,” Mr. Merlino said, “but the town did a write-in campaign and I still got the job. This time even with a write-in I’m not gonna do it.”

Mr. …

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