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Essity announced in a press release that it “has made the difficult decision to close its tissue manufacturing operations in New York state and consolidate production at its other U.S. sites. This closure will include the South Glens Falls paper mill, Greenwich converting facility and Saratoga warehouse/distribution center.”

It said 300 jobs will be lost.

“It is never easy to decide to close a manufacturing operation,” Michael Olive, plant director …

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

Santore World Famous Fireworks, the company that does fireworks for Lake George Village, has branched into drones, forming a separate company, Amazing Drone Shows.

“A drone show consists of multiple drones that…have their own independent light system on them…. We can put them in the air, and we can make shapes, images, logos, words, anything you could possibly imagine,” Jeff Ward, general manager of …

By Cathy DeDe & Hannah Hughes, Managing Editor & Summer Staff

Glens Falls has enough lifeguards, and its Haviland’s Cove beach on the Hudson River is open full-time — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day, interim Recreation Director Amy Collins told The Chronicle. “Our new aquatics director Mia Cote is a Glens Falls graduate and was a swimmer at St. Bonaventure. She’s done a wonderful job of recruiting and …

The Queensbury Town Board conducted a public hearing that lasted about 90 minutes Monday evening. Most speakers opposed the application to rezone 15 acres on Quaker Road across from Garvey Volkswagen/Kia from Commercial Industrial to Light Industrial Commercial to make way for a 96,000 square foot F.W. Webb distribution center retail store. The property is adjacent to Glens Falls’ Windy Hill/Windy Ridge neighborhood.

Bob Landry, Glens Falls Ward 2 Councilman

The Lake George School District has opened voting on four options for its new mascot — after state determination that the old name, “Warriors,” falls under the edict earlier this year banning Native American names and imagery.

The school said a student advisory committee selected the final four from more than 270 community suggestions.

The final choices, listed in alphabetical order, with the school’s explanations:

Falcons: Peregrine falcons are local …