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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

A total redo of Heritage Hall in the Cool Insuring Arena is under way, and a capital campaign is imminent to fund the rest of the $1-million project.

“It’s a full renovation,” Cool Insuring Arena General Manager Jeff Mead told The Chronicle. “We gutted the whole room.” Work started in May.

Heritage Hall was “quite frankly kind of falling apart,” he said.

Mr. Mead …

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

Lake George Association‘s Floating Classroom is working hard to create the next generation of lake protectors through education, experimentation, and most importantly, connections to the environment.

“When you’re in a classroom you’re usually reading from a book or doing a lecture,” said Jaimi DeFeo, LGA’s Education for Action Manager.

“This is actually getting you into the field…It gives you another element, another dimension, in …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Karl Schulze hopes to succeed in a vanishing business.

He’s opened Schulze’s Auction at Midtown Shopping Center in South Glens Falls, just up from the Dollar Tree store.

He does auctions Friday nights, mostly household items so far, but on Aug. 11, “We have a nice antique auction.

“For years, I’ve bought and sold stuff at auctions, flea markets. Traveled up, down, had some relatives …

Two teams and 41 individuals form the first class of inductees into the Queensbury Union Free School District’s newly created Athletics Hall of Fame.

Half the group will be honored in a ceremony on Oct. 14, 2023, at Lake George’s Courtyard by Marriott.

Tickets are $50 per person, including appetizers and a buffet dinner with choice of beef or chicken and a cash bar.

To purchase tickets, send a check …

Glens Falls Hospital said that “on the evening of Monday, July 31 there was an unauthorized drone flight over Glens Falls Hospital…at the same time that a Life Flight emergency transport helicopter was landing.”

“This could have resulted in a catastrophic accident had the drone come into contact with the helicopter, putting lives at risk,” the release added.

“We want to remind the community that the airspace around the hospital …