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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 …

Chronicle reporter Zander Frost writes: A night that started with a testy Glens Falls Common Council Workshop Tuesday ended with the Council and mayor coming to a revived former agreement.

On June 13, the Council unanimously approved a resolution brought by Ward 3 Councilwoman Diana Palmer to pursue a grant to pay up to 90% of the cost of creating a new city comprehensive plan.

The city’s current comprehensive plan …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Saratoga Hospital’s new Family Medicine Residency Program brings six doctors to Saratoga and to the soon-to-open Hudson Headwaters Heath Network Center in Glens Falls.

The three-year residency is a collaboration with Albany Medical Center and Hudson Headwaters. The plan is to add six new residents each year, totaling 18 residents, by 2025.

On Friday, July 8, Hudson Headwaters hosted a panel talk for the …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Electric boating is getting a big push this summer on Lake George.

In June, “the first marine fast charging station east of Michigan” — made by a firm called Aqua superPower — was installed at the Queen Boat Company at Dunham’s Bay.

“What we’re trying to do is instigate the movement away from internal combustion engines,” Aqua SuperPower Vice-President Scott Canning told The Chronicle.

He …