Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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What’s next for some candidates who lost?

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Post-election, The Chronicle contacted four unsuccessful local candidates whose well-fought races had us wondering right away, what’s next for you?

Liz Joy: ‘I’ll stay involved’

Republican Elizabeth “Liz” Joy ran for Congress in the 20th District, against Democratic incumbent Paul Tonko.

What’s next? “I haven’t thought that far head,” Mrs. Joy, a Glens Falls native, said on Monday. “We are headed for vacation tomorrow. …

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South Glens Falls Fire Holiday Parade Sunday

The South Glens Falls Holiday Parade, organized by the South Glens Falls Fire Company, takes place Sunday, Nov. 20, starting “promptly at 1 p.m.”

The parade starts at the Route 9 and Feeder Dam Road intersection and proceeds north on 9 toward the Glens Falls bridge.

“This year is looking incredible,” parade organizer Megan Quinn told The Chronicle, in an email conversation.

“With nearly 70 different groups signed up to …

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Original Bill Gates Diner on the move

Bolton’s historic Bill Gates Diner is headed back to Warren County.

The diner was originally an 1895 Hudson Valley Trolley Car. In 1937 the abandoned trolley was converted into a diner in Bolton Landing on Main Street.

In 1949 Bill and Dawn Gates bought it and operated it from 1949 to 1981.

The diner was donated to the Adirondack Museum 1989 by Ike Wolgin and Henry Caldwell. Years later, ownership …

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Warrensburg 4th graders Madilyn: ‘Epilepsy changed my life’ | Adalyn ‘The day I got diabetes’

By Madilyn Baker, Age 9

One Clear, Bright day in April, 2020 I was at my grandma’s house coloring a picture of Flowers, I was using the flower painting above the doorway to the living room.

I remember hearing someone pull into the driveway, so I ran to the front door and saw my mom stepping out of her car and walking near the concrete stairs to my grandma’s house. …

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Travis Whitehead: Queensbury is hiking taxes by 57% while it sits on a huge reserve

To the Editor:

The Queensbury Board recently voted unanimously to INCREASE our tax rate by 57%, which also required a second vote to break the protective NY tax cap. FACT.

Most assessed values will also be rising, so the tax bite will be even LARGER than that for most residents. FACT.

What was the rationale? We have been told that there are inflationary pressures and they (the town board) don’t …

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