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By Cathy DeDe & Mark Frost, Chronicle Managing Editor & Editor

After two years as a shortened one-day outdoor event at The Great Escape because of the Covid pandemic, the 46th annual South High Marathon Dance returns home this Friday and Saturday, March 3 & 4.

“I’m super excited to have the dance back to its pre-Covid form,” said Brandin Luman, one of the nine student chairs.

“The full 28 …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Have you ever wondered, seeing the mostly empty parking lot outside the Nielsen building at 40 Media Drive just east of Northway Exit 18, if at some point, it would come up for sale or lease?

I have and it has.

An AVAILABLE sign went up out front.

Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Company in Albany has the listing. They had not returned a call by press …

The Glens Falls Police Department said it is investigating a shooting that took place very early this morning, Thursday, March 2 at 29 Dix Avenue at 4:14am.

“Two people were shot, one is in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds. Both victims were transported to Albany Medical Center,” said a release.

“There is no threat to the public. The shooter and the two (2) victims are from Glens Falls.”

“No …

The Strand Theater in Hudson Falls presents “A Comedy Matinee with 90-Year-Old Marlene,” Saturday, March 4, at 4 p.m.

Marlene Osier tells The Chronicle she started doing comedy in her 60s, between acts as part of the Sweet Adelines women’s barbershop chorus. Word spread, and she paired with Patricia Joyce, the longtime Glens Falls-area resident and LARAC director, doing comedy sketches as the washerwomen “Maude” and “Gert.”

Eventually, Mrs. Osier …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

For the first time in 52 years, Bob Blais — now 86 years old — is not running in the March election for mayor of the Village of Lake George. (Current trustee Ray Perry is unopposed to succeed him.)

Mr. Blais has won 13 consecutive four-year terms, but that’s not the full extent of his winning streak.

As a teenager, “at Saratoga Springs High School, …