Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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In their 20s, investing in real estate

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Real estate investing is “in” for these two local 20-somethings.

Joey Lufkin, Argyle class of 2013, was 23 when he bought his first apartment property in Utica. “When I was a senior in college [at Hartwick] I lived off campus in Oneonta in a guy’s house and there were six of us and we each paid $3,000 a semester. I started adding up the …

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Nettle Meadow makes its move

By Sandra Hutchinson, Chronicle Assistant Publisher

Nettle Meadow Farm & Artisan Cheese is now making all its cheeses in Lake Luzerne, at the classic log Hitching Post building that it bought in 2020 and spent two years renovating.

Sheila Flanagan and Lorraine Lambiase have operated Nettle Meadow in Thurman in the mountains of northwest Warren County since 2005, when they quit legal careers in California to buy the then 50-acre …

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Hartford woman’s Ukraine orphanage

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Hartford Supervisor Dana Haff alerted The Chronicle to Barbara Klaiber, his friend and classmate (Hartford Central School Class of 1978) who in 1998 with Jane Hyatt founded and operates an orphanage in Kyiv, Ukraine.

As of Monday, Ms. Klaiber reported that the she was situated in a bomb shelter with the children and staff of the orphanage. Tuesday morning Ms. Klaiber posted on Facebook, …

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Prom is back!

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Prom 2022 is an all-out “go!”

The Chronicle reached out to area schools. After mostly straight-out cancellations in 2020 and modified if any events in 2021, things are upbeat now.

Glens Falls: May 21 at the Q

Glens Falls High School’s Junior Prom is Saturday, May 21, 6 to 11 p.m. in The Gold Room and Ballroom at the Queensbury Hotel. “We are so …

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Edward Herlihy, Glens Falls native, has key role in pro golf mega battle

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

With large investors trying to create a lucrative pro golf league featuring the world’s biggest names, New York City attorney Edward Herlihy, a Glens Falls native, is in the thick of international intrigue, reports the New York Post.

The Professional Golfers Association pretty much has a lock on pro golf in the U.S., but a fund owned by the government of Saudi Arabia is trying …

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