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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Michael Phinney, of the Phinney Design Group, was the architect for the Queensbury Hotel expansion.

A 1990 Lake George graduate, he said, “I had a history with Tyler [Herrick], we did the Sagamore renovations together. When Tyler got the nod here, he recommended us.”

“This is special because I was born in Glens Falls,” said Mr. Phinney. “I grew up around here…we work all …

By Zander & Mark Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer & Editor

Queensbury Hotel general manager and Spruce Hospitality co-owner Tyler Herrick says, “Both of my parents were entrepreneurs. They left corporate America in the early 80s.

“My mom started her own little gift shop in the town I grew up in, Topsfield, Massachusetts, about halfway between Boston and Newburyport right on Route 1 there.

“And my father left Stop and Shop …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Joe Girard III, who led Glens Falls High School to state championships in basketball and football, is entering his senior year as Syracuse University’s point guard.

He’s been able to cash in on the NCAA’s new rules allowing athletes to profit from NIL (name, image, likeness) .

“I don’t know how many [deals] I have specifically,” JG3 told The Chronicle via Zoom from a …

By Meg Hagerty, Special to The Chronicle

After 45 years running Hudson Falls’s Hilltop Construction Company, Tom Albrecht, 66, retired and swapped his title of CEO/President for Pastor of 147-year-old First United Methodist Church on Montcalm Street in Lake George.

Mr. Albrecht says he’s answering a call “placed on his heart by God.”

Hilltop, now led by his son, daughter and son-in-law, is known for building Stewart’s Shops, stores, offices, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

We’ve been hearing it’s not as busy this season in Lake George, or the region.

“What I’m hearing is it’s a little bit down from last year,” says Lake George Village Mayor Bob Blais. “Of course, that was our best year ever.”

He says parking meter revenues, an indicator, are down “about 3.4 percent.”

At Thursday fireworks shows, “The cars are not parked back …