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By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri, Chronicle Summer Staff

The spongy moth — previously known as the gypsy moth — is at “outbreak population levels,” confirms Addison Kubik, outreach coordinator at Ballston Spa-based Capital Region PRISM — Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management.

Forester Rob Cole, of New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation, warned in a video of extreme conditions.

“Last year,” he said in the video, “we had about 730,000 acres of …

By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri, Chronicle Summer Staff

Queensbury High School will send two seniors, Brigid Duffy and Tyler Spaulding, to service academies — where both will also compete as Division I athletes.

Brigid will attend the United States Military Academy at West Point and play soccer and lacrosse.

Tyler will play baseball at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Both Tyler and Brigid said they intend to pursue military careers …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“Today I’ll be largely the bearer of bad news,” Dr. Rachel Sederberg told the Warren County Economic Development Corporation’s annual luncheon last Friday at the Great Escape Lodge.

Dr. Sederberg’s topic was “The Demographic Drought,” or “Bridging the Gap in our Labor Force.”

The research manager with the consulting firm Emsi Burning Glass in Boston brought sobering data to the gathering of business leaders, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

More than 60 people attended the Monday afternoon update by the City of Glens Falls on its $10 million NYS Downtown Revitalization Initiative project, held in the community room at Crandall Public Library.

Glens Falls Mayor Bill Collins, Development Director Jeff Flagg and guest speakers, Larry Novik of Bonacio Construction’s Spring City Development of Glens Falls, and Scott Townsend, principal architect at SWBR in …

By Ben Kinne, Special to The Chronicle

Stronger Together. That is the motto being used by North Queensbury Rescue Squad and Bay Ridge Rescue Squad as they begin the process of consolidating from two separate agencies into one.

The two-step process has already begun, with the agencies agreeing to share paid staff and management teams, which started on June 1st..

Final consolidation and operation change to one agency is expected …