To the Editor:
The tragic deaths two weeks ago on the Route 9 portion of the Warren County Bikeway brings into sharp focus the safety (or lack thereof) on that and other sections of the bikeway.
The stretch of the bike trail along Country Club and Round Pond Roads leave bikers, runners and walkers totally exposed and unprotected. One false move by a speeding or distracted driver could result in …
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By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Phil and Grace Battiste’s 75th wedding anniversary was Wednesday, June 29. He’s 97 years old. She’s 93. Phil grew up in Hudson Falls, has lived there all his life.
Grace was 18, lived in Brooklyn. She emigrated from Italy at age seven.
Phil was 22. “He just got out of the service,” in the U.S. Army in Italy during World War II, says Grace.
“We …
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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff
The Lake George Town Hall meeting room was packed Monday night as Lake George Village held its first informational meeting on potential dissolution. More were watching via Zoom.
A public referendum is set for Sept. 13, triggered by a petition signed by 99 residents.
Speaking for most of the meeting was Ben Syden, Vice President of the Laberge Group, hired by the Village to create …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The Warren County Board of Supervisors on June 15 rejected a resolution to cap collection of sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels at the first $2.00 per gallon.
In May, the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors passed such a gas sales tax cap, effective June 1 through Dec. 31.
Doug Beaty, Queensbury At-Large Supervisor, championed the resolution from “a bi-partisan coalition of …
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