By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
A turtle with a big hook lodged in its mouth was finally found and rescued on Friday, Oct. 4, at Crandall Park pond. “The guy literally just yonked it out of the water,” reports Kay Besheer of North Country Wild Care, who was leading up efforts to rescue the turtle.
The turtle’s plight had been publicized here and elsewhere since Sept. 17.
“Right place, …
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Chronicle Editor Mark Frost writes: Todd and Scott Monahan of Glens Falls are flying several of their special shape balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta® going on now through October 13. Todd told The Chronicle in a text exchange Monday, “I am flying the Tiger, Roger Hooper from Hudson, NY is flying the Unicorn, JF Ferland from Canada is flying TICO the Sloth.
”We are in Albuquerque for the …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
The Queensbury Town Board voted 3-1 on Monday, Oct. 7, to cut from $114,000 to $50,000 its funding to the Warren County Economic Development Corporation.
The cut will happen over three years.
Queensbury Town Supervisor John Strough’s plan calls for funding EDC $114,000 this year, $75,000 in 2025, then $50,000 in 2026.
Mr. Strough argued that a contract decreasing payments by specific amounts “says …
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Queensbury Town Supervisor John Strough opened Monday’s town board meeting proposing a resolution procaiming support for Proposition One, the proposed state constitutional amendment on the Nov. 5 election ballot.
The amendment, also called the Equal Rights Amendment, would raise the number of classes protected against discrimination from four to 12.
About 75 people, many wielding signs for and against Prop One, turned out.
During …
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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
After an Ulster County man died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis after being the first person in New York to contract virus since 2015, the state Department of Health declared an “imminent threat to public health” from the disease.
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did a press conference outside Glens Falls Hospital announcing a two-pronged push to combat the mosquito-borne …
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