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Lake George names school superintendent

Lake George School announced “its intent to appoint John Luthringer as Superintendent of Schools at a special meeting of the Board on Friday, April 8, 2022 at 3:15 PM. Luthringer currently serves as the Director of Instructional Technology at the Queensbury Union Free School District.”

Mr. Luthringer was quoted: “I am looking forward to becoming an active member of this wonderful community, and working collaboratively with the Lake George students, …

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SGF Marathon: 15 individuals students are looking to help

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The 45th annual South High Marathon Dance on Friday, May 13, at the Great Escape will benefit 15 individuals or families and 13 community organizations, as selected by the students themselves.

Here’s what the nine student chairs, all seniors, told us about the individual recipients in a group interview on Monday.

They said of the process of choosing recipients, ‘It makes you realize how …

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Isabelle Perkett, LG student, 17, in kidney failure, needs transplant

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

West Mountain ski area has organized a fund-raiser this Sunday, April 10, for Lake George student Isabelle Perkett, 17, who needs a kidney transplant.

“We’re so grateful,” says her mom Donna Perkett that West Mountain came to her and offered the barbecue event, but “mostly I just want to get the word out to find kidney donors.”

Isabelle is the eighth of her nine …

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What $8.35-million buys on Lake George

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

An 11,000 square-foot home on Lake Shore Drive in Bolton with 294 feet of lakefront and a new dock complex that can accommodate five or six boats sold on April 1 for $8.35-million.

The seller’s broker was Dan Davies of Davies-Davies & Associates.

“It’s the biggest residential deal” ever on Lake George, said Mr. Davies.

“The Sagamore is by far the biggest sale ever on …

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Johnsburg reval is a hot topic

By Cathy DeDe. Chronicle Managing Editor

Hundreds of Johnsburg taxpayers are objecting to the new property valuations in the town’s first reassessment since 1953, almost 70 years.

More than 250 have made appointments for initial 10-minute informal grievance meetings, Town Assessor Letitia Williams tells The Chronicle.

Letters with preliminary assessments went out in mid-February.

A group calling itself Town of Johns-burg Concerned Citizens has 247 members on Facebook, and posts …

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