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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Dairy farmers joined by Republican State Senator Dan Stec and Democratic Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner held a media event at Ideal Dairy Farm on Wednesday, Sept. 29, imploring the state wage board not to reduce from 60 hours to 40 the threshold when farms must pay time-and-a-half overtime.

They said it would be disastrous for New York’s dairy farms — driving up their costs and …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Public Safety and Public Works Committees of the Warren County Board of Supervisors met jointly on Thursday, Sept. 16, to discuss whether to allow motorized “e-bikes” to use the county’s Glens Falls-Lake George Bikeway.

Glens Falls Ward 1 Supervisor Jack Diamond, who chaired the meeting, said he expects to continue research, with an eye toward potentially piloting an e-bike program on the bike …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“A frozen fairy-tale world” of Ice Castles is planned for Lake George Village from January through as late as March 2022.

“Weighing up to 25 million pounds each…the castles feature soaring ice towers, shimmering archways, glowing tunnels, glossy walls, roomy caverns and frozen thrones,” touts Ice Castles, a 10-year-old Utah company.

“The wonderment, when kids see that ice castle for the first time, that …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Ground breaking is planned Monday, Oct. 18, for the Queensbury Hotel’s 6,000-foot expansion that will triple the size of the Adirondack Ballroom.

Currently, hotel general manager Tyler Herrick told The Chronicle, “it’s difficult to do a larger group than 200 people for a wedding” in the Adirondack Room.

When expanded, he said, “We can do a nice wedding with 350 people, with a dance …

Chronicle Manging Editor Cathy DeDe writes:

For the first time since the pandemic hit, a show nearly filled every one of the Wood Theater’s 299 seats. “Bent Broadway” on Friday, Sept. 24, clocked in at 230 ticket holders, Wood director Emily Murphy reports. It’s the first time a show has even come close since March 2020, Ms. Murphy said. And what a deserving crew: 14 known and unknown singers came …