By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Glens Falls artist Esmond Lyons aims to make one corner of the City — well, one wall — a little nicer than it is today.
“So,” Mr. Lyons says, “I walk around town and look at things and think, how can I make this look better than it does?”
He has proposed to paint a large mural on the side of Elizabeth Miller’s newly …
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Matt Simpson, the Brant Lake resident, Horicon Town Supervisor and State Assembly candidate, already has the backing of Warren, Saratoga and Essex County Republican Committees. He’ll seek the Washington County GOP nod Tuesday, Feb. 18.
He faces a prospective Republican primary challenge in June from Doug Beaty, an at-large county supervisor from Queensbury.
Candidates in November will include Democrat Claudia Braymer, who represents Glens …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
Chris Reed, Jr., who revived Drum Corps International shows at East Field in Glens Falls successfully in 2018 but disastrously in 2019, said he does not intend to present it this year.
The show in 2018 did well, Mr. Reed reported, but heavy rains last year on the day of the event — Monday, July 22 — led to its cancellation.
Not having purchased …
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The student committee of the 43rd annual South High Marathon Dance selected 37 beneficiaries — 22 individuals or families, and 15 organizations. The committee said it received approximately 180 requests.
The dance is Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, at the South Glens Falls Senior High School. Last year, 600 students completed the dance.
Last year’s dance raised a record $837,859. The …
Read More »Joseph Girard III, a fourth-grader at Sanford Street School, won the state Elks Hoop Shoot foul-shooting title among boys ages 10 and 11, and will compete in the national semifinals in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on March 26.
Joseph, 10, the son of Arleen Girard of Queensbury and Joe Girard, Jr., of Hudson Falls, made 22 of 25 foul shots to win the state crown. He also won the award for most …
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