Monday, December 23, 2024

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Aviator closes ‘til spring’; Chef Denver departs

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Aviator Restaurant at Warren County Airport said Monday that it is closing for the winter.

Contacted for comment, owner Rich Schermerhorn said he plans to reopen “right around Memorial Day, when other restaurants up here open for the summer.”

Chef Denver Grover tells The Chronicle she is not staying at The Aviator and that she is looking for another opportunity.

Earlier, Mr. Schermerhorn …

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Adirondack Nationals ‘surprised’ at Blais’ criticism; new 3-year deal Fort William Henry

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Mark Ingleston, incoming chairman of the Adirondack Nationals Car Show for Albany Rods & Kustoms, said he was surprised by Lake George Mayor Bob Blais’s complaints about the car show, as stated in his end of year letter to taxpayers and reported in last week’s Chronicle.

Reached by phone in Florida, Mr. Ingleston said, “We have dealt with the mayor a lot over the …

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Ice, Ice, Baby: Nine Ice Bars, Starting now!

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The phenomenon started in 2014 with The Sagamore. This year: Nine venues play. Details on our calendar pages.

“It’s like an August night in January,” General Manager Tom Guay says of the Sagamore Resort’s annual Glacier Ice Bar. Not that it’s warm, he means, but the people come out in numbers like for August, filling the hotel and restaurants.

“And the town also gets …

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Glens Falls eyes reval; first since 2005

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The City of Glens Falls is seeking proposals for a city-wide re-assessment.

“We sent a Request for Proposals out at the end of last year and got just one response,” Mayor Dan Hall told The Chronicle, “so we sent out another one that is due back at the end of February. We want to see what it will cost and what methodology they will …

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Meet Jonah Ray, host of TV’s Mystery Science Theater 3000

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Los Angeles comedian Jonah Ray plays the Comedy After Dark series at The Park Theater in Glens Falls on Friday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m.

Besides his Comedy Central shows, podcasts, TV writing gigs, stand-up career and other outings, Mr. Ray is the host of the rebooted mega-cult favorite Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix.

Premise of the odd, odd series, originally launched by …

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