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Model Railroaders & Chapman plan ‘semi-permanent’ 1889 Glens Falls Trolley layout

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Upstate Model Railroaders club is working with the Chapman Museum to build a working model based on the single-track trolley line that ran up Glen Street in 1889.

“This will be a semi-permanent layout at the Chapman museum,” Railroaders spokesperson Forest Bevins tells The Chronicle.
He and fellow Upstate Model Railroaders member Ken Wheeler will build it in Mr. Wheeler’s studio.

They aim …

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After 8 years, Grumbellies in Fort Ann closes

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Hugs were dished out as frequently as chicken wings Saturday night as customers streamed in to say goodbye to Grumbellies Eatery in downtown Fort Ann.

It was the final night of what owner/chef Jeff Hamblin calls “the last of the family-oriented music halls.”

Grumbellies had been around for eight years. But recently, the owner of the 115-year-old building on the corner of Catherine and …

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Moreau Lake State Park adds 860-acre Big Bend Preserve

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

State Senator Jim Tedisco and Randy Simons, New York State Parks Commissioner Pro Tempore, cut the ribbon Thursday, July 11, officially opening the Big Bend Preserve addition to Moreau Lake State Park. Entry and parking is available at 110 Old Bend Road. The address says Fort Edward, but it’s actually in the Town of Moreau.

New York’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation described …

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Qby. grad Nick Baroudi builds a career on stage & screen; Next! in ATF’s ‘Dial M’

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

As a student at Queensbury High School, Class of 1998, Nick Baroudi wasn’t a theater kid, mostly, he says, because he didn’t have the singing chops for shows that, as at many high schools, focused on musicals.

But he has since found his way as a professional actor on stage and screen. This week he makes his debut with the Adirondack Theatre Festival, playing …

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