Monday, December 23, 2024

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Jim Fuchs’ dramatic LG ‘ice out’ video rules Internet

Chronicle managing editor Cathy DeDe writes: Jim Fuchs garnered more than 406,000 views, 6,700 “shares” and nearly 800 “likes” with his video taken of ice seemingly crumbling into shards on Lake George on Wednesday, April 3.

Dr. Fuchs said he recorded the video — headlined, “The ice starting to go out today on Lake George” — from the dock at his house in Pilot Knob.

It happens every spring,” he …

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LG estate sells for a record $5.50-million

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

A 6,300-square-foot Tudor-style mansion on 1.26 landscaped acres of Cramer Point has sold for $5.5-million, thought to be a record amount for a Lake George residential property.

“We’ve broken through the $3-million mark,” said Dan Davies of Davies-Davies & Associates Real Estate, listing agent for the property. He said he didn’t know of another sale that topped $5.5-million, and Chronicle archives show that it …

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Common Roots temporary tap room, brewery approved in SGF

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The owners of Common Roots Brewing Company will open a temporary brewing space and taproom at 30 Saratoga Avenue, just north of their burned-out site, after the South Glens Falls Planning Board approved the move Wednesday night.

Brewery owners Bert and Christian Weber have hired Hilltop Construction to remodel the space, adding handicap-accessible bathrooms and fire-safety components to the one-story building at the corner …

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Now’s the prom

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

High school prom season starts this Saturday, April 13, when Glens Falls, Queensbury, Argyle and Greenwich all break out the gowns, tuxedos, limos and corsages. Here’s a prom overview.

Glens Falls: ‘Midnight’

Time & place:Saturday, April 13, 7-11 p.m. at The Great Escape Lodge.

Theme: Under the Midnight Sun. Tickets: $75.

Grand March: 5:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Admission is …

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Popular DJ Mike DuBray overcame so much, shares his story

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

At 5-foot-1, Michael DuBray considers himself lucky to have reached the heights he has, figuratively — and literally.

The well-known WCKM radio personality and non-stop local deejay, emcee and community contributor rarely talks about it, but as a kid and young teen growing up in Cropseyville, outside Troy, Mike underwent experimental research treatments for growth hormone deficiency.

For about a decade of his young …

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