Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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Supervisors censure Brad Magowan on voting for ARPA $$ that went to him

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Warren County Board of Supervisors unanimously censured Queensbury At-Large Supervisor Brad Magowan on Aug. 30 for failing to disclose conflicts of interest violating the County code of ethics.

Mr. Magowan’s Bilt Well Construction did work for tour boat company ADK Excursions for which he was paid $4,360 in part through County ARPA funds, from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

The County Board …

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SGF football will play its 2 home games at Schuylerville while new turf stadium is built

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

With the South Glens Falls School District in the midst of a $33,620,000 capital project that includes construction of a turf stadium, the Bulldogs’ varsity football team will play its home games this season on Schuylerville Central School’s field. Only two games are affected.

This year SGF has six away games scheduled and just two “home” games, vs. Mohonasen Oct. 4 and Burnt Hills-Ballston …

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New approach: Hands-only CPR without the mouth to mouth

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

I came across a podcast, then looked up on the American Heart Association website to discover, with some surprise, that there’s a new way of thinking about CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Particularly for laypeople who might find ourselves with a loved one or a stranger in cardiac distress, the new protocol favors “breathless” or compression-only CPR.

In other words: No need to breathe into the …

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Cardiologist Dr. Jordan Blackwood, from Jamaica to Glens Falls

Dr. Jordan Blackwood was raised in Jamaica; educated in Atlanta; lived in Manhattan and Westchester for his residency, commuting for some of that for a fellowship in Connecticut, and then — came here to Adirondack Cardiology and Glens Falls Hospital.

“I’m enjoying it,” he says, in the North Country. “As I always tell the guys, if I wasn’t enjoying it, I’d be gone for sure.

“When you don’t necessarily have …

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40 years of Jazz in Lake George!

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Lake George Arts Project celebrates the 40th anniversary of Jazz at the Lake, its free, three-day festival, Friday to Sunday, Sept. 13-15 in Shepard Park and beyond.

This year’s lineup includes four Grammy-winning artists — Ulysses Owens, Linda May Han Oh, Nicole Zuraitis, Danilo Perez — as well as rising star Jahari Stampley, trumpet virtuoso Michael Mayo “and many more,” including locals.

“We …

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