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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

“I’m playing football next year for sure,” Joseph Girard III told The Chronicle Sunday. “100 percent. I’m not a fan of losing,” referring to Glens Falls’ 20-7 loss to Pleasantville in November’s state semifinals.

Girard, who has Division I scholarship offers in both basketball and football, was just named New York’s Class B football Co-Player of the Year by the statewide sportswriters’ association.

He …

By David Cederstrom, Chronicle Staff Writer

Eight Democrats seeking to unseat two-term Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, including five local candidates, addressed about 200 people at a three-hour congressional candidates forum at the Moreau Community Center on Sunday, Jan. 7.

It was organized by the group Citizens Acting Together 21 (CAT21)

To the audience’s applause, many comments focused on the stated need to defeat Ms. Stefanik and how to accomplish that.…

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Owner Craig Merrell said Tuesday that he “and the DownTown City Tavern team” will open a new, second restaurant and bar utilizing the whole first floor of the B.B. Fowler Building at 190 Glen Street, just across the Elm Street parking lot from DTCT.

“The one thing we know is that it will not be a movie theater any more. The theaters are coming …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Nearly six years after joining an international bone marrow registry at the 2012 South High Marathon Dance, Greenwich School Superintendent Mark Fish will donate his bone marrow next month to help an infant with a serious blood disorder.

Mr. Fish a 1983 South High graduate and his wife Jill are core Marathon Dance volunteers. All three of their children — Kelsey, Erin and Patrick …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Square Nail Rustics, Eric Mattison’s rustic farmhouse furniture and flooring business, will open a 2,000-square-foot showroom in Tom O’Neill’s Union Square building at the corner of Broad and Pine Streets in downtown Glens Falls.

“We’re shipping all over the country now and we needed a showroom where people can come in and ‘kick the tires…’” Mr. Mattison, 45, told The Chronicle.

“Half of our …