By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor
Another 11 adults were set to graduate Tuesday this week from a customized seven-month, 500-hour machine tool course at the Southern Adirondack Education Center — better known as BOCES, on Dix Avenue in Hudson Falls.
Better jobs are the immediate prospect.
“This is very much a program driven by the local employers,” says course instructor Jason Viele.
“They say we can’t get enough people that …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will use solar-powered “prism beacons” — 360-degree flashes of light from sunup to sundown — to try to deter gulls and ducks this summer from coming to Million Dollar Beach and swimming area in Lake George Village.
DEC says the popular beach will “safely” open for the season on Memorial Day Weekend.
The prism beacon plan …
Read More »By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor
When the Adirondack Museum reopens for its 60th anniversary season on May 26, it will be as the Adirondack Experience. No, it’s not adding a zipline — but the museum is shifting toward a more hands-on, active model, says director David Kahn.
New exhibits will allow visitors to roll logs in an immersive virtual river flow. They can …
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
On Jan. 1, Ivan Flores purchased Hiland Park Country Club in Queensbury from his father, Rafael. In April he opened a modest new restaurant called The Heron at Hiland.
“I’ve been in the family business since I was 10,” Mr. Flores, 30, told The Chronicle.
“I took over the business officially on January 1st, and the new restaurant has been our focus ever since.”…
Read More »By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor
Six months after we first sought information on Aeon Nexus’s $145,000 loan/grant from Empire State Development (ESD) to renovate its 174 Glen Street (former Russell & Wait) building in Glens Falls, the state agency finally provided 63 documents totaling more than 150 pages.
Here’s what we know, based on the documents we received on April 20, and our previous reporting:
• Aeon Nexus’s $145,000 …
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