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By David Cederstrom, Chronicle Staff Writer

Bill Parks, the 73-year-old retired Glens Falls High School teacher and long-time coach, will travel to Norway in March to compete in the historical 33.55-mile Birkebeiner cross-country ski race that annually draws up to 17,000 participants.

Besides competing, Mr. Parks is making it a fund-raiser for The Friends of Cole’s Woods, which maintains the cross-country ski trails adjacent to Crandall Park.

“For more than …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Two years after going public about his 35-year battle with depression, WCKM radio personality Dan Miner again sat down with The Chronicle to talk about a recent setback and why he sought help.

“It felt like a switch was turned off,” said Mr. Miner, 51, sitting in the press box at the Glens Falls Civic Center before an Adirondack Thunder game. The long-time hockey …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

You probably have never even heard of the Waldo T. & Ruth S. Ross Charitable Trust Foundation — but it’s rapidly become an enormous, sometimes crucial benefactor to local organizations like the Chapman Historical Museum, Hyde Collection, three local churches and others.

The Foundation, started in 2009, has $6-million in assets. It was funded by the late low-profile couple who operated Ross’s Store, predecessor of …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

A new contract between the Glens Falls and Abraham Wing school districts will raise tuition for Abe Wing students to more than $10,000 in 2019-20.

Abe Wing — an independent school with grades kindergarten to sixth in the east end of Glens Falls — currently pays $9,198 annually for each of its 107 students who attend Glens Falls for grades 7-12, said Glens Falls …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Glens Falls High School football team is New York State’s Class B champion after a heart-stopping 47-39 win over powerhouse Chenango Forks in Syracuse’s Carrier Dome on Saturday, Nov. 26.

The 13-0 Indians won Glens Falls’s first state title doing what they have done all season: Using their incredible team speed and skill, and a gritty Glens Falls-borne toughness, to get the job …