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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Glens Falls Civic Center’s contract with Ovations food services expired yesterday, on September 30. As of today, October 1, the Civic Center is bringing its concessions in-house, director Jeff Mead says.

The Civic Center Coalition had talked of contracting with local restaurants, caterers or other food services to provide concessions at the Adirondack Thunder ECHL hockey games and other Civic Center events — …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

Greg Norman thinks Tupper Lake has limitless marketing potential. “Tupper Lake has a phenomenal story to tell, considering the history and its location,” Mr. Norman said in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle.

“And I think that story can be put on a giant soap box, a soap box as big as you really want it to be.

“And when you look out and …

By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Ben Osborn Memorial Fund is seeking new ways to raise money after its annual golf tournament was discontinued.

“The fellow that ran the golf tournament for us decided he couldn’t do it” anymore, said Bill Osborn, Ben’s father.

The two golf tournaments, in 2013 and 2014, raised more than $40,000, he said.

“That’s significant,” Mr. Osborn said. “We’ll be scrambling. We’ve grown so …

Glens Falls Kiwanis Club’s Taste of the North Country is Sunday, Sept. 27, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Glens Falls City Park.

Here’s the program, with restaurant menus and map. You can also find the program in this week’s Chronicle.

See you there!

Click to download map & participants as a PDF.

Click to download cover as a PDF.

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By Gordon Woodworth, Chronicle News Editor

The Glens Falls Fire Department’s investigation of the Sept. 1 boat explosion at Fischer’s Marina is complete, but had not been released as of press-time.

Still, its conclusion seems known.

“The cause was human error,” Warren County Sheriff Investigator Steve Stockdale again told The Chronicle. “We still haven’t received the cause and origin report, but nothing has changed.

“The gas was inserted into the …