Thursday, December 26, 2024

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DEC: Tales of an invasive bear; rattlesnake at ‘lake hotel’

Two wildlife items of particular local interest were reported in the July 5 Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol, released by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.


Nuisance Bear – Washington County. “On June 21, ECO Kelley received a report that a black bear broke into residence in the town of White Creek and destroyed the owner’s kitchen, apparently in search of food.

“While Officer Kelley was at the residence …

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Spa’s Homemade Theater terminates paid staff trying ‘to survive

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Home Made Theater in its 39th year in Saratoga Springs announced that it will become an all-volunteer company, “releasing our entire paid staff as of the end of our fiscal year on June 30th.”

Laid off were three full-timers: Executive and Artistic Director Eric Rudy and the business manager and the tech director, plus a part-time administrator/volunteer coordinator.

Mr. Rudy told The Chronicle it …

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Teens charged in Glens Falls stabbing, arson, more

Glens Falls Police have arrested several juveniles on felony level charges over the last few months, the department announced in a Facebook post.

The police reported an attempted arson of a Maple Street commercial building. The Police said at the Board of Public Safety meeting that arson was attempted at the Queensbury Hotel. Minor damage to the building’s exterior area was reported.

The department alleged the subjects identified at the

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Dog bitten by rattlesnake

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

A story posted about a dog bitten by a timber rattlesnake on the Fifth Peak trail in Lake George’s Tongue Mountain Range spread widely on social media.

An unnamed hiker posted May 27 on the Reddit app that the previous day their 15-pound dog was bitten on the trail.

The hiker wrote that on the way down from the peak, approximately two miles from …

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Glens Falls installs security cameras in parks

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Last week, someone asked in a Glens Falls community Facebook group, “What is the new ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park?”

“Cameras,” Glens Falls 2nd Ward Councilman Bob Landry replied. “They now monitor all our City parks.”

A city official told The Chronicle that the so-called ‘monitoring station’ at Crandall Park is a multi-camera security unit, one of 18 installed in city parks. Each unit …

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