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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Attendance is considerably short of projections at the Winter’s Dream attraction at Fort William Henry, but Warren County Winter Coalition officials tell The Chronicle they remain bullish on the attraction, its ability to bring Occupancy Tax dollars to the county, and their prospects for paying back the $3 million Occupancy Tax “seed” grant they received to launch the attraction.

“The Coalition is committed,” says …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

On Monday, April 8, portions of the Adirondacks to our north will be in the path of “The Totality,” a total solar eclipse.

“It’s one of the= rarest and most arresting astronomical sights that human beings can see. You don’t see a total solar eclipse, you experience it,” Dr. Mindy Townsend, an astronomer from the Dudley Observatory at Siena College, told a crowd last …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Biochar fight is quickly boiling anew as the new town supervisor Jesse Fish and his council majority took office in January in Moreau.

Saratoga Biochar Solutions seeks to construct a “pyrolysis” facility in Moreau’s Industrial Park that would turn processed sewage into carbon fertilizer.

Mr. Fish and the board majority, backed by many vocal Biochar opponents, won a landslide victory in the fall.…

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

There are many markers of a successful team, and a 19-0 record is certainly one of them.

But what further sets the Glens Falls boys basketball team apart this season is that the Black Bears have won every game by 19 points or more. Its closest contest, on Dec. 28, was an 85-66 home win over Hoosick Falls.

Editor’s note: After this article was …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The City of Saratoga Springs plans to implement a tourism parking program this summer in which non-residents would have to pay to park in parking garages and surface lots.

A presentation made by Saratoga’s Department of Public Works at the city’s Dec. 19 city council meeting explained that the hourly rate for visitor parking would be $2/hr for up to 24 hours. The program …