Wednesday, July 3, 2024

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Our intern Hannah, aboard LGA’s Floating Classroom

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

Lake George Association‘s Floating Classroom is working hard to create the next generation of lake protectors through education, experimentation, and most importantly, connections to the environment.

“When you’re in a classroom you’re usually reading from a book or doing a lecture,” said Jaimi DeFeo, LGA’s Education for Action Manager.

“This is actually getting you into the field…It gives you another element, another dimension, in …

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Opens an auction house in South Glens Falls

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Karl Schulze hopes to succeed in a vanishing business.

He’s opened Schulze’s Auction at Midtown Shopping Center in South Glens Falls, just up from the Dollar Tree store.

He does auctions Friday nights, mostly household items so far, but on Aug. 11, “We have a nice antique auction.

“For years, I’ve bought and sold stuff at auctions, flea markets. Traveled up, down, had some relatives …

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Queensbury School’s first inductees into Athletics Hall of Fame

Two teams and 41 individuals form the first class of inductees into the Queensbury Union Free School District’s newly created Athletics Hall of Fame.

Half the group will be honored in a ceremony on Oct. 14, 2023, at Lake George’s Courtyard by Marriott.

Tickets are $50 per person, including appetizers and a buffet dinner with choice of beef or chicken and a cash bar.

To purchase tickets, send a check …

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Unauthorized drone flight over Glens Falls Hospital during emergency helicopter landing

Glens Falls Hospital said that “on the evening of Monday, July 31 there was an unauthorized drone flight over Glens Falls Hospital…at the same time that a Life Flight emergency transport helicopter was landing.”

“This could have resulted in a catastrophic accident had the drone come into contact with the helicopter, putting lives at risk,” the release added.

“We want to remind the community that the airspace around the hospital

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Sees good, bad in new LG winter attraction

Greetings Chronicle –

In a response to the article “Winter Phenom…” in your recent edition.

I will assume that most of the players in this project will see the futility of attracting tourists to a “contrived attraction.”

The original light trail produced by Moment Factory was constructed in Parc de la Gorge, Coaticook, Quebec in 2014 and called Foresta Lumina. This created a “Tourism Tsunami” — the little town of …

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