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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“Necropsy results indicated that collision and associated blunt force trauma was the likely cause of mortality” of approximately 20 cedar waxwings found dead at Crandall Library on May 4, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said Tuesday in response to further Chronicle inquiries.

“A DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer collected samples for examination and they were submitted to DEC’s Wildlife Health Lab …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Larissa Smith was a stand-out pitcher who as a junior helped lead Lake George High School’s softball team to a state championship in 1992.

Now Larissa Anderson, she’s the head coach of the University of Missouri’s 7th seeded softball team, which advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals Sunday with a 1-0 nine-inning win over Omaha.

The Tigers take on No. 10 Duke at Mizzou …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Tavern restaurant on Aviation Road in Queensbury has added breakfast six days a week — prepared and served by six former staffers at Steve’s Place, which closed in March as long-time owner Chris Vamvalis-Haley retired and sold the Steve’s property to Hoffman’s Carwash.

Four servers and two cooks from Steve’s joined The Tavern’s staff of 12, “give or take,” Tavern co-owner Matt Sokol …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

At the May 17 Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting, Chairman Bob Henke paid tribute to Dan Cormie, who passed away on May 13 at age 47.

Mr. Cormie lived in South Glens Falls and was an insurance agent with the Cormie Insurance Agency in Hudson Falls and a carpenter for the Parker and Hammond Company in Queensbury.

Mr. Henke told a story that …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

News media are fighting over journalism’s very soul, as laid out especially clearly when New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn was interviewed earlier this month by Ben Smith, a former Times columnist who in 2022 co-founded a new media business called Semafor. Mr. Smith blazes his own trail.

He said to Mr. Kahn: “Dan Pfeiffer, who used to work for Barack Obama, recently wrote …