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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Mark Frost |Ed Deso
Kevin Colwell, 53, founder and CEO of the Capital District-based Colwell Law Group, died in a skiing accident at Gore Mountain on Saturday. “This is an immense tragedy for all of us at the Colwell Law Group,” its COO Jennifer Stevens said in a statement.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Mark Frost |Ed Deso
Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe reports: The 5.6-acre Adventure Family Fun Center on Route 9 south of The Great Escape sold on February 4 for a total of $1.38 million — $1.15 million for the real estate and the rest for equipment, Realize Brokers principal Nicholas Ketter tells The Chronicle. He said seller Justin Ermiger’s father, the late Ken Ermiger, founded the amusement park in 1997.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Mark Frost |Ed Deso
Chronicle Staff Writer Ben Westcott reports: Major water damage from a broken sprinkler pipe on Saturday, Jan. 25, caused Countryside Veterinary Medical Group in Kingsbury to close for 10 days. As of Monday, crews from Quick Response Restoration had been on the scene for over two weeks, Countryside owner Dr. James Keller told The Chronicle. He estimated it will take four to six weeks of construction to “rebuild” the hospital. Countryside has managed to soldier on.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Mark Frost |Ed Deso
Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: Downstate videographer Ian McGrew had never even heard of Hickory Ski Center (formerly Hickory Hill) in Warrensburg until he saw a Faceboook post about the effort to reopen it for skiing and as a year-round recreation hub. Ian volunteered to make a video. He said he was thinking 3-to-5 minutes, a little promotional item they could use however they pleased.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Mark Frost |Ed Deso
Glens Falls senior two-sport standout Kellen Driscoll, a 6’3” guard on the defending state champion basketball team and wide receiver on the football team, has committed to play basketball at Division III Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. “I chose to play at RPI because of the high level of education, and the high level of basketball that they play,” Driscoll told The Chronicle.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Cathy DeDe |Mark Frost |Ed Deso
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor The Warren County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved $2.5 million in Occupancy Tax Funds for the Town of Johnsburg — but not without dissent. The last-minute request was to close a funding gap in the North Creek Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant project, required so the State Olympic Regional Development Authority can go forward with its plan to build a 120-room lodge and other amenities at the North Creek Ski Bowl.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Ben Westcott |Mark Frost |Ed Deso
By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer Fort Ann’s Tyler Mattison, still recovering from Tommy John surgery, was added to the Detroit Tigers’ 40-man roster in November. “I’m super honored,” Mattison told The Chronicle. “It’s obviously a step in the right direction. I’m not there yet.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Cathy DeDe |Mark Frost |Ed Deso
By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor Bob Curtis “is coming out of retirement” to run as a Republican for the Ward 5 seat on the Glens Falls Common Council, City GOP Chair Matt Brown wrote in a message announcing the Committee’s endorsements. Mr. Curtis long served as City Clerk and previously as Mayor’s Assistant. The full list of candidates endorsed by the Glens Falls Republican Committee: Ward 2: Bob Landry, seeking a second term for Common Council.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Mark Frost |Ed Deso
By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor Lake George has frozen. “We marked Feb 3rd as official ice-in date,” Brian Mattes replied to a Chronicle inquiry. Mr. Mattes, Senior Research Specialist at RPI’s Darrin Freshwater Institute in Bolton and The Jefferson Project, said “small spots will open here and there, but we will track coverage throughout the season.” He said, “Complete ice cover is defined as a complete freeze from the south end of the lake to the north end.
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2 months ago | 
glensfallschronicle.com | Mark Frost |Sandra Hutchinson
Kerrie’s Northway Diner on Main Street in Queensbury said it must leave its current location within 30 days and is actively looking for a new location. The restaurant, owned by Kerrie LeClair, posted on Facebook that, “unfortunately I have been asked by my landlord to vacate the diner.”“We have had an amazing 10 years serving you all and becoming your friends and family! Thank you all for your continued patronism and support throughout the years.
