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Queensbury-Glens Falls Memorial Day Parade may happen this year, after being canceled during the pandemic last year. The Post Star quotes the mayor as saying they can plan a parade and cancel it the day before if need be, but if no planning is done, they can’t put a march together at all. The situation is fluid at this point.

Plans to open a marijuana dispensary in Glens Falls have been tabled. The Post Star reports it was done to give city officials more time to decide if they want to allow retail sales of the drug. The owners of the 42 Degrees smoke shop are interested in converting the old blacksmith shop on Glen Street into an adult-use marijuana dispensary.

Lake George’s Zach Bruno has been named the Golfer of the Year in the Adirondack League for the Fall II season. The Post Star reports Hadley-Luzerne’s Tyler and Cam Plummer and Eli Waterhouse, Cayden Johnson of Lake George, Whitehall’s Kaleb Lyman, and Mason Forbes of Hartford-Fort Ann were chosen for the first team.

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May. 6, 2021 1:45 AM CST
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Families who are being served by the Ronald McDonald House will have a chance to get away this summer. The Post Star reports The Ronald McDonald House is converting the former law office of the late Lake George attorney, Howard Krantz, into a space of rest and relaxation. It is the first retreat for the Ronald McDonald House, and it will offer five-day vacations for families year around. They hope to start welcoming families in July.

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May. 6, 2021 1:47 AM CST
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State Police in Chestertown arrested 46-year-old Sergey Lisitsin of Westfield MA, for Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor. At approximately 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, troopers responded to the area of Exit 25 of the Northway southbound for a report of a tractor trailer that was driving erratically. Upon locating the truck, the trooper observed it almost collide with another vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. While speaking with the driver, Sergey Litsitsin, the trooper could smell the odor of alcohol and observed signs of impairment. Lisitsin was administered the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, which he failed, and he was taken into custody.

DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that $450,000 is now available in the first round of the State’s new ‘Regenerate NY’ Forestry Cost Share Grant Program. The grant program is designed to assist private landowners growing the next generation of forests, which are crucial for mitigating climate change, providing wildlife habitat, protecting air and water quality, and supplying an important renewable resource.

Coming off a record 2019 with tourism expenditures in Cape MaY County at $6.9 billion and more than 60% of countywide jobs related to tourism, the picture was bleak for 2020. The uncertainty of the pandemic and the mandated shutdowns impacted tourism worldwide, with many business sectors experiencing drastic losses and an estimated 30% of tourism-related businesses closing their doors forever. The 2020 economic impact data, prepared by Tourism Economics and released by the New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism today shows the impact on the State and a breakdown by County. Cape May County experienced a decline in direct tourism expenditures of 21.1%. The smallest decline statewide.

Families who are being served by the Ronald McDonald House will have a chance to get away this summer. The Post Star reports The Ronald McDonald House is converting the former law office of the late Lake George attorney, Howard Krantz, into a space of rest and relaxation. It is the first retreat for the Ronald McDonald House, and it will offer five-day vacations for families year around. They hope to start welcoming families in July.

The trial is underway for a Whitehall man who police say had sexual intercourse with a child younger than 13. 35 year old Kenneth Reed of county Route 12, faces charges of predatory sexual assault against a child, a felony, and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.

Lake George’s Zach Bruno has been named the Golfer of the Year in the Adirondack League for the Fall II season. The Post Star reports Hadley-Luzerne’s Tyler and Cam Plummer and Eli Waterhouse, Cayden Johnson of Lake George, Whitehall’s Kaleb Lyman, and Mason Forbes of Hartford-Fort Ann were chosen for the first team.