By Patrick Daley, Special to The Chronicle

Editor’s note: Former Chronicle staff writer and Calendar Editor Pat Daley climbs back into the saddle. This is his first Chronicle article since pre-Covid.

Local homelessness service organizations in the Glens Falls area are reporting significant increases in individuals served as temperatures have dropped and snow has fallen.

Jamie Munyon, director of the Open Door Mission on Warren Street, says that their …

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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Jason Kirshon says his company, Kirsh Helmets, is revolutionizing helmet technology, right on Big Boom Road in Queensbury. “The magic ingredient,” he says, is their patented liquid filled liner.

“We’re competing against foam,” Mr. Kirshon said. “We’re a medical grade platinum-cured silicone fluid. I didn’t skimp. I’m not shopping parts for cheapness, right? I’m looking to make the most effective helmet on the planet, …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

David La Point of Queensbury tells The Chronicle he waited 79 years to finally hug his father.
This was two months ago, a bittersweet moment that took place in the American Cemetery at Normandy, France, when David embraced the cross marking where his father Leon C. La Point is buried.

Leon was a Private First Class in the U.S Army, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Despite objections from the Town of Queensbury and Queensbury School, the Warren-Washington Industrial Development Agency Monday night approved a PILOT agreement — payment in lieu of taxes — and other incentives for a 5-megawatt solar “farm” in the town.

It will be situated on 35 acres of an 88-acre property between the Quaker Road Walmart and Warren County Airport.
The developer is CVE North …