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Matt Laplanche buyer, builder, finishing total redo on Mauro Ave, Glens Falls

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Every day when I walk our dogs, we pass by a house on the corner of Sanford Street and Mauro Avenue in Glens Falls, where a gut and rebuild was happening.

Monday for the first time — mindful that we were publishing our Winter Home Issue today — I ventured inside and introduced myself.

The first person I met turned out to be the head …

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Human Trafficking panel drew full house; told it’s happening here, local youth

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

A capacity crowd, 200 people, showed up for a panel on human trafficking at the local level, at the Park Theater on Thursday morning, Jan. 18.

In the audience: Community leaders including Glens Falls National Bank president Dave DeMarco, Warren County District Attorney Jason Carusone, Assemblymember Matt Simpson and numerous other elected officials, representatives of non-profit organizations, nurses and other health care professionals, parents …

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Argyle woman, 22, ‘repeatedly bitten’ by her dog; hospitalized but home now

A 22-year-old Argyle woman was hospitalized after being “repeatedly bitten” by her “large mix breed” dog, said the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

It said deputies on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 8:18 a.m. responded to a report of “an aggressive animal at a residence on Lick Springs Road in the Town of Argyle.”

The press release said “deputies were forced to utilize a taser in order to subdue the aggressive dog …

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Draft DEC Biochar permits released; 2 public hearings next

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released draft air and solid waste permits for public comment for the Saratoga Biochar Solutions facility proposed for construction in Moreau.

The facility would heat processed human waste to create a carbon fertilizer.

The DEC will now hold two public comment hearings “to ensure full consideration of any potential environmental and environmental justice concerns relating to the project.”

Saratoga Biochar touted the …

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What is Siplon’s strategy?

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

What are the Warren County Economic Development Corporation and its president Jim Siplon doing about AngioDynamics’ decision to close its operations in Glens Falls and Queensbury, eliminating 350 jobs. That’s the question Zander and I went in with Friday afternoon when we interviewed Jim at EDC offices on South St.

Given that AngioDynamics said its shutdown won’t happen for 18 months, my thought was and …

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