Tag Archives: Queensbury

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

After two years of repairs and renovation, Mario DiSiena says, “We’re ready to go” with his restaurant on Route 9 where most recently Farmstead Flatbread operated at the former Sutton’s Market Place.

The 174-seat “Uncle Mario’s Garage” is on the agendas next week of the Queensbury Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals.

Mr. DiSiena said he grew up next to his family’s now-defunct …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

We can’t visit Steve’s Place any more, but we can still hang out in the classic booths. They’re now installed at Kerrie’s Northway Diner, less than a half mile up Broad Street-Main Street in Queensbury, a little closer to Northway Exit 18.

Owner Kerrie LeClair purchased the eight cream-and-brown leatherette seating booths from Steve’s Place owner Christine Vamvalis-Haley.
Steve’s Place closed on March 15.…

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Members of the Warren County Facilities Committee cited “sticker shock” over construction bids nearing $1 million — $996,000, exactly — for the proposed Joseph Warren Museum and Visitor Center.

The County Facilities Committee forwarded the museum proposal to the Tourism and Occupancy Tax Committee, which approved “up to $800,000” in socalled Bed Tax funding for the museum.

The target site is a vacant house …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Last week I bought marijuana at a weed shop in Queensbury.

Well, I bought a sticker and received marijuana as a gift.

I had heard about the store for over a year.

I’d been told that stores like this exploit a loophole.

You buy a sticker and they give you marijuana as a gift.

So you’re not technically buying marijuana.

After enough rumors, I …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Glens Falls Planning Board unanimously granted conditional site plan and architectural approval for Hoffman Development Corp. to open a Hoffman Car Wash at the current site of Steve’s Place restaurant, 194 Broad Street.

Conditions that still need to be met for final approval include final sign-off from the city’s Water & Sewer and Engineering Departments and Board of Public Safety,

After that, it …