By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

As promised in his State of the City address, Mayor Bill Collins proposed at the January 28 Common Council meeting to waive parking fines in the Elm Street lot.

He wanted to address parking lost in the South Street lot as Bonacio begins Phase Two of its DRI redevelopment plan.

It didn’t go as the Mayor hoped.

Ward 4 Councilman Ben Lapham said: “I …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

After over a year in Queensbury’s planning process and pushback from neighbors, the town Planning Board on Jan. 28 approved Foothills Builders’ plan to 64 living units — 16 residential buildings with four units each — as well as a community building and paths on Ridge Road at the former Mead’s Nursery, which closed in 2019 after 70 years.

Father and son both Joseph …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

There seemed to be universal appreciation when design of the new Shepard Park Amphitheater was unveiled Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Fort William Henry Carriage House. “It’s nice to see so many people care,” Lake George Village Mayor Ray Perry told the gathering of about 100 people.

A steering committee ranging from elected officials and architects to events presenters and artists devised the plan.…

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Former South Glens Falls Mayor Joe Orlow defeated current Mayor Nick Bodkin for the Republican nomination in the March 18 election.

The caucus vote was 30-20.

Mr. Bodkin said he will run as an independent in the general election and said he planned all along to do that.

Mr. Orlow was mayor from 2013 to 2017 and has been a village trustee for four …

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