By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Lake George town and village are eyeing a former motel property as a potential site for a dorm for J-I international student workers.

“We have struck a deal with the owner,” Town Supervisor Dennis Dickinson said. He would not specify the property, but said it is “in disrepair,” and is located centrally in Lake George, walkable and on the trolley route.

“We’ve solidified a …

By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri, Chronicle Summer Staff

From a small trailer at 143 Broad Street in Glens Falls, Chris and Lucia DiLorenzo bake and sell doughnuts every weekend from 8 a.m. until they run out.

Their Saturdays and Sundays begin early, usually between 3 and 4 a.m. Their two children, Christopher, 10, and Christina, 8, “sleep in the truck.” Once they wake up, it’s all hands on deck and they enthusiastically …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Premier Plus Tours owners Dawn Biddiscombe and Matthew Colucci purchased the former Adirondack Pediatrics office at 154 Warren Street (on the corner of Keenan Street) in September 2021 to use for apartments and their businesses’ offices.

But the mother and son duo say the $350,000 purchase has been mired by sewage disaster. Ms. Biddiscombe feels Glens Falls has left them high and dry.

She …

Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: The Glens Falls Industrial Development Agency approved the following tax benefits for Sonny Bonacio’s Spring City Development “Phase One” South and Elm Street projects that will redevelop the Sandy’s Clam Bar, Hot Shots, “incubator” and Juicin’ Jar buildings.

• 15-year PILOT — Payment in Lieu of Taxes — projected to save $1,580,234.00 in property taxes.
• Mortgage tax exemption — projected to save the developer $78,825, “based

Summer Home Issue Biochar delayed. Home sales new highs. World premiere! O’Keeffe-Stieglitz musical in Lake George. Hoffmans, father & daughter, buy, will restore 20 Maple. The deal on DiLo’s Doughnuts. Max in Peru. IDA OKs tax breaks for Bonacio South & Elm St. rebuilds. Sewage disaster on Warren St.; owner: Glens Falls should pay the damages. Corinth: 60-unit, affordable housing. Lake George eyes motel site: Permanent dorm for J-1 international …