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Glens Falls Council urges Queensbury: Reject rezoning for F.W. Webb

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“Catastrophic” was just one of the strong words Ward 2 Councilman Robert “Bob” Landry used at last Tuesday’s Common Council meeting to describe the impact on City residents of the F.W. Webb distribution center and retail store proposed on Quaker Road across from Garvey Volkswagen.

The project site is in Queensbury, but sits adjacent to the Windy Hill and Windy Ridge neighborhoods in Glens …

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Our July 6 front page

Summer Events Calendar! Knifepoint robbery in Queensbury. Lake George electric boat push is on… 70th Anniversary of Fort Edward’s Old Fort House Museum. Warren County OK’s $3 million from bed tax for ‘game changer’ winter attraction. Women’s Care to close, MDs to HHHN, Saratoga Hospital. Hilary Stec resigning as Qby. At Large County Supervisor & moving elsewhere. Amsterdam, Holland is all about boats, bikes & canals. Concerts, comedy, shows… The

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Chester returns to pre-Bicentennial flagless logo; some unhappy

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Chester Town Board voted unanimously last month to approve a new logo that no longer features American flags.

“The one we had was created for the Bicentennial in 1999. And we’ve been using that as our logo since,” Supervisor Craig Leggett told The Chronicle. “Never changed it after the Bicentennial was over.”

Now the town is returning to its “traditional” style, featuring the …

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Weather Routing: Glens Falls juggernaut

By Hannah Hughes, Chronicle Summer Staff

Weather Routing, Inc. in Glens Falls employs 55 meteorologists who guide freighters, cruiseships, yachts, fishing vessels and even ocean kayakers and swimmers worldwide.

“We provide weather information for…individual vessels and get them from point A to point B, with weather and safety, and in the last decade, also making sure that they’re minimizing fuel when they come across the ocean to lessen the emission …

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Eric Unkauf’s Shirt Factory ‘Muralgarten’ sets 3-week ‘Mural-thon

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Eric Unkauf is preparing for the next stage of the Muralgarten attraction at his Shirt Factory Complex in Glens Falls.

Plans are underway now, pending Glens Falls Planning Board Approval, for a “Mural-thon,” from July 20 to August 10, with six artists painting murals on the sides of converted shipping containers placed around the Shirt Factory campus over the three-week period.

The artists are …

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