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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Glens Falls Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday night approved five variances that will allow developer Chris Patten to build two apartment buildngs on adjacent properties at 3 and 5 West Washington Street, downtown.

The motion passed despite objections from Mark Hoffman, president of Congregation Shaaray Tefila, that one of the proposed buildings, on what are now two paved parking lots, will pose …

Chronicle Summer Staff Hannah Hughes writes: The Lake George Battlefield Visitor Center unveiled a restored diorama on Tuesday, July 11, that depicts “General James Abercromby’s 15,000-man flotilla departing the head of Lake George in 1758 on its way to a disastrous defeat by the French at Ticonderoga.”

The diorama was originally created in the 1950s for the Adirondack Museum (now the Adirondack Experience).

“This is a battle that’s been …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Warren County has made its biggest occupancy tax commitment ever — $3 million — to “seed” an immersive outdoor winter-themed attraction running from December to March for the next five years on the grounds and ramparts of the fort at the Fort William Henry in Lake George.

It will be organized by the newly formed Warren County Winter Coalition and created by Montreal-based Moment …

By Mark Frost & Zander Frost, Chronicle Editor & Staff Writer

In the wake of the July 10 public hearing that showed strong opposition and many issues raised, the Queensbury Town Board seems wary on rezoning a 15-acre site on Quaker Road to allow F.W. Webb to build a 96,000 square foot distribution center/retail store on land owned by Robert and Peter Nemer.

Ward 4 councilman Tim McNulty told The …