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Warren County nixes gas tax cap

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Warren County Board of Supervisors on June 15 rejected a resolution to cap collection of sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels at the first $2.00 per gallon.

In May, the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors passed such a gas sales tax cap, effective June 1 through Dec. 31.

Doug Beaty, Queensbury At-Large Supervisor, championed the resolution from “a bi-partisan coalition of …

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Bonacio South St. projects go to Glens Falls Planning Board July 5

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Sonny Bonacio’s Spring City Development is expected to go before the Glens Falls Planning Board on Tuesday, July 5, in City Hall at 4:45 p.m. for the two phases of its Downtown Revitalization Initiative project on South Street.

The meeting will also be live streamed on the City’s YouTube site.

See CityofGlensFalls.com for info.

The meeting agenda was not posted as of Chronicle press …

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Our June 30 front page

Independence Day issue Fireworks schedules. Lake George 4th: Biggest fireworks; plan for crowds. Married 75 years! Should LG Village be dissolved?. Warren County nixes gas tax cap. Bonacio South St. projects go to GF Planning Board July 5. Jimmer: 3 hoop camps. New Thunder coach is Pete MacArthur. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts & Entertainment section!

Click to download front page as a PDF.

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Luzerne has lost its restaurants

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The central business district of Lake Luzerne-Hadley is without a dinner restaurant, with Upriver Cafe, The Waterhouse and 9 North Wood Fired Pizza & Pub adjacent to Bend of the River Golf Course all having closed.

It didn’t just curtail dining options; it’s making it harder to find workers.

“Losing UpRiver Cafe killed us,” Linda Merlino, owner of The Lamplight Inn, told The Chronicle. …

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Spongy moths — formerly gypsy — abound

By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri, Chronicle Summer Staff

The spongy moth — previously known as the gypsy moth — is at “outbreak population levels,” confirms Addison Kubik, outreach coordinator at Ballston Spa-based Capital Region PRISM — Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management.

Forester Rob Cole, of New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation, warned in a video of extreme conditions.

“Last year,” he said in the video, “we had about 730,000 acres of …

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