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Lake George Village adds upper-story condo zoning, biz district only

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Village of Lake George last month added a new zoning category that specifically allows upper story condominiums in a limited section of the downtown business district.

“We never had them in the use table before,” Mayor Ray Perry tells The Chronicle. He said it eliminates the need for a special variance.

Creating the “overlay district” makes condos legal “but not in many zones,” …

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Wash. County: 3 supervisors not running again; no Democrats file petitions; Hogan primaried

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Town supervisors Dana Haff of Hartford, Matt Hicks of Granville and Jim Griffith of White Creek won’t seek re-election this November.

Mr. Haff confirmed, “I am not seeking office in Nov. I think maybe 14 years from 7 terms should be sufficient.”

Republicans Barbara S. Beecher and Scott Hahn will vie in a Republican primary for the supervisor nomination. Ms. Beecher, a Town Council …

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Baked by Jordan: Cupcakes

A smiling woman in a white apron holds a tray of baked goods including pastries and cupcakes in a café setting.

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Baked by Jordan makes cupcakes. Owner Jordan Cleavland makes and sells hundreds of them weekly at the Kelly’s Roots cafe on Luzerne Road in Queensbury, and she caters as many as 23 weddings per year. She said she’s completely booked out for 2023.

Jordan is local through and through. She graduated from South Glens Falls High School in 2009, attended SUNY Adirondack’s Culinary Arts …

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Our May 4 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from May 4-10, 2023, featuring stories about school musicals, prom photos, cupcakes, and local news.

Chronicle Legal Issue! School musicals soar. Glens Falls Prom. Baked by Jordan: Cupcakes. 100+ quilts: Wings Falls Quilt Show, May 5-6, at SGF Methodist. Unkauf gets GF Planning Board OK for 4 murals in his ambitious Muralgarten. Mom of the HF boy hurt by truck disputes police report. 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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Barkenhagen: 42° is troubled but not closing

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Robin Barkenhagen reached out to The Chronicle saying he wants to refute rumors that his downtown Glens Falls business 42 Degrees would shut down.

“I’m not going anywhere,” Mr. Barkenhagen said of the business that is both a tavern and a retailer of art glass, cannabis-related products and CBD.

Mr. Barkenhagen said he had a falling out with Brian Bronzino, his partner and landlord …

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