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Our March 30 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from March 30-April 5, 2023, featuring headlines about China sponsoring an Adirondack Balloon Festival and…

Proms & Boat Show! Great Upstate Boat Show is back at The Dome: Fri.-Sun. Glens Falls mascot decision. Bobby Dick forever. Habitat & WAIT House to debut joint project: 10 affordable apts. on Lawrence St. 30 brewers at GF Brewfest at Cool, Saturday. Pennsylvania biscotti baker relocates to Qby, lured by IDA incentives. From ‘Blue Bloods’ to Glens Falls. Concerts, comedy, shows… The Chronicle always has the region’s best Arts …

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At 22, her baking biz is buzzing

A smiling person holds a tray of baked goods next to a large logo sign for a bakery business.

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Twenty-two-year-old Taylor Suprenant says her new Flour Child Bakery at 128 Glen Street feels “impossible.”

Why? “Because I’ve dreamed of this forever…I’ve always known that I wanted to open a business.”

The 2019 Fort Edward grad opened in February at the former home of Abby’s Cookie Jar.

It all began when “I was still in high school, and I was just baking to bake.” …

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Lois Askew at 100: What an Alabama-Glens Falls tale to tell

A man in a dark suit and a woman in a white wedding dress stand together beneath a floral arch in this black and white photograph.

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

Lois (Whaley) Askew of Glens Falls turns 100 years old this Saturday. There will be a big party at the Queensbury Hotel, more than a hundred guests, Mayor Bill Collins proclaiming it Mrs. Lois Askew Day, and “a lot of love in the room,” says Lois’s daughter Elaine Oates.

Fortunately Lois remains a live wire and terrific interview. Get her talking and she tells stories …

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Lake George grad Brittany Townsend builds new biz around rise of AirBnBs

Woman wearing glasses and a gray cardigan smiling at the camera in front of a brick wall.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

As AirBnB and other short term rentals become an increasing part of the economic landscape, a support system is growing around them too.

Lake George grad Brittany Townsend is among those building a small business in sync with the short term rental biz.

At 33, Ms. Townsend projects as ambitious, sharp and enthusiastic in her efforts to suss out what’s needed, what’s value-added, and …

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More replies to our Q&A on short-term rentals

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Chronicle Question of the Week to our digital subscribers on March 9 was: Have you ever stayed in an AirBnb or other short term rental? How was it? Do you think they’re good or bad for a community? Why?

So many responses flowed in that many didn’t make it in last issue.

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The pluses and minuses

The ABNB was in Gatlinburg TN. It …

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