Saturday, September 26, 2026

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The deal on DiLo’s Doughnuts

A family holds a banner welcoming visitors to Dilo's Heavenly Doughnut Land, with a food trailer visible in the background.

By Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri, Chronicle Summer Staff

From a small trailer at 143 Broad Street in Glens Falls, Chris and Lucia DiLorenzo bake and sell doughnuts every weekend from 8 a.m. until they run out.

Their Saturdays and Sundays begin early, usually between 3 and 4 a.m. Their two children, Christopher, 10, and Christina, 8, “sleep in the truck.” Once they wake up, it’s all hands on deck and they enthusiastically …

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Sewage disaster on Warren St.; owner: Glens Falls should pay the damages

A white two-story colonial house with multiple dormers sits on a manicured lawn along a residential street.

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Premier Plus Tours owners Dawn Biddiscombe and Matthew Colucci purchased the former Adirondack Pediatrics office at 154 Warren Street (on the corner of Keenan Street) in September 2021 to use for apartments and their businesses’ offices.

But the mother and son duo say the $350,000 purchase has been mired by sewage disaster. Ms. Biddiscombe feels Glens Falls has left them high and dry.

She …

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IDA OKs tax breaks for Bonacio South & Elm St. rebuilds

Chronicle editor Mark Frost writes: The Glens Falls Industrial Development Agency approved the following tax benefits for Sonny Bonacio’s Spring City Development “Phase One” South and Elm Street projects that will redevelop the Sandy’s Clam Bar, Hot Shots, “incubator” and Juicin’ Jar buildings.

  • 15-year PILOT — Payment in Lieu of Taxes — projected to save $1,580,234.00 in property taxes.
  • Mortgage tax exemption — projected to save the developer $78,825, “based
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Our July 21 front page

Scanned front page of The Chronicle newspaper from July 21-27, 2022, featuring local news stories about home sales, a restored church, and doughnut business.

Summer Home Issue Biochar delayed. Home sales new highs. World premiere! O’Keeffe-Stieglitz musical in Lake George. Hoffmans, father & daughter, buy, will restore 20 Maple. The deal on DiLo’s Doughnuts. Max in Peru. IDA OKs tax breaks for Bonacio South & Elm St. rebuilds. Sewage disaster on Warren St.; owner: Glens Falls should pay the damages. Corinth: 60-unit, affordable housing. Lake George eyes motel site: Permanent dorm for J-1 international …

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Harvest Restaurant celebrates 50th year

A man in a blue shirt and a woman in a tan cardigan sit together at a table with a document in front of them.

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The Harvest Restaurant celebrated its 50th anniversary on Tuesday.

As is their style, Phil and Linda Hart didn’t make a big fuss about it, although they did come up from their home in Florida for the occasion.

“We’re not pushing for recognition,” Mr. Hart said. “We don’t advertise. We just do our job, do what do every day for the last 50 years.”

His wife …

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