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Slickfin Brewing and Fire Mission BBQ split ways; Fire seeks own liquor license

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Chronicle Staff Writer

As of March 28, Fort Edward’s Slickfin Brewing Company is no longer serving beer and spirits at Fire Mission Smokehouse & Taproom at Glen and Park Streets in downtown Glens Falls.

Slickfin Brewing owners Kris and Heather March and Carnivore Brothers BBQ food truck owner Justin Prescott partnered to open the Texas-style barbecue joint in October.

Now, “Fire Mission is becoming its own …

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Hewitt says costly expected petition challenge from Gendebien led him to end Congress bid

By Maury Thompson, Special to The Chronicle

Dylan Hewitt, who has suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Congress, said one of the factors was an expected challenge of his nominating petitions by rival Democratic candidate Blake Genedebien.

Mr. Hewitt said he and campaign volunteers had collected more than enough signatures on nominating petitions to get on the ballot for the June 23 primary, and he was confident the …

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South Glens Falls sewage pipe fix at Glens Falls bridge is ‘nearly done’

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: South Glens Falls has nearly finished replacing the mainline sewage-wastewater pipe that broke under the Route 9 bridge to Glens Falls on March 5.

“The pipe is completely replaced. It’s all brand new, rock solid…finished,” Village Trustee Claude Middleton, who serves on the Water and Sewer Committee, tells The Chronicle. “We’re in the process of finishing the insulation, picking up our mess and going …

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Our April 2 front page

Women in Business Issue! Easter doings. Slcikfin & BBQ split. Wind, ice, destruction. 3 couples’ ABC’s of Lake George book. Dr. Boyd’s shift. Cathy: No one like Garrison Keillor. Mexican restaurant Mi Rancho Alegre set at former Red Lobster Travis Whitehead joins race for Qby. Town Board, Ward 4. Thunder 3-day record attendance: 15,375. Hewitt says costly expected petition challenge from Gendebien led him to end Congress bid. SGF sewage …

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Plattsburgh couple, 23, to open Kay’Z Bubble Tea shop, Empire Bldg., Glens Falls

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Kayler Grizzle and fiancé Zack Bushey, both 23, plan to open Kay’Z Bubble Tea in the first-floor, right-hand cafe space of the Empire Theater building, 11 South Street.

“We got the keys yesterday,” Ms. Grizzle told The Chronicle Monday.

It will be their second Kay’Z. They opened the original shop downtown in their hometown, Plattsburgh, two years ago in July, Ms. Grizzle said.

“We …

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