Friday, September 25, 2026

Ed Deso

Former [farmacy] chef Colin Miner at Bistro LeRoux

A man with dark hair wearing a white shirt and black tie smiles at the camera in front of a brick wall.

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Colin Miner has joined the crew at Bistro LeRoux on Route 149 in Lake George, under chef-owners Jacob and Tiffany Guay.

“I’m really happy to be working with Chef Jacob,” Chef Miner said. He said they share some of the same culinary experiences, if about a decade apart.

Newly married and with a stepdaughter, Chef Miner, 35, said the new position allows him more …

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Landry: Glens Falls faces ‘monstrous’ rise in cost of health insurance in ’26

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: “Insurance companies are already approaching us with 20 to 24% increase” in health insurance prices for 2026, Glens Falls Ward 2 Councilman Bob Landry tells The Chronicle.

He warned the Aug. 12 Common Council meeting of a “monstrous” increase in costs “if we do nothing.

“We’re doing everything we can right now to figure out a way to get that down to a more …

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Stinky’s Coffee will open first bricks & mortar location in former Autoworld in SGF

A man wearing glasses and a black t-shirt with a circular logo stands in front of metal framing in what appears to be a construction or renovation site.

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Since 2022, Ryan McNaughton has operated Stinky’s Coffee as a mobile business that developed a following at farmers markets and local events.

Now the 2005 South High graduate is preparing to open his first bricks and mortar location in the new Moreau Commons redevelopment of the former Autoworld property on Route 9 north of Northway Exit 17.

“It was just a no-brainer,” Ryan said. …

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‘Nitrous oxide killed my son’

A person in a black shirt and helmet stands on a rocky outcrop with steep canyon cliffs visible in the background.

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Kathleen “Kate” Boyle of Queensbury addressed the Warren County Board of Supervisors at their Friday meeting.

“I’m here today because nitrous oxide abuse has devastated my family.

Ms. Boyle continued, with emotion: “On May 7, my son, Zack Ignazio, who struggled with addiction, inhaled nitrous oxide from a canister he purchased at a local smoke shop.

“He stopped breathing and his heart stopped.

“EMS …

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Grumbellies reopens in Fort Edward ex-bank

Two people in blue shirts celebrate outside a brick building with a red ribbon visible.

“Welcome home!,” Irma Hamblin said as she and husband Jeff cut the ribbon Friday afternoon on their revived Grumbellies restaurant — in the former Glens Falls National Bank Fort Edward branch.

Newcomers and dozens of former regulars from Fort Ann, Vermont, Bolton and beyond came out for the grand opening, Mrs. Hamblin told The Chronicle.

“We’ve been busy since 10 a.m.”

Their liquor license lapsed as the renovation took longer …

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