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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

“Catastrophic” was just one of the strong words Ward 2 Councilman Robert “Bob” Landry used at last Tuesday’s Common Council meeting to describe the impact on City residents of the F.W. Webb distribution center and retail store proposed on Quaker Road across from Garvey Volkswagen.

The project site is in Queensbury, but sits adjacent to the Windy Hill and Windy Ridge neighborhoods in Glens …

Summer Events Calendar! Knifepoint robbery in Queensbury. Lake George electric boat push is on… 70th Anniversary of Fort Edward’s Old Fort House Museum. Warren County OK’s $3 million from bed tax for ‘game changer’ winter attraction. Women’s Care to close, MDs to HHHN, Saratoga Hospital. Hilary Stec resigning as Qby. At Large County Supervisor & moving elsewhere. Amsterdam, Holland is all about boats, bikes & canals. Concerts, comedy, shows… The …

State Police said at about 7:24 a.m. on July 4, Troopers responded to the Speedway on Aviation Road in Queensbury, for the report of a robbery in progress.

Justin M. Cabral, 36, of Queensbury allegedly “entered the business, brandished a knife, and demanded money from the clerk. Before law enforcement arrived, he fled the location in a vehicle driven by” Garrett A. Murray, 25, of Greenwich, said the State …

The Glens Falls Common Council at its Tuesday, June 27 meeting voted to lift the downtown open container ban for the weekly Take a Bite food festivals, held on Wednesday evenings from July 5 to August 9.

The ban is lifted only “within the parameter of Ridge, Glen and Maple Streets between Bay and Ridge,” and only during the specific times and dates of Take a Bite.

Event chair Carly …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Chester Town Board voted unanimously last month to approve a new logo that no longer features American flags.

“The one we had was created for the Bicentennial in 1999. And we’ve been using that as our logo since,” Supervisor Craig Leggett told The Chronicle. “Never changed it after the Bicentennial was over.”

Now the town is returning to its “traditional” style, featuring the …