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Home sales new highs

“Homes in New York’s Southern Adirondack region spent an average of 24 days on the market in June, lower than any point in the past decade. “The median sales prices jumped to $350,000, the highest mark in the past ten years,” reports the Southern Adirondack branch of the National Association of REALTORS®.

“Nationally, the median sales price exceeded $400,000 for the first time ever, up 15% from the same time …

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Moreau Planning Board delays Biochar decision 45 more days

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

On Monday night, July 18, the Moreau Town Planning Board decided to delay a decision on an approval for the Saratoga Biochar facility for 45 days.

The meeting was contentious — a packed house carried anti-Biochar signs and audibly objected throughout.

It was filled with twists and turns.

Acting Chairman John Arnold called for order throughout the night, reminding the audience that this was …

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Lake George eyes motel site: Permanent dorm for J-1 international student workers

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Lake George town and village are eyeing a former motel property as a potential site for a dorm for J-I international student workers.

“We have struck a deal with the owner,” Town Supervisor Dennis Dickinson said. He would not specify the property, but said it is “in disrepair,” and is located centrally in Lake George, walkable and on the trolley route.

“We’ve solidified a …

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The deal on DiLo’s Doughnuts

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

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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