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NYS tourney attendance soars: 18,602; 9,370 in 2023, 11,531 in 2022

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Binghamton will have a tough act to follow. The 2024 New York State Boys’ High School Basketball Tournament in Glens Falls drew 18,602 total attendance, reports Cool Insuring Arena General Manager Jeff Mead.

The tournament returns to Binghamton for 2025 to 2027, where it also was in 2017-2019. Looking back, Mr. Mead notes attendance at the 2019 Binghamton tournament was “10,000 or less.”

Attendance …

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Hudson Headwaters now is region’s sole dedicated OB/GYN provider

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Since last September, when the Women’s Care private practice in Glens Falls closed, Hudson Headwaters Women’s Health became the only game in town dedicated to women’s health services, gynecological care and obstetrics.

“Town” is actually all or part of seven counties — Warren, Washington, northern Saratoga and beyond — encompassing roughly 7,400 square miles.

Hudson Headwaters is now the only medical provider with delivering …

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Glens Falls removing 38 trees on Webster Ave.; big project is redoing street

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Glens Falls is removing 38 trees on Webster Avenue to make way for a major pavement and infrastructure project.

Some trees are already gone. The rest are marked with white paint for removal by the end of the month.

City Superintendent of Public Works Tom Girard said the city has been looking into the Webster Avenue Pavement Preservation Project for four years.

Mayor Bill …

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Glens Falls Public Safety balks at Hoffman carwash

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

The Glens Falls Board of Public Safety voted unanimously at its March 13 meeting to urge rejection of Hoffman Car Wash’s plan to build at 194 Broad Street, where Steve’s Place restaurant closed on March 15. Hoffman is buying the property.

The Public Safety Board motion cited “a belief that this will unfavorably impact ambulance access to the hospital and also unfavorably impact the …

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Bonacio gets $6.6-million NYS tax credits, key step for his South St. apts.

New York Gov. Hochul announced Monday that the apartment project proposed by Bonacio Development for…South Street has qualified for tax credits valued at $6.6 million,” the City of Glens Falls said Tuesday.

“With that announcement, South Street might truly become the ‘Street of Dreams’ as the projects connected to the apartments and the Downtown Revitalization Initiative come to fruition.”

“It’s been nearly a decade in process, and now the revitalization …

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