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‘Nitrous oxide killed my son’

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

“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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Patten seeks $1.16-million in IDA tax help

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Glens Falls developer Chris Patten has obtained or is seeking as much as $1,692,000 in tax incentives from the Warren-Washington County Industrial Development Agency for his Broad Street and Washington Square projects.

The IDA approved on Monday $490,549 in incentives for Mr. Patten’s $6 million, 24-unit “The Point at 10 Broad Street.”

It includes a 10-year, $333,383 Payment in Lieu of Taxes or PILOT …

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Glens Falls Y $5.5-million upgrade plan; Saratoga YMCA now its parent

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Glens Falls YMCA — now a branch of the Saratoga Regional YMCA — is seeking $4 million in the public portion of its $5.5 million capital campaign to upgrade its building and expand its parking.

Allison D’Antonio, Interim CEO of the Saratoga Y and its Vice President of Operations, said, “When the management agreement began, we recognized right from the start that the …

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Ben paddled the Great Brant Lake Canoe Race

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

On the first Saturday of August, I rowed in The Great Brant Lake Canoe Race, a six-mile paddle starting at Hoyt’s Beach on the lake’s north end and finishing on Mill Pond at the lake’s south end.

It was my first time seriously paddling a canoe over any considerable stretch of water. I remarked to some fellow paddlers pre-race that it would be a …

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