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Chronicle reporter Ben Westcott writes: The Chronicle reached out to local elected officials asking their thoughts on the announcement that the WIN Waste trash-to-energy plant at 93 River St. in Hudson Falls aims to close by year end.

Bob Henke, the Argyle Town Supervisor who chairs the Washington County Board of Supervisors, said, “I find it very interesting that some of the people who are celebrating the closure of the …

Glens Falls’s parking permit plan will be the topic of the Quality of Life committee Monday, Aug. 17, 5 p.m. in City Hall.

Ward 5 Council member Sean Palladino, who chairs the committee, has also composed a survey seeking public imput on parking. The survey was to go live following the Tuesday, Aug. 11, Common Council meeting, he told The Chronicle.

Check the City website, or his Ward 5 Councilmember …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Tuesday’s Common Council agenda included a resolution to make City Attorney Taylor Basford full-time while keeping part-time Deputy City Attorney Claudia Braymer serving the Planning Board and other duties.

At the start of her term in January, Mayor Diana Palmer divided the then-full time City Attorney’s job and salary into two part-time positions and said it would keep the cost to the City the …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Shirt Factory owner Eric Unkauf’s initiative to plant flowers between the sidewalk and road at 188 Maple Street turned into more hassle than he expected.

The City of Glens Falls issued him a violation, withdrew it, and then told him he would need to seek an encroachment permit to do such work in the future.

“This is kind of silly,” Mr. Unkauf told The …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Things got testy between himself and Mayor Diana Palmer, Warren County Sheriff Jim LaFarr admitted to the Glens Falls Common Council at their Tuesday, Aug. 11, meeting.

He’d requested opportunity to address the Council after some unpleasant back and forth with the Mayor over the County’s hiring of a City Police Officer.

“I came really to ask for a reset,” Sheriff LaFarr said. “There’s …