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Hotshots future: Farm-to-table restaurant?

Chronicle Staff Writer Ben Westcott reports: Glens Falls Director of Economic Development Jeff Flagg told The Chronicle that the South Street building that formerly housed Hotshots bar is being eyed for a farm-to-table restaurant that would have a symbiotic relationship with the Market Center that is set to be completed this fall.

“Both I and the developer (Sonny Bonacio) have had several parties express some interest in the prospect of …

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Kru Coffee eyes Tech Meadows

Chronicle Staff Writer Ben Westcott reports: Kru Coffee owner Kyle Brock, a Lake George-area native, is in discussions to build a coffee processing facility at Tech Meadows, the Glens Falls industrial park west of the West Glens Falls Firehouse at Veterans Road.

“We’re growing very quickly, which is great, but we’ve outgrown our current space on the manufacturing side,” Mr. Brock told Thursday’s Glens Falls Local Development Corporation meeting.

Kru …

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Champlain Beef in Whitehall ‘destroyed’ by fire on Saturday

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Champlain Beef meat processing plant on Route 4 outside of Whitehall was “destroyed,” Washington County Fire Coordinator Glenn Bristol tells The Chronicle, in a June 15 fire.

It started at around 10:15 a.m. and was under control by early afternoon, Mr. Bristol said.

“It’s still under investigation, but we consider it accidental.”

“There were a couple of people working, but it was a …

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Our June 20 front page

BIG 36 page Grad Issue! Summer breaks out!. Zerbini Family Circus coming to Glens Falls, Granville, Warrensburg & Hudson Falls. Hotshots. Champlain Beef fire. Mermaid Fest in Glens Falls Saturday. Adk. Wine & Food Fest in Lake George, June 29-30. ATF opens 30th season. End of Lake George Ice Castles. Kru Coffee eyes Tech Meadows. Hickory in Wbg. to slash ski price next winter; has ‘Hike 4 Kids’ event Saturday. …

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Nick Chiaravalle plans $10-million cannabis growing facility in Queensbury

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Queensbury resident Nick Chiaravalle is proposing to construct a 30,084 square foot single-story building for cannabis growing, processing and distribution on Stone Quarry Road in Queensbury.

The 9.05 acre property is situated near the Queensbury Army National Guard recruiting office. The project goes before the town Planning Board with a public hearing on Thursday, June 20 at 7 p.m.

Mr. Chiaravalle’s company, Prime Arrow, …

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