By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
The New York Yankees will honor Fred Valastro, 91, of South Glens Falls as its Veteran of the Game on Saturday, July 26, at Yankee Stadium.
The Whitehall High School grad who has lived in South Glens Falls for 58 years served in the Marine Corps in Okinawa, Japan from 1953 to 1956 during the Korean War.
His granddaughter Nicki Valastro was the one …
Read More »Chronicle Editor Mark Frost writes: Literally for years, locals and passers-by at one of Queensbury’s busiest intersections have watched slow, seemingly uncertain progress of a handsome new restaurant building (and a market building) at the corner of Routes 149 and 9L.
It’s totally the vision of Dale Baldwin, the Fort Ann concrete contractor who owns this 25-acre property and knows what he wants to do with it. For one …
Read More »Zander Frost reports: 32 year-old Greenjackets Football player Jonathan J. Hammond was arrested at Glens Falls High School for alleged vaping, cocaine charges on Saturday, June 28, Glens Falls Police said.
“At approximately 4:40 p.m., Glens Falls School District staff were made aware of a vape smoke detector activation in the high school boys’ bathroom,” Glens Falls Police said.
“The Glens Falls Police Department was then alerted by staff who …
Read More »Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy Dede writes: Stewart’s Shops did a ribbon cutting Friday for their rebuilt store at the corner of Glen Street and Sherman Ave. They also donated $1,500 to the YMCA.
Separately, Mayor Bill Collins confirmed that reconfiguring is still in the works for the four-way Glen-Sherman-Washington Street intersection, although it may not look it from the shop’s finished layout and landscaping.
The intersection was discussed as part …
Read More »FIRST IN THE CHRONICLE • Zander Frost reports: 19 apartments and additional commercial space have been proposed in the currently vacant building at Cooper and Maple streets in Glens Falls. It’s the latest in a series of apartment proposals on the east side of Glens Falls.
According to documents submitted to the Glens Falls Planning Board, Green Springs Capital Group, LLC is seeking to renovate the existing one- and three-level …
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