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Broad Street mainstay closes Friday, after 55 1/2 years

By Mark Frost , Chronicle Editor

Steve’s Place, operated by the Vamvalis family for more than half a century on Broad Street in Glens Falls, will close forever Friday, March 15.

“It was on the market for over a year,” owner Christine Vamvalis-Haley told The Chronicle. She hoped a buyer would keep it a restaurant. “We had people looking at it,” …

The Glens Falls Black Bears and the North Warren Cougars are both in the hunt for New York State High School Boys Basketball Championships this weekend at the Cool Insuring Arena downtown.

It’s an especially big moment for the two local teams because — to Glens Falls’s consternation — state school athletic officials voted to move the tournament starting next year to Binghamton for at least three years.

Stillwater in …

To the Editor:

How many of you know that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president?

How many of you immediately think, “Oh he is just a crazy anti-vaxxer!?”

Have you actually listened to any of his policies or interviews? Can you honestly say that you know what his views are from listening to him first hand, or have you formed your opinion from mainstream media? And are you …

Staff Writer Zander Frost writes: CHRONICLE SCOOP: A “New York City” grocery and deli will fill the former New Way Lunch location at 731 Glen Street in Queensbury, The Chronicle has learned.

Owner Nadher Dhabaan told The Chronicle he intends to open “Queen NYC Deli” in around two weeks.

He said it will operate 24 hours in the summertime and from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. the rest of the …

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Foothills Builders is proposing “The Lofts on Warren” — a four-story 60 apartment/mixed used project at 109 and 115-117 Warren Street. The site was once home to the to the Daly Chrysler car dealership.

Foothills Builders is locally owned by father and son, both Joe Leuci. The younger Mr. Leuci spoke to The Chronicle. The sketch plan was approved by the Glens Falls Planning …