Saturday, August 2, 2025

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Another cannabis dispensary proposed in Downtown Glens falls

Chronicle Staff Writer Ben Westcott writes:

A proposal for a cannabis dispensary at the site of the current Pizza Hut on 12 Hudson Ave. in Glens Falls will go before the Glens Falls Planning Board on March 5.

Matthew Robinson of Troy “is seeking sketch plan review and approval” to open a cannabis dispensary called Legacy Dispensary at the site. Mr. Robinson is CEO of a Legacy Dispensary in Colonie

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Downtown Glens Falls: 60 units proposed; ‘Lofts on Warren’

CHRONICLE FIRST: Foothills Builders is proposing ‘The Lofts on Warren’ – a four-story 60 apartment/mixed used project at 109 and 115-117 Warren Street. It will go before the Glens Falls Planning Board on March 5.
The project is “seeking sketch plan review and approval for construction of a new mixed use commercial building with 21,235 sq. ft. of commercial space on the first floor and a total of 60 apartment

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CEO of Protect Our Winters

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Harvard and Queensbury Class of 2001 grad Erin Sprague is the newly appointed CEO of Protect Our Winters, a Colorado-based climate advocacy not-for-profit targeted to and run by skiiers, snowboarders and outdoors enthusiasts like herself.

“I’ve always been a passionate outdoor athlete,” Ms. Sprague told The Chronicle in a Zoom call from Boulder.

“I loved every every season outdoors in this beautiful part of …

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GF & HF both have brothers wrestling in NYS tourney

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Lots of brothers are willing to go to the mat for each other, as the saying goes. But four local boys will take it to the next level this weekend at the NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships at MVP Arena in Albany on Feb. 23 and 24.

Skyler and Violence Sturdevant of Glens Falls and Jesse and Justin Mullis of Hudson Falls all advanced to states …

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GFH neurologist: For brain health as you age, keys are nutrition, exercise, social interaction

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Cognitive decline and its toll on quality of life are unfortunate realities for many people as they age.

Reportedly more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s and that the lifetime risk at age 45 of getting the disease at some point are 1 in 5 for women and 1 in 10 for men.

Glens Falls Hospital neurologist Dr. Max Rudansky has some …

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