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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Kayler Grizzle and fiancé Zack Bushey, both 23, plan to open Kay’Z Bubble Tea in the first-floor, right-hand cafe space of the Empire Theater building, 11 South Street.

“We got the keys yesterday,” Ms. Grizzle told The Chronicle Monday.

It will be their second Kay’Z. They opened the original shop downtown in their hometown, Plattsburgh, two years ago in July, Ms. Grizzle said.

“We …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Today, Thursday, March 26, marks the 10th anniversary of Ed Moore’s purchase of the Queensbury Hotel, bringing it back under local ownership.

“This is your hotel. We’re just stewards…” says the 80-year-old Mr. Moore. “We’re blessed to be here; great to be part of downtown. It’s a wonderful thing.”

A Staten Island native who had an excavating business there and now a long-time Queensbury …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Warren County’s Occupancy Tax committee approved on Monday a $200,000 request from the Adirondack Civic Center Coalition to help fund the design phase to replace the ice chilling machinery and machine room of the Harding Mazzotti Arena in Glens Falls.

It matches the $200,000 the City of Glens Falls committed.

The vote was unanimous, but discussion was mixed.

Queensbury At Large Supervisor Mike Wild …

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

A Bald Eagle’s nest high in a tree in Riverside Cemetery in Fort Edward crashed to the ground during the March 17 windstorm. Three eggs inside were smashed, and the nest destroyed.

At the Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting March 20, Chairman Bob Henke of Argyle lamented the loss. He said the eagles had been working on the nest for “almost 15 years.”…

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Little Theater on the Farm in Fort Edward is closing, “effective for the 2026 season and beyond,” it said on Facebook and its webpage.

Founded in October 2005 by Linda Hermans in a converted dairy farm barn on Plum Road, off Route 197, the Little Theater has hosted hundreds of concerts, plays and other community events, always scrappy and always on a shoestring, …