The Glens Falls Planning Board gave a positive recommendation for chef-owner Rob Murphy’s Craft on 9 proposal that would add five tables and 20 outdoor seats to the South Street restaurant.
Mr. Murphy’s pitch showed an open sidewalk space between 4’7” and 4’9” — just below Mayor Collins’ mandated 5 feet for ADA compliance.
Mayor Collins had previously told The Chronicle he aimed to be flexible over outdoor seating to …
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The Village of Lake George last month added a new zoning category that specifically allows upper story condominiums in a limited section of the downtown business district.
“We never had them in the use table before,” Mayor Ray Perry tells The Chronicle. He said it eliminates the need for a special variance.
Creating the “overlay district” makes condos legal “but not in many zones,” …
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Town supervisors Dana Haff of Hartford, Matt Hicks of Granville and Jim Griffith of White Creek won’t seek re-election this November.
Mr. Haff confirmed, “I am not seeking office in Nov. I think maybe 14 years from 7 terms should be sufficient.”
Republicans Barbara S. Beecher and Scott Hahn will vie in a Republican primary for the supervisor nomination. Ms. Beecher, a Town Council …
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By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer
Baked by Jordan makes cupcakes. Owner Jordan Cleavland makes and sells hundreds of them weekly at the Kelly’s Roots cafe on Luzerne Road in Queensbury, and she caters as many as 23 weddings per year. She said she’s completely booked out for 2023.
Jordan is local through and through. She graduated from South Glens Falls High School in 2009, attended SUNY Adirondack’s Culinary Arts …
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Robin Barkenhagen reached out to The Chronicle saying he wants to refute rumors that his downtown Glens Falls business 42 Degrees would shut down.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Mr. Barkenhagen said of the business that is both a tavern and a retailer of art glass, cannabis-related products and CBD.
Mr. Barkenhagen said he had a falling out with Brian Bronzino, his partner and landlord …
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