Friday, September 18, 2026

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Sweet Rice to open second Glens Falls restaurant on Warren Street

Zander Frost writes: Sweet Rice Thai Sushi owners Siriluk Siraroj and her husband Jarthuront Siraroj plan to open a second Glens Falls restaurant — Sweet Rice Noodle Bowls — at 199 Warren Street. They hope to open in June.

The building was formerly home to Scratch Kitchen, which will soon reopen at its new location on Ridge Street.

Sweet Rice Thai Sushi, which the couple opened in the former Sam’s …

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Chez Pierre matriarch Pierrette Baldwin dies

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Chronicle Editor Mark Frost writes: Pierrette Baldwin, matriarch of the 62-year-old Chez Pierre Restaurant on Route 9 in Wilton, has passed away, her family announced.

She was 91 years old.

Mrs. Baldwin was a native of a small town in France named Homécourt that was occupied by the Nazis during World War II, she told The Chronicle. After the war, a group of American soldiers was stationed in the town.…

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Billy Floyd to host TV10 show

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Ben Westcott writes: Adirondack Thunder in-game host Billy Floyd moved from Glens Falls to Troy Thursday after taking a job as host of Upstate Living, a new community lifestyle morning show launching on Channel 10 in June.

The show will be filmed live, airing Monday-Friday from 10-11 a.m. It will feature “positive” community interviews and segments.

Mr. Floyd is still “locked in” for the rest of the Thunder season, “of …

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Seth Harris $$ win to fund new Lake George education programs

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Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Seth Harris, a self-described lifelong Lake George enthusiast, received Sunmark Credit Union’s 2025 Susan V. Siegel Community Service Leader Award at a ceremony on Monday, April 27, at the Lake George Land Conservancy.

The award comes with a $2,500 cash prize, to be donated to the recipient’s nonprofit of choice. Notified of the award, he said, “I knew exactly what I wanted to support, …

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President Trump picked Constantino; local pols stick with Smullen

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Warren County Republican Committee Chair Tim McNulty reached out to The Chronicle to share his committee’s response to President Donald Trump’s endorsement last week of Anthony Constantino in the Republican primary race for New York’s 21st Congressional District. The seat will be vacated by six-term Republican stalwart Elise Stefanik after this year.

Fellow contender, Assemblyman Robert Smullen, has been overwhelmingly endorsed by Republican committees …

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