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Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The Glens Falls Police Benevolent Association issued a statement Friday raising more questions about the handling and outcome of former police officer John Hogan’s alleged theft from the PBA.

He was accused of stealing more than $5,000 from the union, of which he was treasurer. The amount constituted a felony, the PBA said in its original press release about the case on December 3.…

Former Glens Falls Mayor Bill Collins tells The Chronicle he’s moved his Celtic Attitudes T-shirt printing operation to a location in the “Million Dollar Half Mile” outlets on Route 9 in Queensbury.

Mr. Collins announced Monday on Facebook that he plans to open a new Celtic Attitudes storefront this April, next to Le Creuset in the Log Jam Outlets.

His prior print shop was located in the basement of the …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: Democrat Jean Anderson Lapper declared her candidacy for Queensbury Town Supervisor. She is currently the town Deputy Supervisor, appointed by Supervisor John Strough, who is not seeking re-election.

She’s run twice before for office, unsuccessfully — in 2019 for a Queensbury At-Large seat on the Warren County Board of Supervisoirs and in 2022 against State Senator Dan Stec.

Those positions are “largely legislative,” Ms. …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The “force main” pipe delivering sewage from South Glens Falls to the Glens Falls wastewater treatment system broke on Thursday, March 5, underneath the Glens Falls-South Glens Falls bridge on Route 9, “discharging an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 gallons of untreated sewage into the Feeder Canal.”

The break occurred on the Glens Falls side of the bridge at Oakland Avenue.

South Glens Falls Village …

The “force main” sewage pipe from South Glens Falls to the Glens Falls collection system has broken underneath the Route 9 Feeder Canal Bridge, discharging an estimated 180 gallons per minute of untreated sewage into the Feeder Canal, a Glens Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant notification said.

A post from the Village of South Glens Falls said the break occurred at “Oakland Avenue in the City of Glens Falls into the …