Thursday, March 28, 2024

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Argyle Cheese up & running in HF at former Lewis Super

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Argyle Cheese Farmer is up and running at its new headquarters — the former Lewis Supermarket on Burgoyne Avenue in Hudson Falls.

Business is “pretty good,” said Marge Randles and John Dickinson on a mini-tour last Wednesday.

Mrs. Randles adds, “It’s never enough, but the holidays were good.”

Mrs. Randles and her husband Dave partnered with Mr. Dickinson and his sixth-generation Ideal Dairy …

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Todd Kusnierz, new Saratoga Board chair, on the ‘coup,’ plus Covid, more

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Was it a coup that got Todd Kusnierz elected this month as chairman of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors?

“In the financial world, they’d call it more like a hostile takeover,” the Town of Moreau Supervisor laughs.

Mr. Kusnierz says several board members objected to the County’s response to the Covid pandemic and what he termed the “pay debacle” after the then County …

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County Health Chief: Be patient on vaccine

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Ginelle Jones, Director of the Warren County Public Health Department, is single-minded in her bottom-line Covid-19 message.

“We want 100 percent of Warren County vaccinated,” Mrs. Jones told The Chronicle during a 40-minute conversation Sunday. “Please, if you write anything, write that….That’s what’s going to get us off this gerbil wheel and through the tunnel of Covid, towards the light, is 100 percent vaccinated.”…

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New on Glen St.: Pakistani street food at Alif Café

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: There’s a new cafe in downtown Glens Falls, in the former Samantha’s Cafe storefront on Glen Street.

Alif Café offers Pakistani street food, snacks, chai, and coffees.

“We’re having a soft opening now,” Muhommad Saud of Lake George told The Chronicle on Sunday.

He’s running the Glens Falls location for his family, which also operates Tandoori Grill on Canada Street in Lake George, and …

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Kaitlyn Hobbs, GF Class of ’07: Major job with President Biden

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Glens Falls native Kaitlyn Hobbs Demers has been appointed Special Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff for the Office of Legislative Affairs for the incoming administration of President Joe Biden.

“I’m incredibly humbled by this opportunity and look forward to returning to public service and working with the legislative affairs team on the urgent crises facing our nation, such as COVID-19, economic …

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