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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

The Glens Falls Industrial Development Agency approved tax credits and a PILOT — Payment in Lieu of Taxes — amounting to an estimated $842,060 for Chris Patten’s 46-56 South Street project.

The PILOT in this case is a “partial real property abatement,” for a term of 10 years, IDA Chair Judy Calogero tells The Chronicle. It includes a 100% exemption of taxes on the …

A flood on the night of Friday, May 16 caused damage to Whippoorwill Motel and Campsites, Ledge Rock Hill Winery, and Lake George Electric Bike Rentals, all owned by the Morgan family.

Connor Morgan, manager and part owner of the Route 9 businesses, told The Chronicle the flood caused extensive damage to the campground’s buildings and roadways. The bike rental building also was flooded and bikes were lost, and “the …

The five-counties WSWHE BOCES planned a ceremonial send-off Wednesday, May 28, for two full-scale replica sleds built by Career and Technical Education students in the F. Donald Meyers Education Center in Saratoga Springs. Students used 18th-century construction techniques and tools to replicate the sleds by which General Henry Knox and his troops transported captured cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston during the harsh winter of 1775-1776.

They went 300 miles …

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

The City of Glens Falls cut the ribbon Friday and debuted the centerpiece of its South Street redevelopment, the $6-million Market & Events Center.

It will be known as The Ed, for Ed Bartholomew, the late mayor and then Economic Development president who pushed for and won a $10-million New York State Downtown Revitalization grant in 2016, the first round of the Andrew Cuomo initiative.…

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Lake George Town Supervisor Vinnie Crocitto, Jr. has his eye on the former Water Slide World property, now owned by developer Rich Schermerhorn, who has it up for sale for $5.9-million.

“It’s such an important part of Lake George,” says Mr. Crocitto. “It’s on our main corridor. I’m gonna do everything I can to help it develop into its fullest potential somehow.”

Mr. Crocitto’s …