Saturday, April 27, 2024

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Pride flag divide

By Mark Frost, Chronicle Editor

One of our biggest responses ever to the question we posed on April 18 to Chronicle digital subscribers: Do you support or oppose flying a Pride flag on Glens Falls’s City Hall flagpole? Why?


I fully support a pride flag because LGBTQ youth are seriously at risk in this community due to widespread intolerance & homophobic misinformation. It’s important that queer kids growing up …

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Next at former Sutton’s

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

After two years of repairs and renovation, Mario DiSiena says, “We’re ready to go” with his restaurant on Route 9 where most recently Farmstead Flatbread operated at the former Sutton’s Market Place.

The 174-seat “Uncle Mario’s Garage” is on the agendas next week of the Queensbury Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals.

Mr. DiSiena said he grew up next to his family’s now-defunct …

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Youths on bikes incidents resume

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

We’re hearing again about aggressive groups of youths on bicycles disrupting traffic and assailing drivers, among other acts, similar to last summer — the uptick perhaps driven by the return of warm weather.

The alleged incidents occurred in Glens Falls and Queensbury.


A man who identified himself but asked that his name not be published contacted The Chronicle on Tuesday, April 9. He …

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Glens Falls Council split on request to fly Pride flag at City Hall

By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer

Cam Cardinale, the president of Lower Adirondack Pride, is asking Glens Falls to fly a Pride flag on the pole in front of City Hall during Pride month in June.

The City, in mulling that specific request, is looking to create a general policy regarding flying flags on city property.

At the April 9 Common Council meeting, Mayor Bill Collins presented three options and …

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Hoffman Car Wash gets final approval at former Steve’s Place

Chronicle reporter Ben Westcott writes: The Glens Falls Planning Board voted 5-1 Tuesday to grant final site plan approval for a Hoffman Car Wash at 194 Broad Street, formerly Steve’s Place.

The Planning Board previously okayed the plan, but was asked to review it again after the Glens Falls Board of Public Safety voted unanimously to urge rejection, citing “a belief that this will unfavorably impact ambulance access to the …

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