Zander Frost reports: The Queensbury Joann Fabrics and Crafts will close as the chain shutters all its locations and goes out of business, the company announced.
CBS News reported that Joann had previously filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection and had planned to close around 500 stores. Queensbury was not included in that initial closure list.
This week, it found a buyer that plans to close the business altogether.
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The Glens Falls Police Department announced in a press release that it made a pair of arrests in connection to two separate alleged assaults this weekend. Both incidents, one at the Glens Falls YMCA and the other at 26 Morgan Avenue, left the victim seriously injured.
Police said in the release that on Sunday, Feb. 23 at around 11:50 a.m., they responded to the Glens Falls YMCA “for a fight …
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By Ben Westcott, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, Jan. 25, was a perfect and rare winter day on Lake George. The ice was clear and not yet snowed upon.
Beth Maher, 68, and her friends Scott Robertson and Rick Morse went to Million Dollar Beach to do some Nordic skating.
“I think the really attractive thing about the skating experience is that it’s so limited,” Dr. Maher told The Chronicle.
“It’s …
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Chronicle reporter Ben Westcott writes…In a ceremony Friday at Glens Falls High School, legendary basketball alum Joe Girard III, New York State’s all-time leading scorer, had his No. 11 jersey retired in front of his hometown fans.
He was joined under the spotlight at center court by his father Joe Girard Jr., mother Arleen Girard, grandmother Nancy Girard, and long-time girlfriend Moonya Reszytniak.
“This is something that I could only …
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By Caroline Martindale, Chronicle Staff Writer
Camp Little Notch in West Fort Ann says it is making headway toward its $300,000 fundraising goal to meet an April mortgage deadline — and that local businesses are helping in other ways too.
The former Girl Scout summer camp, established in 1939, was purchased 15 years ago and privatized by the Friends of Camp Little Notch.
“It was a group of former campers …
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