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By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Sonny Bonacio’s two-phase South and Elm Street project — including 69 apartments in the planned Farmers Market Pavilion building — came before the Glens Falls Planning Board on July 5 for a preliminary “sketch plan review.”

The plan is for 87 total apartments.

Phase one has 18 in three buildings he’ll renovate — the former Sandy’s Clam Bar at 41 South Street, the old …

By Cathy DeDe, Chronicle Managing Editor

Three sets of regulations enacted in the Town of Lake George over the last several years are paving the way for what may be a new wave of development, especially in the commercial corridor along Route 9.

This includes a potential high-impact multi-use development on the former Water Slide World property, which “has a buyer,” Town Supervisor Dennis Dickinson told The Chronicle on Monday.…

By Zander Frost, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sandra Miranda spent Fourth of July Weekend in Glens Falls away from her family in Pittsburgh searching for their lost dog, Alfie.

A year-old Australian Shepherd weighing around 10 pounds, Alfie was lost on Wednesday, June 22, while at day-care at GF-K9 on Warren Street in Glens Falls.

It’s believed Alfie was seen on Monday, July 4, close to the railroad tracks near Shermantown …

Chronicle Managing Editor Cathy DeDe writes: The BOCES Career and Technical Education program of Warren-Washington-Saratoga-Hamilton Counties held its second-ever “Signing Day” Thursday, June 9, at the Park Theater in Glens Falls.

It’s a celebration modeled on Division One college sports signing events. Here, students signed letters of intent to begin work at area firms after graduation. Thirteen students attended in person, and as of last week, 31 students in all …

By Bob Weinman, Special to The Chronicle

When I was nine years old my dad told me to jump off a cliff.

He also told me to “Take a hike,” “Get out,” and “Go away.”

All great advice, and I love him for that.

Dad and Mom were always taking our family on outdoor adventures. “Taking hikes” in the White, Green and Adirondack mountains; “Getting out” on local lakes, rivers …